Going out with a Bang

What an amazing, final meet of the season against the Kimball Farms Marlins! This was by far the most competitive and exciting meet of the summer. Thursday morning, looking at times and reports, it was predicted that we lose the meet by 70 points. Our coaches knew that if we all performed to the best of our abilities, we could go against the odds and win. With a final score of 413 to 380, the Stingrays managed to win by 33 points! Our coaches are unbelievably proud of every single swimmer for giving it their all and working together for a final win of the summer. Each and every race was incredibly close, with all the swimmers in each heat swimming times 1-2 seconds apart or less. The reason we won this meet was because towards the end of each race, every swimmer kicked it into high gear and out-touched their opponents. We are so proud that every swimmer dropped time on their races- this was a night of setting personal best records.

It's safe to say that last night was the most intense and thrilling meet of our 2011 season. Here are our final swimmers of the week:

Swimmers of the Week: Week 5

Jackson Dalby

Jackson is our "go-to" 9/10 boy for the 100 IM and 25 Fly. Last night, he turned on the heat and dropped 9 seconds off his IM time, setting a personal best time of 1:24.19. In his 25 Fly, he set a personal best time of 15.75. Jackson accomplished his goal to drop time on his individual events not just by swimming harder, but making his turns quick and efficient. Jackson, you are such a talented and natural swimmer, we can't wait to see you improve as you move up to 11/12s next year! 

Trent Stubbs

Trent is a leader in his 13/14 boys age group. Trent's been swimming for many years and is very competitive, both with our summer team and his year round team. When Trent has an opponent whose times are just as fast as his, or even faster, that's when he really kicks it into high gear. Last night was one of his fastest nights of the season. Most notable was his 100 IM race, setting a personal best of 1:09.35, catching his opponent on the last lap and out-touching him by .24 seconds. Keep up all your hard work Trent, we can't wait to see you beat your personal times again next year. 

Christina Ibarguen 

Christina is consistently strong in every meet, every race. Usually swimming right before her older brother in the 50 Back and 100 IM, she knows that she needs to warm up the pool and own her race. Christina swims her guts out every time she hits the water, and is a great example for all swimmers on our team. Last night she certainly gave her opponents a run for their money in some very close races, pulling a win for the Stingrays each time. Christina, way to go!! 

Morgan White

Morgan is a 7/8 who swims like a 9/10. Her freestyle and breaststroke have improved tremendously this summer as she continuously drops time with each swim meet. Last night Morgan raced down the pool in her 25 FR, taking only about 1 breath! She swam the 50 FR for the first time ever last night as well, and did not disappoint! Morgan, you are a swimmer with a lot to offer, and we can't wait to see you swim as a 9/10 next year! 

Owen Jacobson

Towards the end of last year's season, Owen had swam a full lap on his own for the first time. At the end of this year's season, Owen set his personal best record with 34.09 in the 25 Free. In his backstroke, he took off 8.47 seconds and set a new personal best record as well! Owen has managed to have the fastest times in Freestyle and Backstroke in his age group this season. He is a very good listener at practice and always is working as hard as he can. We are so proud of you Owen!

Good luck tomorrow to all our swimmers competing in the ASA Championships at Georgia Tech! 

GO STINGRAYS!!