Wednesday,February 12, 2003
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Wednesday,February 12, 2003 |
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SCAT heats up the pool at the Snowflake Invitational On the coldest weekend of the year, the Southern Crescent Aquatic Team swam to another victory at the Snowflake Invitational, a local tri-meet with the Troup County Sharks and the Milledgeville Bobcats. It may have been cold outside at the Kedron Aquatic Center but the SCAT swimmers were definitely on fire inside at the pool. The meet was a resounding success. SCAT was able to host its second meet of the season and it came off without a hitch. It was the best meet of the season so far, with 98 percent of all athletes achieving at least one personal best during the meet and an impressive 70 percent of all races being personal best times. "It looked like SCAT was unstoppable in the pool - and the final team score proved it," said Head Coach Jamey Myers. SCAT finished first with 1,129 points, while Bobcat Aquatics placed second with 426 points and Troup County placed third with 189 points. The Kedron staff and the volunteer help by the senior SCAT swimmers really made the meet. "It is great to go to a fast meet and have it run smoothly, and the Kedron staff definitely made that happen. I love it when the meets are done in under 2 hours," said Myers. Female swimmers finishing in first place were: Mickaela Brown, Beth Allaire, Katie Mitchell, Haley Smith, Kiersten Mossburg, Bailey DeRidder, Jessica Heimann, Bailey Cartwright, Kirsten Pretzer. Male swimmers finishing in first place include: Austin Pauly, Devin Holton, Nathan Bernth, Nicholas Muffler, Andrew Lucak, Brandon Armstrong, Alex Menke, Peter Menke, Alexander Harmon. Other swimmers with personal best times include: Casey Blanchard, Kristen Bohrer, Sydney Cartwright, Alexa Cocker, Sydney Currenti, John Daley, Matthew Ferguson, Saharra Griffin, Christina Harding, Samantha Holton, Ariane Leblond, Andrew Love, Sarah Manley, Diana Massengale, Erica Pauly, Kelsey Pratt, SamChun Shimabe, Patrick Skebo, Brian Steele, Sarah Trapaga, Alec Vazquez, Stephanie Zobrist. Swimmers finishing with a superb 100 percent best times in all races were: Brandon Armstrong, Melissa Beall, Alex Harmon, Devin Holton, Andy Lucak, Alex Menke, Austin Pauley, Kirsten Pretzer, Jordan Schumacher, and Haley Smith. The swimmers who dropped the most time in each distance category were: In the 25-yd category,Jordan Schumacher dropped 6.85 in the 25 yard Butterfly. The biggest drop in the 50s comes from an astounding 8.18 second drop in the 50 Backstroke by Christina Harding. In the 100-yd category, Brandon Armstrong chopped 6.40 seconds in the 100 Free. For more information, please visit www.scatswimming.org.
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