2008 Southeastern Long Course Championship Meet
July 17 - 20
Nashville, TN
A record 19 swimmers from TNT competed at the 2008 Southeastern Long Course Championship Meet, held July 17 - 20 in Nashville, TN. TNT swam well, accounting for 1 SES Zone Team Qualifier, 3 Championship Finalists, 18 Improved Time Standards, 22 New Team Records, and 55 Improved Times. The team placed 17th out of 40 participating teams. TNT swimmers earned 16 medals.
2008 TNT Southeastern Championship Team - Not pictured is our teammate, Adele Mantiply.
Zone Team Qualifiers: Congratulations to Ashley Szydel, who qualified for the 2008 Southeastern Zone All - Star Team and will compete at the 2008 Southern Zone Age Group Championships, being held July 29 - August 2 in Atlanta, GA.
Championship Finalist: Kyle Simpson, 13 - 14 boys 100 fly, 200 fly, 100 back, 200 back, 200 IM; Ashley Szydel, 11 - 12 girls 50 free, 100 free, 100 fly, 50 back, 100 back; Andrew Szydel, 10 & under boys 400 free, 100 free, 50 free, 50 breast, 100 breast, 200 IM.
New Team Records: Griffin Fisk, 13 - 14 girls 100 free 1:06.21, 100 fly 1:13.42. Lauren Kinsey, 13 - 14 girls 100 back 1:14.85, 200 back 2:42.60. Kyle Simpson, 13 - 14 boys 100 back 1:05.22, 200 free 2:10.54, 200 fly 2:24.11 (P), 2:22.85 (F), 200 IM 2:27.10, 100 fly 1:02.61. Andrew Szydel, 10 & under boys 50 breast 43.26 (P), 50 breast 42.84 (F), 100 breast 1:36.29 (P), 100 breast 1:34.84 (F); Ashley Szydel, 11 - 12 girls 50 back 34.22 (P), 50 back 33.36 (F), 100 back 1:13.28 (P), 100 back 1:13.16 (F), 100 free 1:06.17, 100 fly 1:12.89, 50 fly 33.33, 200 IM 2:44.40.
Improved Time Standards: Will Anderson, 200 free AA, 100 fly A; Lauren Kinsey, 50 free AA; Madison Scharles, 50 back A; Ryan Simpson, 100 back A; Andrew Szydel, 50 breast AAA, 100 breast AAA; Ashley Szydel, 50 back AAAA, 100 back AAAA, 50 free AAA, 100 fly AAA, 50 fly AAA, 200 IM AAA; Boyd Turnipseed, 50 back AA, 50 free AA, 50 fly AA, 100 fly A, 100 back A.
Improved Times: Will Anderson, 400 free, 200 free, 100 back, 200 IM, 100 fly; Simon Boles, 50 breast, 100 back; Sahra El - Hamaki, 100 breast; Griffin Fisk, 100 free, 100 fly; Lauren Kinsey, 100 back (P), 100 back (relay lead - off), 100 free (relay lead - off), 200 back, 50 free; Haley Miller, 200 free, 50 fly; Kelsie Quale, 100 fly; Madison Scharles, 50 back; Kyle Simpson, 200 free, 100 back, 200 fly (P), 200 fly (F), 200 IM, 100 fly; Ryan Simpson, 100 back, 50 back; Frances Sledge, 400 free, 200 free, 50 back; Andrew Szydel, 400 free, 50 breast (P), 50 breast (F), 50 free, 100 free (P), 100 free (F), 100 breast (P), 100 breast (F); Ashley Szydel, 50 back (P), 50 back (F), 100 back (P), 100 back (F), 100 fly, 50 fly, 100 free, 50 free (P), 50 free (F), 200 IM; Ben Turnipseed, 50 back, 50 breast; Boyd Turnipseed, 50 back, 100 fly, 50 free, 100 back, 50 fly.
Also Participating: Kellen Bullock, Gracey Kahn, Sarah Meehan and Megan Midkiff.
