NAC Swimmers Make History at the 8&Under District Championship

Nashville Aquatic Club swimmers left the competition in the dust at the District Championship meet last weekend with 12 new Southeastern Championship qualifiers, another 14 swimmers qualifiying for additional Southeastern cuts, and five new 8&Under top times posting to the all-time NAC Top Ten Times list. (Please click HERE to view)

The 8&Under championship portion of the meet paved way for numerous swimmers to post Top Ten times on the all-time NAC rankings. Top performances include Ashley Hurt in the 25 and 50 Butterfly, coming in at 7^th and 10^th on the Top Times list, respectively. Grace Dyer stamped the 8th spot in the 50 Backstroke with a time of :39.22, and the 8&Under girls 100 Freestyle Relay, comprised of Olivia Detter, Ashley Hurt, Lilly Zhang and Grace Dyer,  come in with the top time of 1:03.41. Finally, the girls Medley Relay made up of
Courtney Couden, Grace Dyer, Ashley Hurt and Olivia Detter posted the 2^nd fastest time in the history of the program coming in at 1:12.83.

Congratulations to the following athletes who placed in the top 8 of the 8&Under District Championship:

Ashley Hurt – 100 Free, 25 Back, 50 Fly, 25 Free, 100 IM, 25 Fly, 50 Free, 50 Back
Grace Dyer – 100 Free, 25 Back, 50 Breast, 25 Free, 100 IM, 25 Breast, 50 Free, 50 Back
Lilly Zhang – 100 Free, 50 Fly, 25 Breast, 25 Fly, 50 Free
Courtney Couden – 25 Back, 50 Fly, 50 Breast, 100 IM, 25 Fly, 50 Back
Davis Thompson – 25 Back, 50 Fly
Alex Shackell – 50 Fly, 25 Fly
Ali Jones – 50 Breast
Michael Kong – 50 Breast, 100 IM, 25 Breast
Raleigh Maxwell – 100 IM
Olivia Detter – 25 Free
Aimee Blackburn-Box – 25 Breast

Congratulations to the following NAC athletes that picked up Southeastern qualifying times over the course of the weekend:

Aaron Shackel: 10&Under 100 Free, 200 Free
Quinn Jones: 10&Under 100 Free, 50 Back
Oliver Pilkinton: 10&Under 50 Back,
William Herbert: 10&Under 50 Back, 200 IM
Asher Maxwell: 10&Under 50 Breast, 100 Breast
Mason Morris: 10&under 50 Breast, 100 Breast, 200 IM
Carmen Bailey: 10&Under 50 Free, 50 Back, 100 Back, 200 IM
Sophia Dyer: 10&Under 50 Back, 100 Back
Brooke Hughes: 10&Under 50 Free
Lauren Molpus: 10&Under 200 Free, 100 Back, 50 Breast, 100 IM
Reagan Hurt: 10&Under 50 Back, 100 Back, 50 Fly, 100 Fly, 200 IM
Thomas Miller: 11-12 100 Free, 500 Free
Evan Petty: 11-12 50 Breast, 100 IM
Clay Brasuell: 13-14 200 Free, 200 IM, 400 IM
Adam Nik: 13-14 200 Free, 100 Breast
Michael McCulla: 11-12 50 Fly
Mikayla Oleksyk: 11-12 50 Back
Anna Edger: 11-12 100 Back
Joanna Jones: 11-12 50 Breast
Alex Massey: 11-12 100 Free, 50 Back, 50 Fly, 200 IM
Jack Brimm: 13-14 100 Breast, 200 Breast, 100 Fly, 100 Breast
Noah Carter: 13-14 100 Fly
Michael Glasson: 13-14 100 Breast
Wes Bailey: 13-14 100 Fly
Daniel Schiedemeyer: 13-14 1650 Free

Great job to all swimmers that competed in the District meet last weekend. NAC Southeastern qualifiers will move on to compete at the Southeastern Championship this weekend, and those who qualify for the Southern Premier Championship meet will advance to compete in Knoxville the weekend of March 7-9.