By Katie Northcott, News Director
Over the weekend of Feb. 27-March 1, Tullahoma Swim Club (TSC)’s Sloane Sturgill, Grace Bouldin, and Jaden Gipson competed at the Southeastern Winter Short Course Championships.
The meet was a regional championship for the Southeastern Local Swim Committee (LSC), which includes teams from Tennessee, Alabama, and the Florida panhandle. Swimmers competed in a short-course-yards pool.
The weekend was an overall success for TSC with the athletes posting personal bests, setting multiple team records, and scoring 102 points as a team.
Sturgill competed in the 10 & Under age group, swimming six events over the three-day meet. She set personal bests in five events, placing first in the 200 and 500 freestyle with times of 2:19.68 and 6:09.71, respectively. Sturgill placed third in the 100 freestyle, fourth in the 50 freestyle, fifth in the 50 backstroke, and sixteenth in the 50 butterfly.
Swimmers score points based on placing, and Sturgill scored 86 points for TSC. Adding to the weekend’s success, she set a team record in the Girls 10 & Under 500 yard freestyle.
Bouldin competed in the Girls 11-12 age group and swam five events. On Friday, she clinched her spot in finals with a 14th-place finish and personal best time of 2:14.00 in the 200 freestyle. She placed 20th in the 50 backstroke, missing a spot in finals by four places. Friday evening, Bouldin bettered her prelims performance with a 9th-place finish and time of 2:08.74 in the 200 freestyle.
On Saturday, Bouldin saw a disqualification in the 50 freestyle. She came back on Sunday, qualifying for finals in the 100 freestyle with a time of 1:00.30. She then suffered her second disqualification of the meet in the 50 butterfly. Sunday evening, Bouldin finished strong, securing 10th place in the 100 freestyle with a time of 59.30.
Bouldin scored 16 points for TSC and set a team record in the Girls 11-12 200 yard freestyle.
Gipson competed in the Boys 15 & Over age group, swimming the 50 butterfly, 100 backstroke, 200 butterfly, and 100 butterfly. He set personal bests in the 200 and 100 butterfly with times of 2:01.41 and 54.77, respectively. Out of his races, he placed highest in the 200 butterfly, landing in 26th place.
Gipson holds the team record in the 50, 100, and 200 butterfly.
Sturgill and Bouldin have qualified for Eastern Section of the Southern Zone (ESSZ) Championships, which will take place March 19-22. The ESSZ includes all teams from the Southeastern LSC and all teams from the Georgia, Mississippi, Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina, and West Virginia LSCs.
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