Greenville swimmers rake in ribbons
Published 12:00 am Tuesday, June 21, 2005
Lacey Barr and Syndi Boutwell swept their respective age groups to take first place in each event they swam in on Thursday to help the Greenville Tigersharks rake in 89 ribbons in a four-team meet in Montgomery.
Barr, competing in the 8-year-old division, took first place in the 25 yard freestyle, back and breastrokes and the 100 free relay.
Boutwell, competing in the 12-year-old age group, brought home first-place ribbons in the 50 freestyle, back and breaststrokes as well as capturing the titles in the 200 freestyle and medley relays.
"That was just a great job by our girls," said Tigersharks swim coach Debbie Haire.
After Friday's
meet, the Tigersharks returned to the water on Saturday in a 13-team meet against most of the YMCA swim teams from Montgomery, Eufaula, Prattville and Monoreville.
The Tigersharks came away with just six ribbons in a meet that had more than 450 swimmers competing.
"I still think we did pretty good," Haire said. "The first-year swimmers are continuing to amaze me and the vets are swimming faster this year compared to last year's times."
Barr continued to swim well for the Tigersharks, placing seventh in the 25 breaststroke and then ninth in the 25 backstroke.
Greenville will take almost two weeks off before competing again. The Tigersharks relay teams will be back in the water July 2 in Prattville. The team will return to the pool at 6:30 p.m. July 7 at the Southeast YMCA in Montgomery.
Until then, Haire said the team will continue to practice.
"We'll work on our strokes some," she said. "And in some of the meets our kids got (disqualified) for not doing something right. We'll work on that to correct that before the next meet."
Here is the list of Tigersharks and the ribbons won at the June 16 meet in Montgomery:
n Rhiya Daniels (Age 6): second 25 yard freestyle, second 25 backstroke, first 25 breaststroke, first 100 freestyle relay
n Samantha Akkerman (Age 6): Third 25 freestyle, third 25 breaststroke, first 100 freestyle relay
n Jenny Kim (Age 7): Eighth 25 freestyle, first 100 freestyle relay
n Jacob Katzev (Age 8): Second 25 freestyle, second 25 backstroke
n Lacey Barr (Age 8): First 25 freestyle, first 25 backstroke, first 25 breaststroke, first 100 freestyle relay
n Courtney Gregory (Age 9): Fifth 50 freestyle, first 50 backstroke, first 200 freestyle relay
n Mollie Boutwell (Age 9): First 50 freestyle, second 50 backstroke, second 50 breaststroke, first 200 freestyle relay, first 100 IM
n Amelia Grider (Age 9): Fourth 50 freestyle, first 200 freestyle relay
n Zachary Grider (Age 9): Sixth 50 freestyle, second 50 backstroke, second 50 breaststroke, second 50 butterfly
n Kevin Kim (Age 10): Third 50 freestyle, third 50 backstroke, third 50 breaststroke
n Corey Burgans (Age 11): Sixth 50 freestyle, fourth 50 backstroke, fourth 50 breaststroke, first 200 freestyle relay, first 200 medley relay
n Victoria Walker (Age 11): Seventh 50 freestyle, fifth 50 backstroke, third 50 breaststroke, second 50 butterfly, first 200 freestyle relay
n Josh Banks (Age 12): Second 50 freestyle, second 50 breaststroke, first 200 freestyle relay, first 100yd IM, first 200 medley relay
n Syndi Boutwell (Age 12): First 50 freestyle, first 50 backstroke, first 50 breaststroke, first 200 freestyle relay, first 200 medley relay
n Dallas Harrison (Age 13): Fourth 50 freestyle, first 200 freestyle relay, first 200 medley relay
n Laura Jones (Age 13): Fifth 50 freestyle, fourth 50 butterfly, first 200 freestyle relay, first 200 medley relay
n Sarah Sims (Age 13): Fourth 50 freestyle, third 50 backstroke, third 50 butterfly, second 100 IM, first 200 freestyle relay, first 200 medley relay
n Travis Haire (Age 13): Third 50 freestyle, third 50 breaststroke, second 50 butterfly, first 100 IM, first 200 freestyle relay, 200 medley relay
n Lacy Callins (Age 14): First 50 freestyle, second 50 backstroke, fourth 50 breaststroke, fourth 100 IM, first 200 freestyle relay, first 200 medley relay
n Andrew Jones (Age 15): Second 50 freestyle, second 50 breaststroke, first 50 butterfly, first 100 IM
n Kenny Harrison (Age 15): Fifth 50 freestyle, second 50 backstroke, fourth 50 breaststroke, second 50 butterfly
n Candice Hartman (Age 15): Third 50 freestyle, second 50 breaststroke, third 50 backstroke
Here are the results from the spring meet in Prattville on Saturday:
n Lacey Barr (Age 8): Seventh 25 breaststroke, ninth 25 backstroke
n Mollie Boutwell (Age 10): Sixth 100yd IM, 12th 25 breaststroke, 17th 25 freestyle, 20th 25 backstroke
n Syndi Boutwell (Age 12): Eighth 25 backstroke, ninth 25 breaststroke, 11th 100 IM, 15th 25 freestyle
n Corey Burgans (Age 12): Fifth 25 butterfly, ninth 25 freestyle, ninth 25 breaststroke, 25 backstroke
n Travis Haire (Age 13): 10th 50 freestyle, 11th 50 butterfly, 11th 100yd IM, 12th 50 breaststroke
n Dallas Harrison (Age 13): 12th 50 backstroke, 13th 50 breaststroke, 15th 50 freestyle
n Kenny Harrison (Age 15): Fourth 50 backstroke, sixth 50 freestyle
n Kevin Kim (Age 10): 12th 25 butterfly, 14th 25 freestyle, 15th 25 breaststroke, 20th 25 backstroke
n Jenny Kim (Age 7): 22nd 25 freestyle
n Sarah Sims (Age 13): Ninth 50 backstroke, ninth 50 butterfly, 12th 50 breaststroke, 15th 50 freestyle
n Laura Jones (Age 13): Ninth 50 breaststroke, 11th 50 butterfly, 14th 100 freestyle