Jim DeVine recap
Thirty Hammerheads journeyed to the 2019 CSC Jim DeVine Invite in Columbia, MO. The team raced to 60% best times, twelve new District cuts, eleven Bonus cuts, eleven Championship times, two Sectional Bonus cuts, and one new team record! On to the highlights...
80% Best Times or Better
Shannon Banark (7/8) 87.5% Alex Briggs (10/11) 91%
Cole James (7/8) 87.5% Roman Lewis (7/7) 100%
Mollie Miner (9/11) 81% Sarah Miner (8/10) 80%
Camille Schear (5/5) 100% Philip Shekleton (4/4) 100%
Notable Swims
-Alex Briggs sprinted to a Champ cut with a 7 second drop in the 200 breast, and made Champ cuts in his 200 IM and 200 free.
- Adam Conrad dominated his distance races: dropping 36 seconds in the mile and a huge 68 seconds in his 1000 free to make Champs in both events; he also raced to a 13 second cut in the 500 for a Bonus time, and cut 23 seconds in his 400 IM to make Districts.
- Claire Conrad cruised to a big 13 second drop in her 200 IM.
- Claire Dierker raced her way to a big 24 second time cut in the 200 free.
- Isaac Dierker cut over 15 seconds in his 1650 free, and made a Bonus time in his 200 free.
- Mallory Dunaway swam her first 50 breast and 100 free.
- Natalie Dunaway sprinted to a Champ cut in the 50 free, dropped 12 seconds in the 200 free and another 10 in the 100 fly to make Districts in both.
- Alex Foot raced his first 200 free.
- Lore Gibson grabbed a pair of Sectional Bonus cuts in the 100 and 200 breaststrokes, cut 7 seconds in her 200 IM for a Champ Bonus time, and made Champ Bonus times in the 200 free and 200 back.
- Makaila Hayes cruised to a Bonus cut in her 100 IM.
- Ava Hughbanks sprinted to a Bonus in the 50 free.
- Cole James earned his Championship time in the 100 free.
- Katie Jones dropped a huge 17 seconds in her 500 free.
- Grace Kennedy raced to a pair of Bonus times in the 200 fly and 100 back.
- Roman Lewis cut over 8 seconds for a Bonus time in the 200 free, and picked up a Bonus time in the 100 free.
- Katie McGinnis cut a whopping 36 seconds for a District time in the 500 free.
- Mollie Miner raced her first 500 free, and earned District cuts in the 50 free, 50 fly, and 100 free.
- Sarah Miner raced her first 500 and 200 freestyles, dropped over 12 seconds in the 200 IM, and made District cuts in the 100 back, 50 breast, and 100 free.
- Brooke Nichols raced to a big 18 second cut in the 200 free.
- Camille Schear cut a ridiculous 50 seconds in the 1000 free, cut 13 in her 500 free, and made Champ cuts in the 100 free and 100 back.
- Philip Shekleton raced his first 100 IM, 100 fly, and 100 free, and made his District cut in the 50 breast.
- Emma Will sprinted to her Champ cut in the 200 back.
New Team Records
15&O Women 200 Fly - Makayla Swigert (2:13.30)