By Nick Brockman, Messenger Sports Reporter nbrockman@the-messenger.com
Lightning and rain prevented the Madisonville Sharks from completing their first home swim meet, but not from capturing a South Central Conference win.
Madisonville hosted Russellville Country Club at the Madisonville Golf and Country Club on Thursday and the teams finished 55 of 73 scheduled events before lightning forced officials to end the meet at approximately 6:30 p.m. Through 55 events, Madisonville held a 216-148 advantage.
If the rain wasn't enough to send them racing, Madisonville's trio of first-year coaches had plenty to follow in the water.
"We run circles around the pool during the meets," co-coach Mary Katherine Kington said. "(We're) just making sure that the kids are having fun and learning new things so they are constantly improving at each meet."
Madisonville racked up 19 individual first-place finishes. Emory Fazenbaker recorded the most individual wins with three in the 25-yard butterfly, 25 back stroke and 100 individual medley, all in the 8-and-under age group.
Clay Cunningham, Drew Dodds, Bob Kik, Morgan P'Pool, Michelle Roy and Rebecca Spraggs each tallied two victories. Kendall Adkins, Olivia Devine, Jett Kik, Libby Shockley and Zach Yonts produced a win a piece as well.
During the 100 individual medley, Yonts, who will be a sophomore at Madisonville-North Hopkins in the fall, swam neck-and-neck with a Russellville swimmer until the Maroon broke away in the final 25 yards.
Madisonville hosted Russellville Country Club at the Madisonville Golf and Country Club on Thursday and the teams finished 55 of 73 scheduled events before lightning forced officials to end the meet at approximately 6:30 p.m. Through 55 events, Madisonville held a 216-148 advantage.
If the rain wasn't enough to send them racing, Madisonville's trio of first-year coaches had plenty to follow in the water.
"We run circles around the pool during the meets," co-coach Mary Katherine Kington said. "(We're) just making sure that the kids are having fun and learning new things so they are constantly improving at each meet."
Madisonville racked up 19 individual first-place finishes. Emory Fazenbaker recorded the most individual wins with three in the 25-yard butterfly, 25 back stroke and 100 individual medley, all in the 8-and-under age group.
Clay Cunningham, Drew Dodds, Bob Kik, Morgan P'Pool, Michelle Roy and Rebecca Spraggs each tallied two victories. Kendall Adkins, Olivia Devine, Jett Kik, Libby Shockley and Zach Yonts produced a win a piece as well.
During the 100 individual medley, Yonts, who will be a sophomore at Madisonville-North Hopkins in the fall, swam neck-and-neck with a Russellville swimmer until the Maroon broke away in the final 25 yards.
In addition to his victory in the 100 IM, Yonts, 15, finished second in the 50 back and 50 breast stroke, losing narrowly in each event.
Yonts, who has been swimming for just two years, said it's tough to swim against more experienced opponents, but he has still developed some concrete goals for the summer.
"Just to improve all around, mostly improving on my breast stroke because it's not very good," he said. "It's always a challenge to get up there and beat them."
Kington said with a blend of new and seasoned swimmers come different bench marks.
"We have different practices for different age groups, but we try to accomplish goals with each different group of kids," she said. "Individually, we try to teach the little kids and make sure they know all four strokes and they are able to do them legally and properly, so they don't get disqualified."
Madisonville will next swim 5 p.m. Monday in a home meet.
Yonts, who has been swimming for just two years, said it's tough to swim against more experienced opponents, but he has still developed some concrete goals for the summer.
"Just to improve all around, mostly improving on my breast stroke because it's not very good," he said. "It's always a challenge to get up there and beat them."
Kington said with a blend of new and seasoned swimmers come different bench marks.
"We have different practices for different age groups, but we try to accomplish goals with each different group of kids," she said. "Individually, we try to teach the little kids and make sure they know all four strokes and they are able to do them legally and properly, so they don't get disqualified."
Madisonville will next swim 5 p.m. Monday in a home meet.
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