ROCKIN’ IN ROANOKE!
Day one: Caeley McMillan and Michael Murray got the meet off to a fast start tonight with 4 swims and 4 best times. Michael shaved a second off his 500 free and then dropped 16 seconds from his 400 IM. Caeley picked up BB times in both her swims with a 6 second improvement in her 500 free and a 14 second drop in her 400 IM. Way to set the standard guys for the whole weekend!!
Day two: Sierra Wood made her USAS competition debut this morning with fast swims in every event and heat winner prizes in all! Brandon Naylor had a smokin' 15.3 25 free, while Colby Childress set a new meet record in the 7 & U 50 fly. Jack Knight sheared off time in both his 25 free and 50 backstroke, while Ethan Chenault dropped a whopping 4 seconds from his 50 back. Tara Enneking used long strokes in her 50 free to improve by 7 seconds, and took over 4 seconds off her 100 IM. Kendall Knight took time off in his 100 back and his 200 free, while Chandler St. Clair raced to his first ever B time in the 100 back with a 5 second improvement. Makenzie Chenault lead an LY BB assault with a 13 second drop in her 100 back, inspiring Ashley Sennett to chop over 3 seconds from her 100 back and also pick up the BB. Not to be outdone by the girls, Campbell Smith cut 5 seconds from his 100 back to pick up a BB as well!
In the afternoon session, both Matthew Owen and Michael Murray took off time in every event they swam including 4 second improvements by both of them in the 200 IM. Caeley McMillan sped to a 4 second improvement in her 200 IM and another BB time, while Megan Enneking dropped 5 seconds from her 100 back to pick up a BB time. WAY TO GO LY!
Day three: LY Swimmers continued tearing up the pool today at CCA, with Makenzie Chenault earning her IM Tough shirt and picking up two more BB times, while Ashley Sennett, Campbell Smith, and Colby Childress also picked up new BB times. Steven Mills debuted in his first ever USAS meet and dang near swam a BB time in both his 100 yard free and his 50 yard back! Jack Knight dropped time in his 50 free and 25 back, while big brother Kendall chopped 4 seconds from his 50 fly. Madison Sitton worked on her glide in the 100 breast and dropped almost 3 seconds from her best time, while Chandler St. Clair did the same with the same results! Ethan Chenault dropped time in his 25 backstroke while Brandon Naylor took a second off his 100 free. In the afternoon session, Michael Murray sped to a five second improvement in his 100 fly, while Caeley McMillan picked up a BB time in her 200 free. Josh Hankey earned two BB times - in the 100 fly and the 100 IM, while Matthew Owen swam a quadruple B time with back to back BB times in the 200 back and 50 back!
GREAT WORK SWIMMERS!
In other BIG NEWS, USA Swimming announced its Club Excellence Awards for 2010 today. The focus of this voluntary program is to identify and reward up to 200 USA Swimming clubs that have attained a high level of athlete performance as well as organizational success. LY Swimming received Bronze Medal status!! We had three swimmers who helped us achieved points in the performance component - Kemp Pettyjohn, Carter Head, and Andrew Cook. Meanwhile EVERY swimmer on the team helped propel these swimmers to the fast times they posted for the year. Congratulations to everyone and thanks for your dedication that helps our team be among the most elite in the country!
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