The 2026 version of the team featured 19 swimmers (15 boys, four girls). Of those, nine (all four girls, five boys) qualified for the Texas Association of Private and Parochial Schools State Meet in San Antonio in late February.
This is the most swimmers the program has ever had participate, head coach Stephanie Krohn said.
“My team doubled this year!” she said. “The students have been a large part of the growth of the program. They convince their friends to try something new and bring them into this supportive, joyful family.”
This season the boys placed third in the North Region and the girls were fifth even with a small team. Advancing to state (with their regional finishes in parentheses) were:
Girls
200-yard medley relay: 4. Freshmen Rebekah Chandler, Harper Roberson, and Isla Southworth with senior Lily Roberson.
400 freestyle relay: Same four.
100 butterfly: 4. Chandler.
Boys
200 medley relay: 3. Freshman Ayden Krohn, sophomore Henry Reynolds, junior Ethan Kilbourne, senior Reese Morgan.
200 freestyle relay: 2. Kilbourne, Reynolds, Morgan, and senior Dane Southworth.
500 freestyle: 5. Kilbourne.
100 butterfly: 3. Morgan.
100 backstroke: 3. Morgan.
“We had an amazing season this year,” Krohn said. “Most of them had never swam before but they worked hard and all qualified for state.”
The boys won a regional championship a few years ago, Krohn said.
“I have struggled to get girls to join the team, but they do swim well enough to qualify for the state meet,” she noted.
Krohn also coaches at the Benbrook YMCA and the summer team at the Ridglea Pool Association.
Krohn said among the seniors, Morgan is considering competing in college. All are also very successful academically.
“My swimmers do a great job of balancing academics and athletics, they take rigorous courses - one of my swimmers is in my AP chemistry class - and they maintain high grades,” she stressed.
Krohn said one of the biggest rewards of coaching the program is being able to expose the students to a sport they can pursue for the rest of their lives.
“It is an honor to watch these students come to me on November 1 with zero experience and to watch them work hard and trust me as they build their skills to be efficient and powerful enough to compete at the state level in just three months,” she said. “We have created a family that trusts each other, prays together, and models the life of a disciple of Christ.
“I am thankful for the support of TCA and all of my swim parents as we trek to the east side of Fort Worth to swim daily. It is my prayer that we can eventually build a pool on the TCA campus so that more people can learn the joy of swimming and taking care of their bodies.”
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