Warren Swimmers Compete at the Arkansas Short-course State Championship

On March 13-15, four Warren swimmers competed with their team, the Central Arkansas Swim Club (CASC Racers) at the Arkansas Short-course State Championship swim meet held at the University of Arkansas in Little Rock. The swimmers included Cameron Cobb, Kinley Files, Josh McClain and Jovankah Rodriguez. These swimmers competed from Friday afternoon until Sunday evening in up to 7 individual events and 2 relays. Prelims were held both Saturday and Sunday mornings and by finishing in the top 8, they qualified to re-swim the events at the finals held in the evenings on both days.

Josh McClain finished in all
of his events.

Below are all the Highlights-

 

TEAMS -

2^nd Place Overall

2^nd Place Girls

2^nd Place Boys

 

INDIVIDUAL  HIGHEST  SCORES –

Boys 

10& under Will Sims 15 points 

11-12 Joshua McClain 26 points

15-18 Jacob Toland 17 points 

Girls

10& under Shelby Bratton 61 points

13-14 Lydia Huthmaker 20 points

15-18 Isabelle Gati 32 points.

HIGH POINT WINNER OVERALL

Shelby Bratton

 

TOTAL TIME DROPPED AS A TEAM

576.41 seconds – That’s over 9 minutes!!!

INDIVIDUAL SWIMMERS PLACING IN THE TOP 4

35

INDIVIDUAL SWIMMERS PLACING IN THE TOP 8

111

 

Joshua McClain was among these swimmers finishing all of his events in Top 4 and Top 8:

1st Place 200 Medley Relay, 2nd Place 200 Free Relay, 3rd Place 100 Fly, 4th Place 200 IM, 4th Place 50 Free, 4th Place 100 Back, 6th Place 500 Free, 7th Place 200 Free, and 8th Place 200 Back. Josh's combined placements ranked him 5th in the State for 11-12 Boys.

Thanks to the individual efforts of Warren's four swimmers combined the rest of the team, the Racers finished with the highest placement ever at the State competition! All swimmers did an awesome job but we should be super-proud of the swimmers who represented Warren with pride! Way to go guys!!

 

Pic 1: Jovankah, Josh & Cameron preparing for the team march...Racer's theme was "Caution!!" Racers in the Pool! Each swimmer came up with their own variation for this theme.

Pic 2: 11-12 Boys Gold Medal win - 200 Medley Relay

Pic 3: Josh McClain with medals

Pic 4: Combined Team Awards