Varsity Swimming
On Tuesday February 9th, the Grace Community women’s team brought home the 2nd place trophy. The girls team held a solid 2nd place position behind TMI with a score of 282.5 to 225 and Frassati Catholic at 188. The girls team also brought home gold in the 200 yard Freestyle Relay with a time of 1:49.10 and silver in the 200 yard Medley Relay with a time of 2:01.35. Senior Talia Thompson led the girls with a second place finish in the 50 free and a 3rd place in the 100 yard freestyle. The Cougar swimmers had an outstanding meet setting 7 new school records. Three Junior and Swimmers were also selected to the Academic All-State Team: Talia Thompson, Liligrace Bazzell and Kaden Kozsuch.
NEWS
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Janet Taylor
Head Swim Coach
Janet Taylor
Head Swim Coach
B.S., Texas Christian University
Janet Taylor is the head coach for the high school and junior high swim programs. She believes that many life skills can be learned through swimming, such as goal-setting, developing a plan of action to reach those goals, time management skills, and a strong work ethic. She understands how important relationships are in swimming, and how these friendships tend to last a lifetime. Most of all, Janet believes in Colossians 3:17 and wants to instill this verse into her swimmers, ”whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.” Janet graduated from TCU and was a three sport letterman in swimming, gymnastics, and golf. After graduation, she was head women’s swim coach at TCU for several years. She is in her 25th year of coaching at Grace and has led the Cougar swimmers to six state championships. Over the past 45 years of coaching, Janet has coached swimmers to all levels of achievement, from learning to swim to Olympic Trial qualifiers.
Jason Montier
Band, Orchestra & Swim Coach
Jason Montier
Band, Orchestra & Swim Coach
B.S., East Central Ada College
Jason has been the middle school/high school orchestra director since 2010, the middle school/high school band director since 2014, and the middle school/high school cross country coach since 2013. He has served as National Honor Society advisor, shotgun team advisor, and the summer camp administrator. Since he has been at Grace, the instrumental program has won three Texas Association for Private and Parochial Schools (TAPPS) instrumental state championships. He also serves as the TAPPS state music chair. Jason received his B.S. in Music Education from East Central University, where he met his wife, Angela. They have three daughters who attend Grace. Jason is an avid outdoorsman who loves to hunt and manage conservation lands. He is also a seasoned runner who has completed six marathons and an ultra-marathon 50K, and many other races. One of his favorite races is the Rose City Triathlon were he competed individually, but also enjoys putting together relay teams stacked with several of his students.
Middle School Swimming
On Tuesday February 9th, the Grace Community men’s swim team won the 2021 TAPPS Division II State Title. Down by 5 points to San Antonio TMI with 4 events to go, the men were able to place high enough in the final events to give them a 274.5 to 229.5 point advantage at the end of the meet. The men captured 1st place in the 200 yard Medley Relay with a time of 1:45:14 and first in the 200 yard Freestyle Relay with a time of 1:34.18. Joshua Barry and Michael Green were able to achieve individual top 3 honors in the 100 yard backstroke (2nd) and 100 yard breaststroke (3).
NEWS
CALENDAR
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Janet Taylor
Head Swim Coach
Janet Taylor
Head Swim Coach
B.S., Texas Christian University
Janet Taylor is the head coach for the high school and junior high swim programs. She believes that many life skills can be learned through swimming, such as goal-setting, developing a plan of action to reach those goals, time management skills, and a strong work ethic. She understands how important relationships are in swimming, and how these friendships tend to last a lifetime. Most of all, Janet believes in Colossians 3:17 and wants to instill this verse into her swimmers, ”whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.” Janet graduated from TCU and was a three sport letterman in swimming, gymnastics, and golf. After graduation, she was head women’s swim coach at TCU for several years. She is in her 25th year of coaching at Grace and has led the Cougar swimmers to six state championships. Over the past 45 years of coaching, Janet has coached swimmers to all levels of achievement, from learning to swim to Olympic Trial qualifiers.
Jason Montier
Band, Orchestra & Swim Coach
Jason Montier
Band, Orchestra & Swim Coach
B.S., East Central Ada College
Jason has been the middle school/high school orchestra director since 2010, the middle school/high school band director since 2014, and the middle school/high school cross country coach since 2013. He has served as National Honor Society advisor, shotgun team advisor, and the summer camp administrator. Since he has been at Grace, the instrumental program has won three Texas Association for Private and Parochial Schools (TAPPS) instrumental state championships. He also serves as the TAPPS state music chair. Jason received his B.S. in Music Education from East Central University, where he met his wife, Angela. They have three daughters who attend Grace. Jason is an avid outdoorsman who loves to hunt and manage conservation lands. He is also a seasoned runner who has completed six marathons and an ultra-marathon 50K, and many other races. One of his favorite races is the Rose City Triathlon were he competed individually, but also enjoys putting together relay teams stacked with several of his students.