Madison Titans Masters Team (Southern Zone Championship)

The Madison Titans Masters Team sent 28 swimmers to Auburn on February 3-4 to compete in the 2024 Southeastern Zone Masters Championship (the Southeastern Zone comprises 8 southeastern states).  The Titans emerged from last year's meet (February, 2023) as the champion team, dethroning the "dynasty team" which draws membership from the entire state of Georgia.  The Georgia team responded this year by bolstering their ranks and sending 36 swimmers to the competition.  In a close battle, Georgia finished with 1544 points, as our powerful Madison Titans were close runners-up with 1467 points.  The 3rd place team was Auburn with 708 points, then the Gulf Coast Pirates with 587, and Central Alabama with 518, followed by 39 other teams.

 

Master's Swim Meets are contested in age groups for both genders spanning every 5 years, with the exception of the youngest age bracket spanning seven years (ages 18-24).  Four Madison Titans emerged as top point-scorers in their age brackets:  Erin McCann claimed first place in each of her 8 events in the Ladies' 18-24 division, Ali Meeks likewise swept her 8 races in the Ladies' 45-49 division, Peter McCoy won the Men's 50-54 division, and Coach Roger von Jouanne claimed 7 first places and 1 second place to win the Men's 60-64 division.

 

The swim meet opened with the 1650 Freestyle, with Titan Erin McCann surging to post a new Southeastern Zone Record in the event.  Coach Roger notes that "Erin was instrumental in our teams' growth this year, with an amazing group of young swimmers joining our ranks.  Erin has also been great about helping to coach the team, particularly on days when we focused on longer swim-sets."

 

Nearly 40 new Titans Records were set by various swimmers, with Cara Sprintz (Ladies' 35-39) and Ali Meeks (Ladies' 45-49) leading the way with 8 records apiece.