Jun 26, 2008

The Ava swim team traveled to West Plains on Saturday, June 21 for an eight-team meet. The Bear-A-Cudas took fourth place behind Mtn. View in 1st place, Houston 2nd, and West Plains 3rd. Marshfield was 5th, Willow Springs 6th, YMCA 7th, and Lebanon 8th. Individual Results for Ava: Backstroke: Haley Williams 1st; Kevin Philpott 1st; Joey Swofford 1st; Tanner Murray 2nd, Brandi Yost 2nd; Brittany Maggard 2nd; Zach Leonard 3rd; Hunter Shelton 5th, Eli Maggard 6th and Cody Douglas 6th. 25m Breaststroke: Emily Sterling 1st; Lucas Tabor 1st; Cambria King 4th, Abby Dean 6th. 50m Breaststroke: Emily Sterling 1st; Lucas Tabor 2nd, and Cambria King 3rd Butterfly: Zach Taylor 2nd; Kevin Philpott 2nd; Scotlyn Canape 2nd; JJ Heath 3rd; Eli Maggard 5th; Caley Wallace 6th; Colton Hall 6th. 25m Freestyle: Nick Sterling 1st; Haley Williams 1st; Zach Taylor 1st; Tanner Murray 2nd; Lucas Tabor 2nd; Cambria King 2nd; Emily Sterling 3rd; Mac Helms 3rd; Billy Janson 4th; JJ Heath 4th; Abby Dean 5th; Hunter Shelton 5th; Brandi Yost 5th. 50m Freestyle: Tanner Murray 1st; Nick Sterling 1st; Brandi Yost 2nd; JJ Heath 2nd; Mac Helms 3rd; Zach Taylor 3rd; Michael King 6th. Individual Medley: Nick Sterling 2nd; Kevin Philpott 5th; Eli Maggard 6th; Danielle Dye 6th. Freestyle Relays:1st place Kevin Philpott, JJ Heath, Zach Leonard and Lucas Tabor; 1st place Danielle Dye, Emily Sterling and Haley Williams; 2nd Cambria King, Brittany Maggard and Abby Dean; 3rd Joey Swofford, Emily Stillings, Lauren Mendel, and Tanner Murray; 3rd Zach Taylor, Cody Douglas, and Colton Hall; 5th Emily McDevitt, Morgan Maggard, Caley Wallace, & Hunter Shelton; Billy Janson, Michael King, David Janson; 6th Scotlyn Canape, Bethany Jacobson, Taryn Cassel. Medley Relays:1st place Tanner Murray, Lauren Mendel, Emily Stillings and Mac Helms; 2nd Brandi Yost, Emily Sterling, Haley Williams, and Danielle Dye; 2nd Kevin Philpott, Lucas Tabor, JJ Heath, & Trevor Ganzer; 2nd Cambria King, Brittany Maggard, Abby Dean; 5th Zach Taylor, Taylor Ganzer, Colton Hall, & Cody Douglas; 6th Bethany Jacobson, Taryn Cassel, Scotlyn Canape; 6th Emily McDevitt, Morgan Maggard, Caley Wallace, & Hunter Shelton Special Awards: Taryn and Taila Cassel were given special awards by their coaches this week for their 110% effort at practice and meets and their improved swimming. Trevor Ganzer was also given a Coaches Award for always being so helpful and polite at practice and meets, and Danielle Dye got the Sportsmanship award.