March 9, 2008…. Following up on his 800 Meter Freestyle on Thursday night, Excel Aquatics and Lebanon High’s Bradley Gillilan swam in the 400 Meter Freestyle on Saturday and the 1,500 Meter Freestyle at the Spring Senior Sectionals Swimming Championships in
In the 400 Meter Freestyle, Gillilan placed 45th in the meet while dropping his personal best time by 8.18 seconds, finishing in a time of four minutes, twenty two seconds and five one-hundredths (4:22.05). “Bradley had a nice time drop, and we were expecting that after his 800 Free a few nights before,” Coach John Barnes commented. “Bradley had a great short course (yards) season, and considering that he has always swum better in the long course (meters) format, we felt he had a good chance to make some significant time drops.”
Gillilan’s 400 time was only 2.16 seconds away from a Summer Senior Sectional Championships to be held in July in
On the last day of Spring Sectionals, the last event Gillilan was in was the 1,500 Meter Freestyle. The “Mile” proved to be another fast swim for Gillilan, turning a 17:16.94, a 28.76 second time drop. Gillilan is only 3.45 seconds away from the Summer Sectional time in the Mile.
Gillilan placed 20th in the Mile, his second Top 20 finish after his
“Bradley and Luke (Blackwell) trained hard all throughout Short Course Season with their eyes on this meet. Both did great in the 800, and Bradley swam lights out in his other events. They train in a short course pool in
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