![The cross country team poses for the camera after finishing the district meet. The varsity boys, JV boys and JV girls all placed third and the varsity girls placed fourth. “Coach put in the right training for us for this season, so I think we will be peaking this week and the next couple of weeks,” varsity runner and junior Nathan Kukla said. “The chances of making it to state are very high, but we don’t settle for the lowest and there is always going to be that chance, so [we] race for the best.”](https://cphswolfpack.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Heidi-831-1200x900.jpg)
![Smiling at the camera, Author Ehigbor Okosun, members of Page Turners, and other students reflect on the author's visit. “I thought the visit was great,” Senior Amia De Leon said. “It was interesting talking to her and [getting to know] her process and her thoughts and books in general. But I think the reason it went well [was that] people got to ask questions. I'm glad that she said so much in response to the questions and it wasn't just one and done. [The author’s responses] felt very articulate.”](https://cphswolfpack.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Sebastian-5-1200x800.jpg)
![Standing in front of the field at a freshman football game, cheerleader freshman Jacob Gaudreau along with teammate freshman Bella Gibson pose for a photo during halftime of game. “[Cheer has] definitely given me a much more outgoing personality,” Gaudreau said. “I used to be very introverted, so it's definitely made me more extroverted towards people.”](https://cphswolfpack.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Ingrid-204-1200x800.jpg)
![Holding a wooden pizza toy, senior Taylor Peterson plays with small children in Bucaramanga, Colombia. During the summer, Peterson traveled to Colombia to help build an elementary school that only had two classrooms but five or six grades with one teacher. “We add[ed] two more classrooms,” Peterson said. “It’s kind of hard when you have two or three grades in one classroom and you only have one teacher. It’s very hard to actually get some beneficial learning. [The extra classrooms will give the students] a better quality of education because they’ll actually have a place specific for their learning.” Photo by Taylor Peterson](https://cphswolfpack.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Taylor-P.png)
![Swinging with his arm extended, senior Nolan Park hits the ball smoothly over the net and to the opponent’s side. Park is one of four varsity tennis captains and helped the team win district championships. “Winning district champs was a pretty awesome feeling,” Park said. “We had lost to Liberty Hill a couple of weeks before, but when we played them [again], we came out and really took care of business. We took them out and it was just a really awesome night.”](https://cphswolfpack.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Kassidy-419.jpg)
![Standing proud, varsity senior athletes Rafael Escobar, Griffin Jacobs, Jakob Martin, and juniors Jackson Springer and Jack Morris pose with their newly earned medals. The varsity team finished third out of 14 teams on Sept. 25. “The team's primary goal is to win the district championship,” head coach Cody Price said. "We're confident that with our action plan in place, we can accomplish this mission. [For the next tournament], our preparation involves assessing our strengths and weaknesses, celebrating milestones and creating individual development plans." Photo courtesy of Cody Price](https://cphswolfpack.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/golf.jpg)
![Smiling at the camera, the Varsity Tennis team celebrates winning districts. They played against Liberty Hill on Tuesday night and won with a final score of 10- 5. “We improved a lot even from the last game,” senior Blake Hillis said. “We lost against them the last time we played [Liberty Hill], but it was really close. It was just really important for us to win this match since it was the district finals. [When we won I felt] overwhelmingly happy, especially being there with my teammates and it being my senior year. It was just really great. It [felt] like a community.”](https://cphswolfpack.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Tennis-Districts-e1728060882260.png)
Swim Wins Gold in 200-Yard Freestyle Relay
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Vladimir Ivanov and the boys 200 yard freestyle relay team stand atop the first place podium and hold their state trophy.
March 5, 2018
Standing on the highest podium amongst crowds of people cheering for their victory, junior Vladimir Ivanov and the boys 200-yard freestyle relay team relish their hard-fought victory in the state swimming competition on Saturday, Feb. 17.
Overall, the Timberwolves did well in their final swim competition of the year with two teams placing in the top three, the boys 200-yard freestyle relay placing first and the boys 400-yard freestyle relay team taking second. Leading up to their state appearance, both the girls and guys swim teams won first place in the district and regional competitions. These wins bought them both a slot in the state competition, where they both finished in the top 10.
The swimmers competed in various competitions on Saturday and had several top 10 finishes in different races. The girls 200 yard freestyle relay team placed sixth, senior Lauren Partridge took a fifth place finish in the girls 100 yard breaststroke race and junior Dominic Toledo Sanchez placed fourth in the boys 100 yard freestyle race. At the end of the competitions, the girls ended up taking eighth place and the boys took sixth place overall.
“I think a lot of kids were happy and pleased with the year on how they did,” head swim coach David Partenheimer said. “And then on top of that how the team did overall.”
Practicing every morning in preparation for the boys 200 yard freestyle relay race, Ivanov said he had been working vigorously in the weeks prior to the state meet to show up and win. On the first competition day, he and his team raced in the 200 yard relay, making the final cut and sending them on to state. Despite this achievement, Ivanov said that they were not initially proud of their performance.
“The first day we all added time and went slower, however we still made finals and the second day of state we were seated third,” Ivanov said. “But we really redeemed ourselves and took the gold home for Cedar Park. I was relieved because after our first day swim, many people doubted we would win.”
Throughout the year both the boys and girls teams have had a lot of success and have both won a majority of their meets this season. Ivanov explained how he felt the team did at state and how far they had come as a group since the beginning of the year.
“The team had its ups and downs,” Ivanov said. “The pressure is huge on the swimmers knowing that there are hundreds of people watching you. However, we all successfully tried to not mess up, and most people did not under that pressure. Overall, everybody had fun and especially the seniors since it was their last high school swim competition.”
