Claycomb 3rd at State

Claycomb Places 3^rd at State High School Swimming Championships

February 26, 2007……Stephen Claycomb, a resident of Lebanon and a Senior at Pope John Paul II High School finished his High School swimming career this past weekend at the State of Tennessee High School Swimming and Diving Championships in Nashville by placing 3^rd in the 50 Yard Freestyle and 8^th in the 100 Yard Freestyle, scoring a total of 27 points in the process for Pope John Paul II.

In placing third in the Finals on Friday night, Claycomb attained a time of 0:21.56 in the 50 Yard Freestyle, becoming the first Wilson County resident to earn a Top Three finish at the State Championships since Mt Juliet’s Andrew Davidson did so in 2001.

On Saturday night, Claycomb returned to the Finals and placed 8^th in the 100 Yard Freestyle with a time of 0:47.75. In the 2006 State Championships, Claycomb placed 10^th in the 100 Yard Freestyle.

Fellow Lebanon resident and Pope John Paul II Senior Amy Pouget also finished her career by returning to swim in the Consolations Finals this year as a member of the JPII Girl’s 400 Yard Freestyle Relay who placed 14^th in the State. This was Pouget’s third year of swimming in the Consolations Finals, having done so in each of the prior two years in individual events.

Conrad Claycomb, a sophomore at JPII, competed in his first State Meet by qualifying in the 100 Yard Freestyle. Mt Juliet resident and JPII freshman Alek Nochowicz competed in his first State Meet in the 200 Yard Individual Medley and 500 Yard Freestyle.