Local swim teams competed at the Bluegrass Swim Conference meet July 11 at the Berea Community Pool. Youth swimmers from the Woodford Club and Falling Springs have been sharpening their skills all summer to compete in this annual competition.
The Falling Springs Hammerheads had a dominant performance, doubling up the competition in the Large Team division. Falling Springs tallied 1,636 points and second place Berea scored 838 points.
The top three placers in each age class are highlighted below.
Sadie McGee, Sophie McGee, Ella Grace Wadsworth and Heidi Nitz placed fourth in the mixed 8 years old and under 100-meter medley relay (1:48.59).
Wadsworth won the under-6 year old 25-meter freestyle (26.77).
Franklin won the boys’ under-6 25-meter backstroke (34.12) and Micah Drake placed third (40.60).
Wadsworth won the girls’ under-6 25-meter backstroke (28.70) and Nitz placed third (36.76). Wadsworth was also the high points winner for under 6-year old girls.
Seth Payton won the boys’ 9-10-year-old 25-meter backstroke (20.98). Payton also won his age group in the 25-meter butterfly (19.07), 100-meter medley (1:34.07) and 25-meter breaststroke (23.58). Payton was also the high points winner in his age group.
Brooke Godman was runner-up in the girls’ 9-and-10-year-old 25-meter backstroke (20.03), the 100-meter medley (1:36.47) and 25-meter breaststroke (23.20)
Sophie McGee placed third in the girls’ under-8 25-meter breaststroke (30.45).
Nitz, Sophie McGee, Mallory Coyle and Sadie McGee placed third in the under-8 100-meter freestyle relay (1:41.45).
Payton, Rylee Shepard, Brooke Godman and Brody Peterson were runnerup in the 100-meter mixed 9-and-10-year-old freestyle relay (1:13.28).
Avery Garffie, Mason Peterson, Ella Coyle and Avery Hisle placed third in the 200-meter mixed 11-12-year-old medley relay (2:44.90).
Aubrey Pernice, Preston Graham, Addy Warthman and Elise Payton won the mixed 13-and-14-year-old 200-meter medley relay (2:20.90).
Mason Peterson was runner-up in the boys’ 11-12-year-old 50-meter freestyle (32.41), 50-meter backstroke (38.87), 50-meter breaststroke (43.39) and placed third in the 50-meter butterfly (36.79). Peterson was runnerup for individual points in his age group.
Ella Coyle was runnerup in the girls’ 11-12-year-old 50-meter freestyle (33.62), 50-meter backstroke (39.55), 50-meter breaststroke (45.55) and 100-meter medley (1:24.48). Coyle was runnerup for individual points in her age group.
Graham was runner-up in the boys’ 13-14-year old 50-meter backstroke (34.52) and the 50-meter butterfly (33.22). Graham placed third in the 100-meter medley (1:18.83).
Warthman won the girls’ 13-14-year-old 50-meter breaststroke (38.01) and was runner-up in the 100-meter medley (1:16.68).
Peterson, Garffie, Hisle and Coyle were runner-up in the mixed 11-12-year-old 200-meter freestyle relay (2:22.07).
Graham, Payton, Pernice and Warthman placed third in the mixed 13-14-year-old 200-meter freestyle relay (2:11.87).
The Woodford Club Tritons placed third in the small team division with Bourbon County YMCA earning the win. Former Yellow Jacket and Woodford Club swimmer Maddie Gatewood coached the team this summer.
“This was a really fun year for me to coach,” said Gatewood. “I enjoyed meeting all of the new faces on the team and watching everyone grow throughout the season. It really is rewarding as someone who swam out at the club years ago to come back as the head coach. I am so proud of the work that everyone put into making this season fantastic. I have high hopes for the team’s future and how they will continue to develop in the coming years.”
Charlie Gatewood won the boys’ 13-14-year-old 50-meter backstroke (31.10), 50-meter butterfly (28.58), 100-meter medley (1:04.51), 50-meter breaststroke (34.59). Gatewood was the overall points winner in his age group.
Zoe Pantaleon, Avery Gill, Hadley Hird and Afton Hall placed fifth in the mixed 9-10-year-old 100-meter medley relay (1:30.09).
Bowen Lyster placed fifth in the boys’ under-6 25-meter freestyle (40.33).