New cuts, top 3 finishes abound for HS swimmers at Excel Invite
The boys’ team finished second overall with 246 points behind Brentwood High School, who scored 267 (20 of which came on diving).
The USN Swimming team returned to compete on Saturday at the 2014 Excel Invitational, where over 25 teams from all over Tennessee competed.
The boys’ team finished second overall with 246 points behind Brentwood High School, who scored 267 (20 of which came on diving), leaving us just one point behind on the swimming portion of the meet.
The boys’ 200 freestyle relay (Ben Tattersfield, Rob Dobie, Kellon Patey, and Nicholas Ng) took first place in one of the most exciting races of the meet. Swimming out of lane 1 (seeded 7th), they took the lead on Ben’s leadoff and regained it in the final 15 yards on Nicholas’ anchor leg. Their time of 1:36.36 was the 8th fastest time in school history.
The boys’ 200 medley relay (Daniel Pannock, Mark Rusznak, Neil Zheng, Ben Tattersfield) finished second. Notably, our “B” relay (Patey, Mackenzie Myers, Will Jones, Dobie) placed in the Top 8 as well. Our 400 freestyle relay (Rusznak, Pannock, Tattersfield, Ng) finished fifth overall.
Individually, our best finishes came from Ng, who posted runner-up finishes in both the 50 freestyle and 100 breaststroke. Both swims moved him up to second on the USN all-time Top 10 list. Rusznak finished second in the 500 freestyle and fourth in the 100 backstroke, both with very solid in-season swims.
Patey, Pannock, Tattersfield, Jones, Zheng, and Kevin Chen all scored in individual races contributing to the team total.
Outside the top 16, we were particularly pleased with:
-Mitchell Coverstone’s 7 second drop in the 100 freestyle, earning a new Region cut
-Connor Crenshaw’s lifetime best in the 100 breaststroke, which earned a new Region cut
-John Spence’s 50 freestyle, which dropped 2 seconds off his personal best and was within .1 of the Region cut
Our girls continued to battle with illness and had to make some creative adjustments to relay lineups as a result.
They were led by Marina Escalas, who scored in both the 50 freestyle and 100 breaststroke and continues to get closer to the State cuts in both events. Caroline Hollahan posted a strong 50 fly split on the 200 medley relay and a best time in the 100 freestyle, and Julianna Lewis swam lifetime bests in both the 200 medley relay in 100 freestyle. Effie Zuberer-Davis posted a lifetime best in the 500 freestyle, swimming a controlled, well-split race.
Our swimmers of the meet were Marina Escalas and John Spence, both of whom swam multiple good races and now are on the verge of new qualifying times.
Our swimmers of the meet were Marina Escalas and John Spence, both of whom swam multiple good races and now are on the verge of new qualifying times.
The team will return to swim our final dual meet of the season on Tuesday, January 21 at 4:00 PM, when we take on Franklin High School for our Senior Day dual meet. The Region championship looms just ten days after that.
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