By Nick Brockman, Messenger Sports Reporter nbrockman@the-messenger.com
Four different swimmers won each of their five individual events on Thursday evening as the Madisonville Sharks captured a dual meet victory against Hopkinsville Golf and Country Club in South Central Conference action.
Kailyn Brown, Michelle Roy and brothers Jack and Drew Dodds each claimed wins in their respective age divisions for backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly, freestyle and individual medley as Madisonville won 336-257.
Brown and Roy also competed alongside Hannah Kik and Linny Hooper in the 14-and-under division to win the 200-yard medley relay.
Madisonville snagged four relay victories one week after not claiming a single one in the squad's first home meet of the season.
"We have a 10-and-under boys relay that has a really good chance at doing well at championships if they all swim like they're supposed to," co-coach Mary Katherine Kington said.
Drew Dodds helped that group win Thursday with much assistance from Andrew Gaines, Cameron Hunt and Jett Kik.
Kington said the relays have been an area of focus as the Sharks prepare for each successive meet.
Kailyn Brown, Michelle Roy and brothers Jack and Drew Dodds each claimed wins in their respective age divisions for backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly, freestyle and individual medley as Madisonville won 336-257.
Brown and Roy also competed alongside Hannah Kik and Linny Hooper in the 14-and-under division to win the 200-yard medley relay.
Madisonville snagged four relay victories one week after not claiming a single one in the squad's first home meet of the season.
"We have a 10-and-under boys relay that has a really good chance at doing well at championships if they all swim like they're supposed to," co-coach Mary Katherine Kington said.
Drew Dodds helped that group win Thursday with much assistance from Andrew Gaines, Cameron Hunt and Jett Kik.
Kington said the relays have been an area of focus as the Sharks prepare for each successive meet.
"We worked on relay transitions in practice, trying to get them off the wall as soon as the other person's fingers touch," she said. "Hopefully that helped (Thursday night)."
For the youngest swimmers, the first meets of the season mean learning the basics, Kington said.
"The early meets we just try to make sure everybody is doing their strokes properly so when we get to championships they don't get disqualified," she said. "We want everybody to learn how to race so when they finish at the wall they're competing with the person in the lane next to them and not just floating into the wall."
Olivia Devine represented one of Madisonville's sharpest young swimmers, taking first in the 25-yard back and free in the girls 6-and-under group. Emory Fazenbaker finished second in the 8-and-under individual medley.
The success has come quickly for some Shark swimmers.
"A lot of kids came in and didn't know any strokes, no technique, no fundamentals," Kington said. "Now, they have sound technique and know basically what they're supposed to do."
Kington, a 2009 Madisonville-North Hopkins graduate and former Lady Maroon swimmer, exhibited why the younger Sharks should follow her example when she took part on the first-place girls open 200-yard free relay. Hopkins County Central swimmers Kathryn Cartwright, Ellen Cox and Rebecca Spraggs joined Kington on the winning relay.
Co-coaches and North grads Joseph Porter and Shawn Sarles also earned a win as part of the open boys relay with Central teammates Kain Bean and Zach Yonts.
For the youngest swimmers, the first meets of the season mean learning the basics, Kington said.
"The early meets we just try to make sure everybody is doing their strokes properly so when we get to championships they don't get disqualified," she said. "We want everybody to learn how to race so when they finish at the wall they're competing with the person in the lane next to them and not just floating into the wall."
Olivia Devine represented one of Madisonville's sharpest young swimmers, taking first in the 25-yard back and free in the girls 6-and-under group. Emory Fazenbaker finished second in the 8-and-under individual medley.
The success has come quickly for some Shark swimmers.
"A lot of kids came in and didn't know any strokes, no technique, no fundamentals," Kington said. "Now, they have sound technique and know basically what they're supposed to do."
Kington, a 2009 Madisonville-North Hopkins graduate and former Lady Maroon swimmer, exhibited why the younger Sharks should follow her example when she took part on the first-place girls open 200-yard free relay. Hopkins County Central swimmers Kathryn Cartwright, Ellen Cox and Rebecca Spraggs joined Kington on the winning relay.
Co-coaches and North grads Joseph Porter and Shawn Sarles also earned a win as part of the open boys relay with Central teammates Kain Bean and Zach Yonts.
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