MJHS Cruises to Victory in County Swim Meet

MJHS Wins Wilson County Swimming Championships

January 24, 2009….The Jimmy Floyd Center in Lebanon was the site of Wilson County’s first County Championship Swim Meet. Participating schools were Friendship Christian School, Lebanon High School, Mt Juliet High School and Wilson Central High School.

Mt Juliet handily won the boy’s competition and combined competition, and just edged the girl’s team from up and coming Wilson Central.

5 swimmers were multiple individual event winners.

Mt Juliet senior Kelsey Copeland was coming off signing day with King College and won two individual events, and was on two winning relays. Copeland pulled away from the field in both the Girl’s 100 Yard Butterfly and 100 Yard Backstroke, as the MJHS fans screamed her on.

To date, Copeland leads all girl swimmers in the county with seven qualifying times for the State of Tennessee High School Swimming Championships to be held in Knoxville, February 13^th and 14^th. She is qualified to swim in the 50 Yard Freestyle, 100 Yard Freestyle, 200 Yard Freestyle, 500 Yard Freestyle, 100 Yard Backstroke, 100 Yard Butterfly and 200 Yard Individual Medley.

MJHS junior Christian Roberts, won the Boy’s 100 Yard Butterfly and 100 Yard Backstroke, events which he had already qualified for the State Meet in. Roberts was also on two winning relays for MJHS.

Zac Morgan, a senior at Lebanon High School, won his two events, handily winning the Boy’s 100 Yard Freestyle and just edging out MJHS junior Taylor Wallace in the 50 Yard Freestyle. Morgan’s victory in the 50 Yard Freestyle ignited the crowd as they realized it was also Morgan’s second State Meet qualifying time of the year. Morgan has the honor of being the only boy on this year’s LHS swim team with qualifying times for State.

Luke Blackwell, a sophomore at FCS, cruised to victories in the Boy’s 200 Yard Freestyle and 500 Yard Freestyle, winning by a total of 127 seconds between the two events. Blackwell has six qualifying times for the State swim meet in the 50 Yard Freestyle, 100 Yard Freestyle, 200 Yard Freestyle, 500 Yard Freestyle, 100 Yard Backstroke and 200 Yard Individual Medley.

FCS teammate Rachel Sandoval won the Girl’s 100 Yard Freestyle and 100 Yard Breaststroke. Sandoval is qualified for the State Meet in the 50 yard Freestyle.

The next meet for Wilson County swimmers is the MTHSSA Region Championship Meet in Nashville on January 30^th. Swimming at the Region Meet requires swimmers achieve a Region qualifying time standard, generally much easier than State Meet times. The Region meet is their last chance to qualify for State this year.

Event Winners:

Boys:

200 Yard Medley Relay – Mt Juliet HS (Spencer Bracey, Taylor Wallace, Christian Roberts, Tyler Marudas), 1:57.74.

200 Yard Freestyle – Luke Blackwell, FCS, 1:52.67.

200 Yard Individual Medley – Spencer Bracey, MJHS, 2:27.97.

50 Yard Freestyle – Zac Morgan, LHS, 0:24.20.

100 Yard Butterfly – Christian Roberts, MJHS, 1:00.22.

100 Yard Freestyle – Zac Morgan, LHS 0:54.55.

500 Yard Freestyle – Luke Blackwell, FCS, 5:06.41.

200 Yard Freestyle Relay – Mt Juliet HS (Christian Roberts, Tyler Marudas, Spencer Bracey, Taylor Wallace), 1:43.55

100 Yard Backstroke – Christian Roberts, MJHS, 1:08.35

100 Yard Breaststroke – Taylor Wallace, MJHS, 1:12.61.

400 Yard Freestyle Relay – Mt Juliet HS (Andrew Brown, Elijah Spencer, Philip Calkins, Gabe Edmondson), 4:58.79.

Girls:

200 Yard Medley Relay – Mt Juliet HS (Carly McMahon, Meredith Martin, Kelsey Copeland, Lauren Lavery), 2:18.74.

200 Yard Freestyle – Katie Atwood, WCHS, 2:32.30.

200 Yard Individual Medley – Caitlin Sexton, WCHS, 2:51.58.

50 Yard Freestyle – Rose Davis, WCHS, 0:29.35.

100 Yard Butterfly – Kelsey Copeland, MJHS 1:09.50.

100 Yard Freestyle – Rachel Sandoval, FCS, 1:01.05.

500 Yard Freestyle – Annie Horn, LHS, 6:43.07.

200 Yard Freestyle Relay – Mt Juliet HS (Kelsey Copeland, Meredith Martin, Abby Curtis, Lauren Lavery), 2:01.20.

100 Yard Backstroke – Kelsey Copeland, MJHS, 1:08.92.

100 Yard Breaststroke – Rachel Sandoval, FCS, 1:22.93.

400 Yard Freestyle Relay – Wilson Central HS (Tiffany Vanderpool, Andie Hailey, Samantha Major, Katie Atwood), 4:55.10.

Team Scores:

Boys: MJHS 79, LHS 35, WCHS 18, FCS 12

Girls: MJHS 66, WCHS 60, LHS 15, FCS 12

Combined: MJHS 145, WCHS 78, LHS 50, FCS 24