Cats place sixth

SA Times - The Central High School boys team placed sixth, and the girls finished eighth Saturday at the 2007 Mansfield ISD Swimming & Diving Invitational at Mansfield High School. On the boys' side, Central finished with 205 points and the girls had 129. Lubbock High swept the team titles. Central sophomore Alex Porter set a new school record in the girls' 200-yard freestyle with her preliminary time of 2 minutes, 3.80 seconds. She broke the old record of 2:04.96 set by Cindy McClure in 1986. Porter dropped three seconds off her previous best time. On the boys' side, Central's Matt McLaughlin finished second in the 100 butterfly and placed third in the 200 freestyle. The Central boys 400 free relay finished first with a season-best time of 3:26. "Overall it was a good meet to prepare us for the district championship in six weeks,'' Central coach David Hague said. "We are still learning how to swim fast in both the prelims and finals.'' The Mansfield ISD pool is a $15 million aquatics facility that is one of the best in Texas.