Terry, Rainey shine as Mavericks hit the pool
Anderson County swimmers showed early-season progress in two meets against local competition at the University of Tennessee’s Allan Jones Intercollegiate Aquatic Center on Sundays, Nov. 1 and 8.
“Overall, they did really well. One of my veteran swimmers really did well,” ACHS Coach Stephanie Coker said about an individual performance during a tri-meet against Concord Christian Academy and Hardin Valley Academy.
“Kady Terry had an impressive time drop on Nov. 1, improving her 100-yard freestyle from 1:31.13 to 1:26.14 — and ended up having personal bests in her events on Nov. 1, so that was exciting to see at the very beginning of the season,” Coker said. “And she had never swum the breaststroke before, so she did exceptionally well in that.
“She also dropped her 50 freestyle time from 56.33 to 54.90, and her improvement in the 100 backstroke was incredible, dropping from 2:28.64 all the way down to 2:11.87 — nearly 17 seconds.
“All my other swimmers, they all did really well Nov. 1. My other veteran swimmer, Shea Rainey, a sophomore, had an outstanding meet on Nov. 1, dropping his time in the 200 individual medley from 2:17.90 to 2:15.15, a fantastic improvement of nearly three seconds.
“He also dropped his 100 freestyle from 55.75 to 55.05, continuing to show the speed and progress he is capable of this season.”
The Nov. 8 meet “also went incredibly well,” Coker said.
“Zeeva Boucher had an exceptional Nov. 8 meet against CCS and Farragut.
“It was encouraging to see that they did so well, especially after they had just had a meet the previous week. It’s such a short turnaround. All of them are progressing really well this season, and I can’t wait to see what they’re going to look like in December when they have their next meet.”