TIGER SHARKS SPEND ANOTHER WEEKEND AT THE POOL

This time it was the Carthage pool. Fifty Lamar Tigers Sharks joined another 475 at the Carthage Invitational held July 22-23. But this time the weather was a tolerable 85 degrees and there were plenty of shady spots. Out of the 13 teams that competed Lamar took home 4^th place honors.

This was another A/B meet. In the A division medals were given out to 1^st – 3^rd place and ribbons to 4^th – 6^th. In the B division ribbons were handed out to the top 6 swimmers in each event.

A DIVISION RESULTS

In the 6 and under age bracket Haydn Bartholomew led the way with an 8^th place finish in the 25 yard freestyle and a 5^th place finish in the 25 yard butterfly. For the girls Molly Kellenberger placed 2^nd in the 25 yard breaststroke, 3^rd in the 25 yard freestyle and 4^th in both the 25 yard butterfly and 25 yard backstroke.

For the 8 and under boys Griffen Leininger placed 5^th in the 25 yard butterfly, 7^th in both the 25 yard backstroke and 100 yard individual medley and 8^th in both the 50 yard freestyle and 25 yard breaststroke. Lincoln Kaderly placed 3^rd in the 100 yard individual medley, 4^th in the 25 yard freestyle, 5^th in both the 25 yard backstroke and 50 yard freestyle and 6^th in the 25 yard butterfly. For the girls Jasmine Bello placed 3^rd in both the 25 and 50 yard freestyle, 4th in the 25 yard butterfly and 5^th in the 25 yard backstroke and 100 yard individual medley. Shelby Haskins finished 1^st in 4 of her 6 individual events. They were the 25 yard freestyle, 100 yard individual medley, 25 yard butterfly and 25 yard breaststroke. She also placed 2^nd in the 25 yard backstroke and 50 yard freestyle. Grace Compton placed 3^rd in the 25 yard breaststroke.

For the 10 and under boys Jordon Steever placed 8^th in the 50 yard freestyle. For the girls Madison Kellenberger placed 2^nd in the 50 yard backstroke and 3^rd in both the 50 yard butterfly and 50 yard breaststroke. She also finished 6^th in the 100 yard individual medley, 7^th in the 100 yard freestyle and 8^th in the 50 yard freestyle. Chynna Moore swam to a 5^th place finish in the 100 yard freestyle and 8^th place in both the 50 yard backstroke and 50 yard freestyle. Kenna Roland placed 8^th in the 100 yard freestyle.

The 11 and 12 year old girls featured Rose Compton placing 4^th in the 50 yard breaststroke and Amber Carter finishing 6^th in the 50 yard backstroke, 100 yard individual medley and 100 yard freestyle. Brittany Steever took home medals for her 2^nd place finishes in the 50 and 100 yard freestyle events. She also took home medals for 3^rd place in the 50 yard backstroke and 3^rd place in the 100 yard individual medley. Brittany also finished 4^th in the 50 yard butterfly and 5^th in the 50 yard breaststroke.

Andrew Fowler, swimming for the 13 and 14 year olds finished 7^th in the 50 yard freestyle, 50 yard backstroke and 50 yard breaststroke. He also placed 8^th in the 200 yard individual medley, the 50 yard butterfly and 100 yard freestyle. For the girls Kailey Roland finished 8^th in the 100 yard freestyle.

In the 15-18 year old division Brian Main placed 5^th in the 50 yard backstroke, 200 yard individual medley and 50 yard breaststroke.  He then went on to place 6^th in the 50 yard freestyle and 8^th in both the 100 and 200 yard freestyle events. For the girls Mary Catherine Geddie placed 8^th in the 50 yard butterfly and Megan Thieman finished 3^rd in the 50 yard breaststroke.

The 8 and under relay team of Hattie Gilkey, Shelby Haskins, Jasmine Bello and Jessica White placed 2^nd in the 100 yard medley and the 10 and under team of Jack Gilkey, William Tennel, Jordon Steever and JT Tucker placed 3^rd in the 100 yard medley relay. The 10 under girls relay team of Chynna Moore, Madison Kellenberger, Kenna Roland and Josie Kaderly finished 2^nd in both the 100 yard medley and the 100 freestyle events. The 11 and 12 year old relay team of Amber Carter, Paige Pierson, Brittany Steever and Rose Compton placed 2^nd in both the 200 yard medley and the 200 yard freestyle.

B DIVISION RESULTS

Swimming for the 6 and under division were Wyatt Hull, Truman Kaderly, Case Tucker, Donte Stahl, Dominick Givens, Chase Kellenberger, Haydn Bartholomew, Molly Kellenberger and Jacey Stahl. Donte finished 6^th in the 25 yard backstroke and Case placed 11^th in the 25 yard freestyle. Dominick placed 2^nd in the 25 yard backstroke, 4^th in the 25 yard breaststroke and 6^th in the 25 yard freestyle. Chase placed 5^th in the 25 yard backstroke and Haydn finished 5^th in the 25 yard breaststroke,

For the 8 and under group Kip Roland took home a ribbon for his 1^st place victory in the 100 yard individual medley and Jessica White placed 6^th in the 25 yard butterfly. Grace Compton placed 7^th in the 25 yard freestyle and 8^th in the 25 yard backstroke.

Jack Gilkey, swimming for the 10 under boys finished 6^th in the 100 yard individual medley and William Tennel placed 7^th in the 50 yard breaststroke. Jordon Steever placed 1^st in the 50 yard butterfly and 4^th in both the 100 yard freestyle and 50 yard breaststroke. He also finished 5^th in the 100 yard individual medley. Evan Moore took home a ribbon for his 1^st place finish in the 50 yard backstroke and 3^rd place showing in the 50 yard freestyle.

The 10 under girls featured Chynna Moore placing 4^th in the 50 yard breaststroke and 8^th in the 50 yard butterfly. Ryan O’Sullivan finished 8^th in the 50 yard breaststroke and Kenna Roland placed 1^st in the 50 yard butterfly. Josie Kaderly placed 3^rd in the 50 yard breaststroke, 4^th in the 50 yard freestyle, 7^th in the 50 yard butterfly and 8^th in the 100 yard individual medley.

The 11 and 12 year old bracket featured Jacob Haskins swimming to a 7^th place finish in the 50 yard backstroke, Thomas O’Sullivan placing 6^th in the 50 yard breaststroke and Jantzen Davis finishing 8^th in the 50 yard backstroke. For the girls Amber Carter placed 8^th in the 50 yard breaststroke and Paige Pierson finishing 6^th in both the 100 yard individual medley and 50 yard butterfly.

Kyle Compton, representing the 13 and 14 year old boys placed 2^nd in the 50 yard breaststroke and 7^th in the 50 yard freestyle while Kailey Roland placed 1^st in the 50 yard butterfly for the girls.

Sean Rhodes, swimming in the 15-18 year old division placed 2^nd in the 50 yard freestyle, 3^rd in the 200 yard individual medley and 4^th in the 50 yard backstroke. For the girls Kimberley Marti placed 7^th in the 200 yard freestyle and Jennifer Marti finished 2^nd in the 50 yard backstroke and 8^th in the 200 yard individual medley.

The 8 and under boys relay team of Kip Roland, Lincoln Kaderly, Griffen Leininger and Haydn Bartholomew finished 1^st in the 100 yard medley and 4^th in the 100 yard freestyle. The team of Dominick Givens, Wyatt Hull, Chase Kellenberger and Donte Stahl placed 7^th in the 100 yard freestyle. For the girls the relay team of Shelby Haskins, Jasmine Bello, Jessica White and Molly Kellenberger finished 3^rd in the 100 yard freestyle.

The 10 and under team of William Tennel, Haydn Bartholomew, Zane Hull and Jordon Steever finished 5^th in the 100 yard freestyle relay and the girls team of Jerica Stahl, Ashton Kirkpatrick, Ryan O’Sullivan and Jacey Stahl finished 3^rd in the 100 yard freestyle and 5^th in the 100 yard medley.

These Tiger Sharks also competed in the Invitational: Morgan Cook swam in 4 events. Blake Elam swam in 2, Jordon Finney competed in 2 events and Carmen Miller swam in 2 events.