Fall Fest 2006 Meet Notes

Wilson County Swimmers take to the Water in Swim Meet

October 1, 2006……Nine Wilson County Residents, ranging in ages from 7 to 17 competed in the Excel Aquatics’ Fall Fest Swim Meet in Brentwood, the weekend of September 29^th thru October 1^st. The Wilson County 9 joined their 220 other teammates from Excel Aquatics to compete against 10 other swim teams from Mississippi, Alabama, East Tennessee, and Kentucky who traveled to Brentwood TN for the meet. 545 swimmers were entered in the meet.

Leading off in the Friday night competition were the Claycomb Brothers of Lebanon, Stephen and Conrad. Stephen, a Senior at Pope John Paul II placed 3^rd in the Men’s 50 Yard Freestyle in a time of 22.61. Conrad, a Sophomore at Pope John Paul II, dropped his personal best time in the 50 Yard Freestyle by 3.44 seconds, finishing in 26.01.

Saturday competition featured 7 more Wilson County residents. Dallas Barlettano, Madison Blackwell, and Luke Blackwell are all from the Lebanon area, while Makensie Moses, Taylor Moses, Taylor Wallace, and Kelsey Copeland are all from the Mt. Juliet area. “We saw some significant swims out of all of these swimmers on Saturday. They will continue to work on their technique, pacing and speed work.” Lebanon resident and Excel Assistant Coach John Barnes noted. “Several of the swimmers recently aged up to more difficult age groups, and overall we were pleased with the way in which they responded to the higher level of competition.”

On Sunday, all 9 swimmers participated in the meet, and were led by Stephen Claycomb. Claycomb placed 6^th in the 200 Yard Individual Medley, and within a time span of 15 minutes was back in the water swimming in the 100 Yard Freestyle where he placed 7^th. “Stephen went all out on the IM swim, set a best time in that and was exhausted. He had very little time time to recover before his 100 Free. Later in the morning, after having some time to recover, he came back and placed 4^th in the 100 Fly while swimming to a personal best time.” Coach Barnes noted. “The way Stephen is swimming right now when having proper rest between events is almost where he was last Spring at the High School State Meet, and we are early in the season. This bodes very well for the State Meet when he will be more conditioned and tapered. He will be an early season favorite to medal at High School State this year.”

For full Fall Fest Meet Results visit www.ExcelAquatics.com. Excel Aquatics is a nationally ranked USA Swimming team, and offers the closest training facility with a full range of training times for Wilson County residents.