Mavs close out season with TISCA championships
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Anderson County’s Ila Coker completed the women’s 200-yard individual medley preliminary race at the TISCA state championship meet with a time of 2:24.14. Coker also competed in the women’s 100-yard butterfly and finished with a time of 1:03.36. - Tony Cox
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Anderson County’s Donovan Rainey competed in the TISCA state championship meet at Allan Jones Intercollegiate Aquatic Center in Knoxville. She finished the women’s 100-yard breaststroke race with a time of 1:12.38, and the women’s 200-yard individual medley race with a time of 2:19.53. - Tony Cox
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Anderson County Mavericks swimmer Jackson Payne was part of the four-man 200-yard medley relay team, as well as the men’s 200-yard freestyle relay team during last week- end’s TISCA state championship. Payne (freshman), Avery Coker (sophomore), Corey Fine (junior) and Landon Rainey (sophomore) completed the medley in 2:00.87 and the freestyle relay with a time of 1:42.97. - Tony Cox
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Anderson County’s Landon Rainey competed in the men’s 200- and 500-yard freestyle events at the 2023 TISCA state championship meet this past weekend. Rainey complet- ed the 200-yard freestyle with a time of 1:56.02, and 5:06.91 in the 500-yard freestyle. - Tony Cox
Anderson County closed out the 2022-23 swim season at the TISCA championships over the weekend.
The school sent six swimmers to the meet at the Allan Jones Aquatic Center at the University of Tennessee.
Sophomore Avery Coker competed in the 200-yard freestyle where he finished 18th, and in the 100-yard butterfly, coming in 25th.
Landon Rainey finished 63rd in the 200-yard freestyle and posted a 38th-place finish in the 500-yard freestyle.
Coker and Rainey combined with Corey Fine and Jackson Payne to swim in the 200-yard medley relay and the 200-yard freestyle relay.
The team took 46th in the medley and came in 47th in the freestyle.
The Lady Mavericks had two swimmers qualify for state as senior Ila Coker finished 34th in the 100-yard butterfly and completed the 200-yard individual medley in 46th place.
Donovan Rainey finished 37th in the 200 and 43rd in the 100-yard breaststroke.
ACHS Coach Stephanie Coker said she was pleased with her team’s showing on the grand stage.
“Overall, the meet was good,” she said. “The kids were faster than they’ve been in the last several years, and I think the kids had a good experience.
“And even though Avery didn’t do as well as he would’ve liked, he still placed really well.
“It’s really hard when you’re competing against schools like Baylor and McCallie that have kids coming in from all over the world to swim,” Coker said.