Summer Special: Barracudas Versus Lightning

If you’ve ever been to a Cherokee Summer Swim Association meet on a sweltering…or stormy…Thursday night in June, you know some of the most exciting action comes in the relay races. That was true-to-form once again when the Bradshaw Farm Barracudas hosted the Laurel Brooke Lightning in the Barracudas’ fourth meet of summer 2015. The meet’s freestyle and medley relays across all age groups were fast and furious and included some of the closest races of the night. When the final relay was contested, the Barracudas had managed to take 19 of 22 relay events on this night...though the Lightning was victorious in the Boys 6 & under 100 Freestyle Relay, Boys 9-10 100 Freestyle Relay and the Boys 15-18 200 Freestyle Relay.

The final score for the meet was Bradshaw Farm 553, Laurel Brooke 372.

In the individual swimming events, the top Barracuda swimmers of the meet were Jack Garnham, winner of Boys 15-18 100 IM, 50 Backstroke & 50 Butterfly… Kamryn Carter, who scored first place finishes in Girls 15-18 100 IM, 50 Backstroke & 50 Butterfly…Grant Davis, winner of Boys 11-12 100 Free, 100 IM & 50 Backstroke…Morgan Carter, for winning Girls 11-12 50 Breast, 100 IM & 50 Butterfly… Laurel Blase, who topped the Girls 9-10 50 Free, 25 Backstroke & 25 Butterfly and Lainey Blase, winner of Girls 7-8 50 Freestyle, 100 IM & 25 Butterfly.

These Barracuda swimmers each won two events apiece:

Emma Gelatt – Girls 13-14 100 Freestyle & 50 Freestyle… Jordan Weems – Girls 13/14 100 IM & 50 Backstroke…Addy Blalock for Girls 6 & under 25 Freestyle & 25 Backstroke and Nick Janflone for Boys 13-14 50 Breaststroke & 50 Backstroke.

The following Barracuda swimmers also scored first place finishes:

Alston Tucker – Boys 15-18 50 Breaststroke

Kristina Friedrichs – Girls 15-18 50 Yard Freestyle

Ansley Davis – Girls 15-18 100 Freestyle

Alyssa Kirby – Girls 13-14 50 Butterfly

Connor Johnston – Boys 13-14 70 Freestyle

Victoria Ergle – Girls 13-14 50 Breaststroke

Sydney Struchtemeyer – Girls 11-12 50 Freestyle

Avery Baxter – Girls 11-12 50 Backstroke

Nate Johnson – Boys 11-12 50 Butterfly

Lauren McCloskey – Girls 11-12 100 Freestyle

Kelsey Jackson – Girls 9-10 25 Freestyle

John Mathews – Boys 9-10 25 Freestyle

Emily Zeigler – Girls 9-10 25 Breaststroke

Calvin Crose – Boys 9-10 25 Breaststroke

Brent Mascheri – Boys 9-10 25 Backstroke

Pearson Jones – Boys 7-8 25 Breaststroke

Sophie Taylor – Girls 7-8 25 Freestyle

Jaden Tucker – Boys 7-8 25 Freestyle

Multiple event winners for the Lightning included Nolan Peterson Boys 13-14 100 Freestyle, 100 IM & 50 Butterfly… Bradley Gordon Boys 11-12 50 Freestyle & 50 Breaststroke… Shane Peterson Boys 9-10 50 Freestyle, 100 IM & 25 Butterfly…Jacob Kunik, Boys 7-8 50 Freestyle, 25 Backstroke & 25 Butterfly and Canon Kiser Boys 6 & under 25 Freestyle & 25 Backstroke.

More Lightning event winners:

Daniel Gordon -- Boys 15-18 100 Freestyle

Cooper Goswick -- Boys 15-18 50 Freestyle

Linnea Knocke -- Girls 7-8 25 Breaststroke

Morgan Williams -- Girls 15-18 50 Breaststroke

Mason Thomas -- Boys 7-8 100 IM

Brylee Burns -- Girls 9-10 100 IM

Gracie Santarone -- Girls 7-8 25 Backstroke

The Barracudas remain undefeated in 2015 with four consecutive wins. They’ve got just one meet left for this summer, next Thursday (June 25th) at home against the River Green Rays.