2013 Grand Prix Championships

2013 MPSC Grand Prix Championships:

The 2013 Grand Prix Series closed with the Championships meet hosted Feb 23-24 in Mount Pleasant.  Twelve swimmers made the trip and did an outstanding job resulting in numerous personal best times and 3 new SCS State Championship q-times.

Connor Churchill earned 3 personal best times and a new SCS q-time in the 100 butterfly. 

Peyton Mc Whorter swam to 7 personal best times and 2 new SCS q-times in the 50 butterfly and 50 backstroke.  Those are Mc Whorter’s first SCS q-times.

Rafael Adi earned 7 best times including a 20-second improvement in the 200 freestyle.

Connor Campbell went a perfect 4-for-4 personal best times and a huge 39-second improvement in the 200 IM.

Alyssa Cozart earned a personal best in the 50 butterfly, but swam the 200 free, 200 IM and 100 breaststroke for the first time in competition.

Lily Gibson-Grossman swam her first meet as a Riptide and did an outstanding job.

Tucker Hendrix earned two personal best times including a 31-second improvement in the 100 backstroke.

Matthew Key swam Saturday only and competed in his first-ever 200 freestyle.

Hannah Mc Donough raced her way to 5 personal best times and a first-time swim in the 200 IM.

Kylie Mc Whorter also raced to 5 personal best times with her largest improvement in the 50 backstroke by 3 seconds.

Ethan Nechemia earned two personal best times in the 50 breaststroke and 100 backstroke.

Chloe Stampfle earned a best time in the 100 backstroke.

Congratulations to all of our swimmers at the Grand Prix Championships and to Coach Mary for doing such an amazing job with the swimmers.