Henderson County Swimming | Athletes of the Week for the week ending Feb. 7
After facing two postponements due to weather, Henderson County Colonels Swimming enjoyed major success at the Region One Championships. The boys team claimed the overall championship, while the girls team finished as runners-up. Head Coach Melanie Mays was named the Region One Boys Coach of the Year.
At the end of the same week, the teams moved on to participate in the first round of the State Championship where the boys 400-yard Freestyle team of Max Mays, Caden Boggess, Seth Boggess, and Boone Thompson finished in fifth place (3:34.16). They will move on to compete in the State Finals at the University of Kentucky’s Lancaster Aquatic Center on February 20 and 21.
Full Region One Championship Results
Boys
Cameron Anderson: 200-yard Freestyle – 7th (2:22.93); 100-yard Breaststroke – 9th (1:22.78)
Caden Boggess: 200-yard Freestyle – 2nd (2:03.05); 100-yard Butterfly – 4th (59:71)
Seth Boggess: 500-yard Freestyle – 1st (5:53.15); 50-yard Freestyle – 6th (25.57)
John Couch: 100-yard Backstroke – 6th (1:10.35); 200-yard Individual Medley – 7th (2:37.14)
Jack Dalton: 100-yard Breaststroke – 12th (1:31.69); 200-yard Freestyle – 15th (2:57.92)
Jack Logan: 50-yard Freestyle – 5th (25.46); 100-yard Breaststroke – 6th (1:15.39)
Max Mays: 200-yard Individual Medley – 1st (2:12.92); 100-yard Backstroke- 2nd (59:65)
Nate Raymer: 100-yard Backstroke – 5th (1:08.93); 100-yard Freestyle – 5th (58.53)
Peyton Sheffer: 50-yard Freestyle – 13th (31.87)
Boone Thompson: 100-yard Breaststroke – 2nd (1:05.84); 100-yard Freestyle – 4th (52:61)
Brennan Wright: 100-yard Backstroke – 14th (1:38.49); 50-yard Freestyle – 16th (33.65)
400-yard Freestyle Relay (Mays, C Boggess, S Boggess, Thompson) – 1st (3:45.16)
200-yard Freestyle Relay (Raymer, Couch, S Boggess, Logan) – 3rd (1:41.58)
200-yard Medley Relay (Mays, Thompson, C Boggess, Logan) – 3rd (1:47.36)
Girls
Lilly Clark: 50-yard Freestyle – 8th (31.98); 100-yard Breaststroke – 9th (1:35.69)
Lyana Coots: 100-yard Butterfly – 2nd (1:19.47); 100-yard Backstroke – 3rd (1:14.73)
Sariah Coots: 100-yard Breaststroke – 3rd (1:24.05); 200-yard Individual Medley – 4th (2:50.05)
Irah Plummer: 100-yard Freestyle – 8th (37.16)
Riley Smith: 100-yard Breastroke – 11th (1:45.50); 200-yard Freestyle – 12th (2:43.57)
Piper Thompson: 50-yard Freestyle – 6th (30.57); 100-yard Breaststroke – 10th (1:38.74)
Avery Thomson: 100-yard Freestyle – 2nd (1:02.31); 50-yard Freestyle – 4th (28.86)
Aubrie Woolfork: 200-yard Freestyle – 9th (2:41.56)
400-yard Freestyle Relay (L Coots, S Coots, Woolfork, Thomson) – 1st (4:21.47)
200-yard Medley Relay (L Coots, S Coots, Thompson, Thomson) – 3rd (2:10.66)
200-yard Freestyle Relay (Woolfork, Smith, Thompson, Clark) – 6th (2:10.26)
