Published: Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2009 / Updated: Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2009 10:04 AM
RAYS are making waves
ROCK HILL --
The Rock Hill RAYS swim team competes nearly year-round, but the past few weeks have been pretty special.
A total of 28 swimmers competed in the South Carolina Long Course State Championship in Augusta, Ga. July 23-26. The RAYS then sent 17 swimmers to compete in the YMCA Long Course National Championship Meet, held at the University of Maryland, July 27-31, where three swimmers made it to the finals.
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Daniel Martin – Men 10 & under 100m Butterfly
Zac Baker – Men 10 & under 100m Breaststroke
Jackson Bagwell – Men 11-12 50m Backstroke
Jacob Kohlhoff – Men 11-12 200m Butterfly
Girls 11-12 4x50 LC Meter Freestyle Relay (2nd Place) and 4x50 LC Meter Medley Relay (3rd Place)
Meg Wiggins, Anna Pettus, Tori Herron and Claire Holliday
Boys 10 & under 4x50 LC Meter Freestyle Relay (3rd Place) and 4x50 LC Meter Medley Relay (2nd Place)
Daniel Martin, James Martin, Isaac Bagwell and Zac Baker
Boys 11-12 4x50 LC Meter Freestyle Relay (2nd Place) and 4x50 LC Meter Medley Relay (2nd Place)
Jacob Kohlhoff, Zach Piedt, Brandon Keller and Jackson Bagwell
Jacob Kohlhoff and Zach Piedt were selected and swam at the Southern Zone Age Group Championships in Orlando.
Local swimmers on the team are Daniel and James Martin, Meg Wiggins, Zachary Piedt and Al Lim –.all of Fort Mill – and Tori Herron and Jacob Kohlhoff, both of Tega Cay.
RAYS Coach Lynn Williams said a lot of work went into getting so many children prepared to swim in the championships.
Recently, Kohlhoff and Piedt represented South Carolina as members of the S.C. Zone Team at the Southern Zone Long Course Championship meet at the YMCA Aquatics Center in Orlando, Fla. That team is comprised of seven swimmers of each gender in the 11-12, 13-14, and 15-18 age groups from across the state. They competed against swimmers from Florida to West Virginia.
Four swimmers from the RAYS, Claire Holliday, Jackson Bagwell, Piedt and Lim, have been selected to participate in the S.C. Select Camp that will be held on Sept. 26-27 in Myrtle Beach. The camp will have coach Joe Bernal as well as Olympian swimmer Kaitlin Sandeno on hand.
The RAYS Fall Classic will be held at the Aquatic Center Sept. 19.
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