Individual swimmers
finish strong in
15 team meet

By Ann Beckett
Tribune-Courier Sports
jnorwood@tribunecourier.com

Bowling green– Bowling Green High School was the site for the “Best of the West” swim meet on Saturday. This 15 team meet is a favorite among high school swimmers in western Kentucky.

Individually for the girls, Sarah Telle had the best finish with her sixth place finish out of 22 swimmers in the 100 yard butterfly followed by Sydney Beckett with a seventh place finish in the 100 yard freestyle out of 57 entries and 7th place in 200 yard freestyle events. Also finishing well for the girls was Jenna Goins with her 11th place out of 64 swimmers in the 50 freestyle. The boys were led by Josh Gordon who finished 3rd out of 36 in the 100 yard freestyle and sixth in the 50 yard freestyle out of 62 swimmers. Nolan Park finished 7th in the 100 yard backstroke and Cale Merrick had an 8th place finish for the team in the 100 yard butterfly.

Best relay finishes were from the girls 200 and 400 yard freestyle relay team of Erika Darnell, Sarah Telle, Jenna Goins and Sydney Beckett coming in second in the 200 and fourth in the 400. Best relay team finish for the boys was in the 200 yard freestyle relay with team members Cale Merrick, Josh Gordon, Reed Stewart and Nick Forte. The boy’s 400 yard freestyle relay team of Merrick, Gordon, Forte and Nolan Park came in seventh.

The boys and girls combined scores were good enough for eighth place at the meet.

The Swim Team competes tonight at the Paducah Athletic Club in the Paducah Tilghman Invitational.

Girls Results
200 Medley Relay 10th– Amanda Anderson, Sidney Jackson, Evelyn Hudson, Jessie Anderson 2:26.60

200 Freestyle 7th– Sydney Beckett 2:21.85
21st– Amanda Anderson 2:47.79

200 IM 14th– Evelyn Hudson 2:58.90
16th– Jessie Anderson 3:14.65

50 Freestyle 11th– Jenna Goins 29.07
13th– Erika Darnell 29.38
28th– Sidney Jackson 31.97

100 Butterfly 6th– Sarah Telle 1:09.91
16th– Carli Merrick 1:30.44

100 Freestyle 7th– Sydney Beckett 1:02.53
13th– Jenna Goins 1:04.34
24th– Sidney Jackson 1:12.01

500 Freestyle 13th– Carli Merrick 7:13.32
14th– Evelyn Hudson 7:21.69

200 Freestyle Relay 2nd Erika Darnell, Jenna Goins, Sarah Telle, Sydney Beckett 1:54.37

100 Breaststroke 12th– Erika Darnell 1:28.09
21st– Jessie Anderson 1:37.99

100 Backstroke 11th– Sarah Telle 1:15.53
15th– Amanda Anderson 1:18.48

400 Freestyle Relay 4th– Erika Darnell, Jenna Goins, Sarah Telle, Sydney Beckett 4:19.09

Boys Results
200 Freestyle 16th– Paul Hudson 2:38.87
18th– Nolan Park 2:44.60

200 IM 11th– Cale Merrick 2:42.61
12th– Reed Stewart 2:44.00

50 Freestyle 6th– Josh Gordon 25.36
16th– Nick Forte 26.19
50th– McKenna Petway 31.12
55th– Austin Gordon 33.09

100 Butterfly 8th– Cale Merrick 1:06.62
11th– Reed Stewart 1:12.24

100 Freestyle 3rd– Josh Gordon 56.26
11th– Nick Forte 58.87
20th– Ethan Walker 1:05.23
500 Freestyle 13th– Paul Hudson 7:08.94

200 Freestyle Relay 5th– Cale Merrick, Nick Forte, Reed Stewart, Josh Gordon 1:44.65

100 Backstroke 7th– Nolan Park 1:14.12
12th– Austin Gordon 1:23.94

100 Breaststroke 12th– Ethan Walker 1:22.07
18th– McKenna Petway 1:53.50

400 Freestyle Relay 7th– Cale Merrick, Nolan Park, Nick Forte, Josh Gordon 4:12.29