Hi Team! 

What a season! We wanted to share some highlights from the KISL Regional Championships: 

In prelims, 100% of our relays dropped time and 91% of our individual swims were best times. We could not be more proud of our swimmers and how hard they worked this season! The prelims session really showed that putting in consistent and efficient practice pays off!

We had 5 program records broken: 

Men's 200 Free Relay- Kaden Newman, Braden Gibson, Nathaniel Dutton, Ethan Scruggs 

Men's 200 and 500 Free- Ethan Scruggs

Women's 100 Butterfly- Miller Rothenberg 

Mens 11-dive 1m Springboard Diving- Edwin Odom

Additional State Cuts were made by Carson Coker in the 50 Free and Ethan Scruggs in the 200 Free. 

We had 6 A Final Swims, including 2 overall top-3 finishers: Edwin Odom for Diving and Miller Rothenberg in the 100 Breaststroke. Tori Goff was our overall top scorer with a 4th place finish in her 2IM and a 6th in her 500 free. Our girls' relays of Margaret Murray, Miller Rothenerg, Tori Goff and Carson Coker both dropped major time in finals and came out with a 6th place in the Medley and a 5th place in the 400 Free.

We had 8 B Final swims, all contributing to our overall score of 143 points.

The swimmers that came back for the finals session were: 

Carson Coker 

Nathaniel Dutton 

Braden Gibson 

Tori Goff 

Georgia Kate Moye 

Margaret Murray 

Kaden Newman 

Miller Rothenberg 

Ethan Scruggs 

These point scorers put us in 3rd place for Division 2 behind Webb School and Oak Ridge High School. We were the only team in Blount County to podium in any division!

For a first year I would say this meet was a huge accomplishment and proof that Swimming & Diving is a sustainable, winning program for Alcoa. Thank you to all our athletes, parents, and supporters for making this season a huge success! 

Upcoming items:

• We are looking forward to seeing our State Team compete on February 7-8th here at Allan Jones Aquatic Center in Knoxville. 
• We will be putting together a drive for the professional photos taken by our team photographer, Heather Hornback of Heather Hornback Photography. 
• There has been talk of having another get-together at the Dutton's home, which we will try to schedule soon. Stay tuned for more information!

-Coach Hana and Coach Selena