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Island Swim Team
Lowcountry swimmers dominate state short-course championships
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Feb 22, 2007 - 3:40:00 PM

Lindsey Olson, a member of the Southern Marlins Racing Teams, was part of the state record-breaking 15-18 400-yard freestyle team. Olson, who is a 16-year-old 11th grade student at First Baptist in downtown Charleston, finished first in five events.
Lowcountry swimmers dominated the South Carolina Short Course Championships held last Thursday through Sunday in Rock Hill. Thousands of swimmers from across the state had to reach qualifying times to swim in the meet.

Swimmers from the Southern Marlins Racing Team (SMRT) and the Mount Pleasant Swimming Team (MPSC) combined for 26 first-place finishes. Lindsey Olson of the Southern Marlins captured five individual firsts and was a member of the state record-breaking 400-yard freestyle team.

The SMRT team finished second out of 20 teams, with MPSC finishing in fifth.

SMRT women finished in second place; MPSC women finished fourth.

SMRT men finished in fifth place; MOSC men finished sixth.

First-place winners from the Lowcountry teams included:

GIRLS

Alexandra Seale, SMRT, Girls 10&U 50-Yard Back, 34.20

Megan Lowry, MPSC, Girls 11-12 200-Yard Breast, 2:37.99

Melanie McDonough, SMRT, Girls 13-14 50-Yard Free, 24.64

Danielle Morrin, MPSC, Girls 13-14 100-Yard Breast, 1:08.22

Hanna Humphreys, MPSC, Girls 13-14 200-Yard Breast, 2:28.70

Katy Motsinger, SMRT, Girls 15-18 50-Yard Free, 23.92

Katy Motsinger, SMRT, Girls 15-18 100-Yard Free, 52.80

Katy Motsinger, SMRT, Girls 15-18 100-Yard Back, 58.09

Lindsey Olson, SMRT, Girls 15-18 200-Yard Free, 1:52.02

Lindsey Olson, SMRT, Girls 15-18 500-Yard Free, 5:04.67

Lindsey Olson, SMRT, Girls 15-18 1000-Yard Free, 10:13.74

Lindsey Olson, SMRT, Girls 15-18 100-Yard Fly, 57.58

Lindsey Olson, SMRT, Girls 15-18 200-Yard Fly, 2:07.72

BOYS

Zach Lierley, MPSC, Boys 11-12 100-Yard Breast, 1:11.79

Zach Lierley, MPSC, Boys 11-12 200-Yard Breast, 2:37.37

Zach Lierley, MPSC, Boys 11-12 400-Yard IM, 4:51.43

Bjoern Hornikel, SMRT, Boys 13-14 500-Yard Free, 4:52.19

Peter Shelbourne, SMRT, Boys 13-14 1000-Yard Free, 10:08.75

Peter Shelbourne, SMRT, Boys 13-14 1650-Yard Free, 17:09.33

Will Clark, MPSC, Boys 15-18 1650-Yard Free, 15:59.98

Will Clark, MPSC, Boys 15-18 200-Yard Fly, 1:55.70

Armin Hornikel, SMRT, Boys 15-18 100-Yard Breast, 58.38

Armin Hornikel, SMRT, Boys 15-18 200-Yard Breast, 2:10.13

RELAY TEAMS

The SMRT girls 13-14 team of Melanie McDonough, Samantha Kluttz, Katherine Schwab and Lindsay Moore set the came in first and set the state record for the 400-yard free relay with a time of 3:39.58 22.0, topping the previous record of 3:43.22.

The SMRT girls 13-14 team of Melanie McDonough, Gluhosky, Rhiannon, Samantha Kluttz and Lindsay more took first place in the 400-Yard Medley Relay with a time of 4:05.72.

The SMRT Girls 15-18 400-Yard Free Relay team of Sarah Wall, Katy Motsinger, Madison Rupp, and Lindsey Olson, Lindsey took first place with a time of 3:36.58.

Daniel Island’s Will Kramer, a SMRT swimmer, finished sixth in the state in the boys 11-12 50-yard freestyle, besting his owner personal time by improving from his 26th-place seedtime of 29:34 to 27:22. With the swim, Kramer qualified for the Southern Sectional championships to be held in North Carolina in March.

Kramer attributed his improvement to a healthy competition between he and a friend, "I was motivated to catch his times," he said.

Kramer also competed in seven other events plus team relays at the meet.

"It was just cool to compete with people who are great swimmers and push you to be better. All the athletes were very friendly…down on deck it didn’t matter what team you were swimming with."

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