The Coffee County Central High School swimming team opened the regular season on Thursday afternoon at LaVergne. Freshman Anna O’Conner led the Lady Raiders as she got a first place individual finish in the 200M individual freestyle and swam the anchor leg for the winning 200M freestyle relay team. O’Conner teamed with Emma Allen, Emily Warner and Ariah Tucker. O’Conner also scored 2nd place finishes in the 100M individual freestyle and the 100M butterfly. O’Connor qualified for the region in 200M freestyle, 50M freestyle, and 100M butterfly. Emma Allen qualified for the region in the 50M freestyle. The 400M freestyle relay team of Bailey Baker, Samantha Brunelle, Svetlana Miaddzvedzeva and Lacey West swam to a 3rd place finish.
Other Top 10 finishes for the Lady Raiders were recorded by:
Emma Allen – 3rd place (50M individual freestyle), 5th place (100M individual freestyle)
Emily Warner – 4th place (50M individual freestyle), 6th place (100M individual freestyle)
Ariah Tucker – 6th place (50M individual freestyle), 3rd place (100M individual freestyle)
For the Red Raider swimmers, freshman Jack Beachboard claimed a pair of 2nd place individual finishes in the 200M individual medley and the 400M freestyle while junior Ryan Farless added a 3rd place finish in the 100M freestyle to pace Coffee County. Beachboard qualified for state in the 200M IM, 400M freestyle, and 50M freestyle. Farless and Beachboard also teamed with Donald Ridner and Trevor Ivy-Bodman to finish in 4th place in the 400M freestyle relay and 5th place in the 200M freestyle. Farless added a 3rd place finish in the 100 butterfly and a 6th place finish in the 200M freestyle while Ridner got a 10th place finish in the 100M freestyle race. The Raider swimmers return to the water on Thursday as they return to LaVergne for a 6 PM meet.
