By Katie Northcott, News Director
Tullahoma Swim Club sent 10-year-old Sloane Sturgill and 12-year-old Grace Bouldin to the Eastern Section of the Southern Zone (ESSZ) Age Group Championships over the weekend of March 20-22.
On Saturday, March 21, Sturgill finished first in the Girls 10 & Under 500 freestyle with a time of 6:05.02, edging out the second-place finisher by 0.71 seconds.
The ESSZ includes all teams from the Southeastern Local Swim Committee (LSC) and all teams from the Georgia, Mississippi, Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina, and West Virginia LSCs.
Sturgill competed in the Girls 10 & Under age group, swimming four events over three days. Over the weekend, she earned a total of 42 points for TSC, starting the meet with a personal best in the 200 freestyle on Friday. Her time of 2:17.15 landed her in fourth place about three seconds behind the first-place finisher.
Sturgill posted two more personal bests on Saturday. Her time of 1:04.00 in the 100 freestyle earned an eleventh-place finish. Her first-place finish in the 500 freestyle came shortly after.
On Sunday, Sturgill finished the meet with a personal best and sixteenth-place finish in the 50 freestyle with a time of 30.04.
Bouldin swam in the Girls 11-12 age group, swimming the 200 freestyle on Friday and the 50 freestyle on Sunday. Her time of 2:12.19 in the 200 freestyle earned nineteenth place. She posted a thirty-fifth place finish in the 50 free with a time of 27.73.
The championship ends TSC’s short course yard (25-yard pool) season as they look toward the long course meter (50-meter pool) and summer league seasons, which will begin in May.
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