Cyclones play host to four-way swim meet
Published 3:52 am Sunday, December 8, 2019
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Elizabethton's Olivia Markley showing good form in the Girls 200 yard freestyle Thursday night.
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Caleb Fair had a good showing Thursday night for Elizabethton, placing 2nd in the boys 200 yard freestyle.
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Elizabethton's Caden Rogers giving it everything in the boys 200 yard individual medley.
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Susanna Digby looks focused as she competes in the Girls 100 yard butterfly for Elizabethton.
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Riley Owen made a splash for the Cyclones Thursday night in the Boys 100 yard freestyle.
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It was a packed arena as Elizabethton took on Sullivan South, Cherokee, and Volunteer at Thursday night's swim meet.
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Madison Arney competes in the Girls 100 yard backstroke for Elizabethton.
BY IVAN SANDERS
STAR SPORTS EDITOR
ivan.sanders@elizabethton.com
The Elizabethton Cyclone swim team welcomed three other teams to the pool at Elizabethton High School Thursday evening as Cherokee, Sullivan South, and Volunteer joined host Elizabethton for a four-way meet.
Elizabethton had a good showing in the meet with some swimmers having a banner night in the water.
In the Girls 200-yard Medley Relay, the Cyclone team of Taylor McDougall, Madison Arney, Tehya Laws, and Susanna Digby finished third with a time of 2:52.13.
Digby, Olivia Markley, and Arney finished second, fourth, and fifth respectively in the Girls 200-yard Freestyle race for Elizabethton. In the same event for the boys, Caleb Fair swam to a second-place finish.
In the boys 200-yard IM, Caden Rogers took first place with a time of 2:45.06.
Riley Owens finished in sixth place in the Boys 50-yard Freestyle race with a time of 30.75.
Digby continued to swim strong all evening as the Lady Cyclone swimmer captured third place in the Girls 100-yard Butterfly event.
Owens returned to the water to capture a third-place finish in the Boys 100-yard Freestyle.
In Girls 500-yard Freestyle, Laws swam a 7:45.34 for a first-place finish. Digby also secured a first-place swim in the Girls 100-yard Backstroke with a 1:24.09 while teammate Markley came in second with a time of 1:30.68.
In the Boys 100-yard Breaststroke, Fair and Rogers finished one-two with Fair finishing in 1:26.53 beating Rogers by .15 seconds.
