Gold Medal Wins The Women's Meet at Sectionals And Places Third Overall
Gold Medal Swim Club finished first in women and third overall at the Four Corners Sectionals in Austin, Texas.
The women showed their dominence by winning by over 250 points against much larger teams from the Four Corners area.
The men, who are smaller in numbers contributed significantly to our overall third place team finish.
Almost every Gold Medal swimmer achieved at least on best time during the meet, with many achieving multiple best times.
The team had 24 relay splits on the last night of the meet and 21 were best times. This was an amazing achievement and a credit to the team for their recovery over the course of the meet.
Marley Spray's 100 back time of 53.1 is ranked number two in the USA for 13-14 girls
Winners:
Paige Downey: 200 fly and 1650 free
Women's 400 Medley Relay: Marley Spray, Sasha Volkova, Lorin Tobler, Ellie Kayser
Top Eight Finishes
Marley Spray: 100 back, 200 back, 200 IM
Carolne Grimsley:1650 free
Cohen Gunsalus: 200 fly
Ellie Kayser: 1000 free, 500 free, 1650 free, 100 free
Alexa Largent: 1650 free, 1000 free
Lorin Tobler: 200 fly, 100 fly
Reagan Uhlik: 200 breast, 400 IM
Sasha Volkova: 200 breast
Significant Improvements:
Paige Downey dropped 9 seconds in the 1000 free
Grant Kellis dropped six seconds in the 500 free
Alexa Largent dropped 8 seconds in 400 IM and 17 seconds in the 1650 and 28 seconds in the 1000 free
Porter Ellsworth dropped 12 seconds in 400 IM, 3.5 seconds in 200 fly and 4 seconds in 200 IM
Kevin Foley dropped 31 seconds in the 1650 and 9 seconds in the 100 free and 6 seconds in 400 IM
Alex George dropped 11 seconds in the 1650
Ellie Kayser dropped 4 seconds in the 500 free and 8 seconds in the 1000 free
Mark Khokhlov dropped 6 seconds in the 400 IM and 23 seconds in the 1650
Karson Leavitt dropped 13 seconds in the 1650
Joe Luken dropped 5 seconds in the 400 IM and 4 seconds in the 200 fly
Adia Peterson dropped 7 seconds in the 1650 and 13 second in the 1000 free
Katie Plank dropped 3 seconds in the 200 breast
Marley Spray dropped 2 seconds in the 100 back and 3 seconds in the 200 back
Myra Streit dropped 3 seconds in the 200 fly
Kyler Tolson dropped 13 seconds in the 1000 free and 30 seconds in the 1650 free
Sasha Volkova dropped over 2 seconds in 200 fly and almost 4 seconds in 400 IM and almost 1 second in 100 breast
