The Eagle boys, meanwhile, will try for their seventh title in eight years, after seeing Big Spring end their string of championships in Pecos a year ago. Preliminaries start at 10 a.m. Saturday at the Fort Stockton pool, followed by diving finals Saturday afternoon. The girls will be trying to tie Monahans' string of seven straight championships they set in the late 1980s. But both the Loboes and Big Spring have placed ahead of Pecos for much of this season, and Eagles' coach Terri Morse said some of her swimmers came down with the flu last week. It seems like everybody's doing pretty good.
Nobody's sick right now.
The coaches for the seven district teams handed in their entries last week, and Morse said the main surprise was Monahans' Sandra Meeks moving from the 500 freestyle, where she set a new district record last season, to the 100 free on Saturday. Meeks will be matched against Pecos' Liz Parent and Big Spring's Somer Leubner, who'll also face each other in the 200 individual medley. Liz has beaten her this year. Pecos' boys have finished in front of Big Spring this season, after losing out to the Steers a year ago. But Morse still expects a tight meet, especially in the relays.