Gators 3rd — Piranhas, Stingrays top 8 in ‘City Meet;’ Red Foxes 13th
Concord Hills 10-year-old sets meet record in Girls 25y-Butterfly
A happy bunch of Village Green Gators, led by head coach Sarah Fortney, far right, accept the banner declaring the Gators as third-place finishers, among an East Tennessee field of 31, during 2018 Greater Knoxville Area Interclub Swimming Association “City Meet” in Allan Jones Intercollegiate Aquatic Center at UT Sunday afternoon, July 29.
Celebrating its high placing in Allan Jones Intercollegiate Aquatic Center on the University of Tennessee campus Sunday afternoon, July 29, the Gators ended with five first-place event championships and 15 total top-three finishes.
“We had a great day today,” Village Green head coach Sarah Fortney said. “This was one of our biggest teams ever. We brought 140-plus swimmers to the meet.”
After preliminary rounds Friday and Saturday, July 27-28, “We had 94 kids come back with the potential to swim today,” she added. (No. 1 finishers listed later in story).
Two of three first-place crowns for Concord Hills Piranhas, which placed sixth overall (808) with 11 top three finishes, was courtesy of record-setting 10-year-old Aydan Skelton. Aydan set a meet record in 9-10 Girls 25-Yard Butterfly (13.63 seconds) while also winning 50-Freestyle (29.11).
Sugarwood Stingrays were close behind in eighth (726.50), having a pair of No. 1 event champions and 12 top-three finishes.
Fox Den Red Foxes finished 13th (639), with two No. 1 crowns and seven other top threes.
“Our team got excited and was ready to race,” Fox Den head coach Elizabeth Gitto said.
Village Green champions
• Lucas Spadafora, 8, (8-Under Boys 25-Yard Freestyle, 15.82);
• Pete Clower, 12; Cooper McLemore, 12; Leo Karnitz, 12; and Tony Spadafora, 12 (11-12 Boys 200-Medley Relay, 2:07.59);
• Leo Karnitz, 12 (11-12 Boys 50-Backstroke, 29.49);
• Elizabeth Martin, 12 (11-12 Girls 50-Butterfly, 27.80);
• Brendan Kutz, 8; Grant Kraemer, 8; Cuyler Landis, 7; and Lucas Spadafora, 8 (8-Under Boys 100-Freestyle Relay, 1:09.04).
Other Concord Hills champs
• Reagan McNair, 8; Sawyer Lorusso, 7; Kings Lorusso, 7; and Layla Crompton, 8 (8-and-Under Mixed 100-Free Relay, 1:09.05)
Sugarwood champions
• Abigail Rumpp, 18 (15-18 Girls 50-Freestyle, 24.06)
• Asher Phillips, 8; Luke Vineyard, 8; Jack Lewis, 8; amd Logan Williams, 8 (8-Under Boys 100-Medley Relay, 1:23.84)
Fox Den champions
• Hunter Burris, 8 (8-Under Boys 100-IM, 1:30.15)
• Hunter Burris (8-Under Boys 25-Butterfly, 17.26)
