On Tuesday, June 4, the Sewanee Tigersharks traveled to Manchester to take on the Manchester Makos. The Makos defeated the Tigersharks 349 to 274 points.

Tigershark relay teams dominated several events with first place finishes from the following relay teams: 8 & U Medley Relay of Konrad Knoll, Archer Ladd, Lily Camp, and Millie Roberts (1:28.56); 8 & U Girls’ Free Relay of Lily Camp, Vaeh Crosby, Arabella Barry, and Millie Roberts (1:41.02); 8 & U Boys’ Free Relay of Archer Ladd, Jack Roberts, Max Goodpaster, and Konrad Knoll (1:16.47); 9-10 Boys’ Free Relay of Kiran Michaels, Theo Michaels, Will Roberts, and Sam Frazier (1:06.84); 11-12 Medley Relay of Sam Goodpaster, Maya Mauzy, Loulie Frazier, and Will Roberts (1:10.32); 11-12 Girls’ Free Relay of Maya Mauzy, Stella Wilson, Melanie Val, and Caroline Neubauer (1:05.91); 13-14 Girls’ Free Relay of Reese Michaels, Verena Pate, Libby Neubauer, and Loulie Frazier (57.19).

Several Tigershark swimmers had exceptional meets individually, taking home first place in one or more personal events: Konrad Knoll (8) finished first in the 8 & U Boys’ 25 yd Breaststroke (24.08), 100 yd IM (1:37.81), and 25 yd Butterfly (18.01); Zolon Knoll (15) finished first in the 15-18 Boys’ 50 yd Freestyle (24.05), Backstroke (27.17), and Butterfly (26.43); Kiran Malde (10) finished first in the 9-10 Boys’ 50 yd Freestyle (31.76), 100 yd IM (1:20.07), and 25 yd Backstroke (17.66); Anara Summers (9) finished first in the 9-10 Girls’ 50 yd Freestyle (34.41), 100 yd IM (1:22.06), and 25 yd Backstroke (18.72). Additionally, Loulie Frazier (11) earned two first place finishes in the 11-12 Girls’ 100 yd IM (1:16.98) and 50 yd Backstroke (33.52); Sam Frazier (9) finished first in both the 9-10 Boys’ 25 yd Breaststroke (20.97) and 25 yd Butterfly (16.39); Cooper Knight (6) finished first in 6 & U Boys’ 25 yd Freestyle (23.20) and 25 yd Backstroke (28.96); Archer Ladd (8) finished first in the 8 & U Boys’ 25 yd Freestyle (18.87) and 25 yd Backstroke (21.21); Maya Mauzy (12) finished first in the 11-12 Girls’ 50 yd Breaststroke (41.91) and 50 yd Butterfly (39.53); Reese Michaels (13) finished first in the 13-14 Girls’ 50 yd Breaststroke (39.51) and 50 yd Backstroke (34.68); Arabella Barry (6) finished first in the 6 & U Girls’ 25 yd Backstroke (29.29).

Time improvements were achieved by 29 swimmers in at least one individual event, with two Tigershark swimmers dropping significant time at the meet. Ludmila Zasedatelev (7) dropped 14.08 seconds on the 8 & U Girls’ 25 yd Backstroke and 6.14 seconds on the 25 yd Freestyle, while teammate Rachel Rundle (9) dropped 9.93 seconds on the 9-10 Girls’ 50 yd Freestyle and 4.13 seconds on the 25 yd Backstroke.

The Tigersharks travel again for their next meet, going to Tullahoma to swim Tullahoma Swim Club on Tuesday, June 11. The team will swim at home again on Tuesday, June 18, at 5:00 pm against the McMinnville Swim Team.