Stingrays see success at state meet

Published 11:59 pm Wednesday, July 29, 2009

The Andalusia Stingrays swim team had nine swimmers finish in the top 10 at the ARPA state swim meet in Cullman July 24-25.

Before their trek to the state meet, the Stingrays won the District VI meet in Dothan on July 11 for the second time in a row.

The following is a list of the swimmers that participated in the swim meet. All top 10 finishers are listed first, along with their categories.

Boys 9-10 50-yard breaststroke: Ben Parker (eighth place) — 46.70 seconds; boys 9-10 200-yard medley relay: Garrett Nelson, Ben Parker, Adam Peek and Ethan Barton (10th place) — 3 minutes, 11.87 seconds; boys 13-14 individual medley: Will Parker (eighth place) — 1:12.03; boys 13-14 breaststroke: Michael Hudson (eighth place) — 36.85; boys 13-14 medley relay: B.J. Donaldson, Zach Parker, Will Parker and Michael Hudson (eighth place) — 2:17.17; boys 13-14 backstroke: Will Parker (ninth place) — 32.81; boys 13-14 100-yard freestyle: Michael Hudson (tenth place) — 1:04.21; girls 13-14 freestyle relay: Jas Botta, Jen Botta, Isabella Lassiter and Hannah Nelson (tenth place) —2:11.18.

Girls 9-10 100-yard individual medley: Mary Beth Baker (16th place) — 1:44.66 and Cali Fillmer (17th place) — 1:45.95; boys 8-and-under 25-yard breaststroke: West Parker (14th place) — 27.04 and Stuart Baker (17th place) — 27.58; girls 9-10 50-yard breaststroke: Alyssa Arnold (13th place) — 52.27; girls 8-and-under 25-yard freestyle: Maisy Garner (16th place) — 21.21; boys 9-10 50-yard freestyle: Brandon Hudson (14th place) 39.27; girls 9-10 200-yard medley relay: Mary Beth Baker, Alyssa Arnold, Cali Fillmer and Loni Blatz (15th place) — 3:10.09; girls 8-and-under 50-yard butterfly: Sheridan Wright (24th place) — 33.46; boys and girls 9-10 50-yard butterfly: Adam Peek (27th place) — 49.61, Brandon Hudson (33rd place) — 56.15, Cali Fillmer (18th place) — 46.63; boys and girls 9-10 50-yard backstroke: Adam Peek (16th place) — 45.63, Ethan Barton (18th place) — 50.95, Cali Fillmer (17th place) — 45.91 and Mary Beth Baker (18th place) — 46.44; boys 8-and-under 50-yard freestyle: Stuart Baker (13th place) — 51.82; boys and girls 9-10 100-yard freestyle: Garrett Nelson (12th place) — 1:33.41, Ben Parker (13th place) — 1:33.52 and Mary Beth Baker (15th place) — 1:29.89; boys and girls 8-and-under 100-yard freestyle: Ellis Mount, West Parker, Nico Gacha and Stuart Baker (18th place) — 1:44.52, Ashlyn Nall, Sydney Ward, Sheridan Wright and Maisy Garner (19th place) — 1:37.72; boys and girls 9-10 200-yard freestyle relay: Garrett Nelson, Adam Peek, Brandon Hudson and Ben Parker (11th place) — 2:46.15, Ethan Barton, Luke Johnson, Josh Hudson and Austin Arnold (20th place) — 3:13.68, Cali Fillmer, Loni Blatz, Mary Beth Baker and Alyssa Arnold (19th place) — 2:47.55 and Katrine Christensen, Courtney Bulger, Ensley Hilburn and Aubrey Nall (23rd place) — 4:03.46; girls 11-12 individual medley: Judy Johnson (21st place) — 1:31.00; boys and girls 13-14 individual medley: Zach Parker (12th place) — 1:20.03, Isabella Lassiter (19th place) — 1:25.12; boys and girls 11-12 breaststroke: Ian Peek (22nd place) — 41.98, Elisabeth Christensen (21st place) — 44.18 and Mary Johnson (23rd place) — 45.11; boys and girls 13-14 breaststroke: Zach Parker (15th place) — 40.02, Jen Botta (12th place) — 39.38 and Isabella Lassiter (15th place) — 41.91; girls 15-18 breaststroke: Taylor Donaldson (22nd place) — 39.89; boys and girls 11-12 50-yard freestyle: Chase Fillmer (30th place) — 33.36, Janelle Nurse (17th place) — 33.38 and Bronwyn Smith (18th place) — 34.92; boys and girls 50-yard freestyle: Michael Hudson (14th place) — 28.70, Hannah Nelson (16th place) — 32.69 and Isabella Lassiter (17th place) — 33.05; girls 15-18 50-yard freestyle: Taylor Donaldson (18th place) — 31.35; boys and girls 11-12 medley relay: Tristan Hilburn, Ian Peek, Chase Fillmer and Jeremy Boyd (12th place) — 2:49.63, Bronwyn Smith, Elisabeth Christensen, Judy Johnson and Janelle Nurse (17th place) — 2:44.62; girls 13-14 medley relay: Jasmine Botta, Jen Botta, Isabella Lassiter and Hannah Nelson (11th place) — 2:32.08, Kayana Covell, Mallory Bush, Victoria Veasey and Reanna Hammonds (14th place) — 3:01.87; boys and girls 11-12 butterfly: Ian Peek (16th place) — 36.58, Judy Johnson (23rd place) — 40.57 and Elisabeth Christensen (25th place) — 49.13; boys and girls 13-14 butterfly: Will Parker (17th place) — 32.01, Jen Botta (14th place) — 36.27 and Mallory Bush (17th place) — 54.05; girls 11-12 backstroke: Bronwyn Smith (20th place) — 40.81; boys and girls 13-14 backstroke: B.J. Donaldson (13th place) — 37.29, Jacob Peek (16th place) — 42.61, Jasmine Botta (17th place) — 39.88 and Hannah Nelson (18th place) — 41.77; girls 15-18 backstroke: Taylor Donaldson (22nd place) —— 36.82; girls 11-12 100-yard freestyle: Bronwyn Smith (17th place) — 1:18.81; boys and girls 13-14 100-yard freestyle: Zach Parker (12th place) — 1:07.33 and Kayana Covell (16th place) — 1:18.00; girls 15-18 100-yard freestyle: Sara Beasley (18th place) — 1:18.59; boys and girls 11-12 freestyle relay: Ian Peek, Jeremy Boyd, Tristan Hillburn and Chase Fillmer (14th place) — 2:22.77, Janelle Nurse, Mary Johnson, Judy Johnson and Bronwyn Smith (17th place) — 2:16.73; girls 13-14 freestyle relay: Victoria Veasey, Reanna Hammonds, Mallory Bush and Kayana Covell (16th place) — 2:30.44.