On Saturday, June 23, the Sewanee Tigersharks hosted swimmers from the McMinnville Swim Team as part of the RACE League summer season. The Tigersharks were victorious over McMinnville with a combined score of 340 points to McMinnville's 201 points.

Many Tigershark swimmer contributed significantly to the win with 1st and 2nd place finishes including: Sienna Barry (2nd place 9-10 Girls 100 Individual Medley[IM]), Jenna Black (1st 15-18 girls 100 IM, 2nd 50 Breaststroke and 50 Backstroke), Loulie Frazier (9-10 Girls 50 Freestyle, 100 IM, 25 Backstroke), Sam Frazier (1st place 8 & U Boys 25 Freestyle, 100 IM, 25 Backstroke), Ellie Jenkins ( 2nd place 11-12 Girls 50 Freestyle), Camille Kavur (2nd place 9-10 Girls 50 Freestyle), Konrad Knoll (1st place 8 & U Boys 25 Breaststroke and Butterfly, 2nd place 25 Backstroke), Zolon Knoll (1st place 13-14 Boys 50 Freestyle, Breaststroke, Butterfly), Kiran Malde (1st place 9-10 Boys’ 50 Freestyle and 25 Butterfly, 2nd place 100 IM), Maya Mauzy (1st place 11-12 Girls’ 100 IM, 2nd place 11-12 Girls 50 Breaststroke and 50 Butterfly), Reese Michaels (1st place 11-12 Girls’ 50 Breaststroke, Butterfly, and Backstroke), Theo Michaels (2nd place in 9-10 Boy’s 25 Breaststroke and 25 Backstroke), Lucianna Mollica (1st place in 15-18 Girls’ Freestyle, Breaststroke, and Backstroke), Libby Neubauer (2nd place in 13-14 Girls 100 IM, 50 Backstroke), Porter Neubauer (2nd place in 15-18 Boys 50 Freestyle, 100 IM, and 50 Butterfly), Namtso Norbu (2nd place in 13-14 Girls 50 Breaststroke), Eoin Pate (1st place 9-10 Boys 25 Breaststroke), Verena Pate (2nd place 13-14 Girls’ 50 Freestyle, 100 IM), Kathleen Perkins (1st place 13-14 Girls 50 Freestyle and 50 Breaststroke, 2nd place 50 Butterfly), Emery Preslar (1st place 11-12 Boys 50 Breaststroke), Jack Roberts (1st place 6 & U 25 Freestyle), Will Roberts (2nd place 7-8 Boys 25 Freestyle, 100 IM, 25 Butterfly), Garrett Shaw (2nd place 15-18 Boys 50 Backstroke), Anara Summers (1st place 25 Freestyle, 100 IM, 25 Backstroke), Ryan Val (2nd place 15-18 Boys 50 Breaststroke), Maddie Van de Ven (2nd place 9-10 Girls 25 Breaststroke and Butterfly), Toby Van de Ven (11-12 Boys 1st place 100 IM, 2nd place 50 Breaststroke and 50 Butterfly), and Stella Wilson (1st place 9-10 Girls’ 25 Breaststroke).

Three Tigershark swimmers seta total of 8 new team records against Fayetteville and 3 team records earlier in the season including: Anara Summers [8 & U Girls] -- 25 Freestyle time of 18.47 broke Anna Obermiller's record of 19.23 from 2000; 25 Backstroke time of 22.19 broke Loulie Frazier's record of 22.31 from 2016; 100 Individual Medley time of 1:38.60 broke her own time of 1:45.77 from the Fayetteville/Tullahoma meet on June 16.Sam Frazier [8 & U Boys] -- 25 Freestyle time of 17.85 broke Will Raulston's time of 18.48 from 2003; 100 Individual Medley time of 1:39.54 broke Jackson Frazier's time of 1:40.99 from 2014. Loulie Frazier [9-10 Girls] -- 50 Freestyle time of 36.12 broke her own time of 36.93 from the Fayetteville/Tullahoma meet; 25 Backstroke time of 18.48 broke Kate Butler's time of 19.60 from 2011; 100 Individual Medley time of 1:29.44 broke Edie Paterson's 2015 time of 1:39.53. Earlier in the season, Summers also set a new 8 & U Girls’ 25 Breaststroke record of 24.06, while Loulie Frazier set a new 9-10 Girls’ 25 Breaststroke record of 22.62 and a new 25 Butterfly record of 18.16.

Additionally, the 37 Tigershark swimmers improved their times in one or more of their individual events, including 5 year old Arabella Barry with a 9.06 sec drop in the 25 Freestyle and a 9.36 sec drop in the 25 Backstroke, 8 year old Leo Bunch with a 9.90 sec drop in the 25 Backstroke, 8 year old Heidi Bell King with a 13.32 sec drop in the 25 Backstroke, 11 year old Emery Preslar with 10.16 sec drop in the 50 Breaststroke, and 6 year old Ezra Tiernan with a 10.18 sec drop in the 25 Backstroke.

The Sewanee Tigersharks will take to the pool again at the Fowler Center on Saturday, June 30, at 10 am against Manchester and Lewisburg.