The varsity swimming team took another step to becoming a dominant program in West Tennessee by placing second at last Saturday's county meet held at St. George's.
The Owls tabulated 506 team points to finish 44 points behind county champion CBHS. Here is the complete list of competing teams and final point totals:
| CBHS MUS Houston White Station Germantown Collierville Cordova ECS Bartlett St. Benedict Briarcrest Bolton |
550 506 403 358 296 242 203 183 184 124 75 28 |
St. Georges and Lausanne had no one with qualifying times.
Scoring points for the team included the following Owls:
| 200
Medley Relay: 200 Freestyle: 50 Backstroke: 200 Individual Medley: 50 Freestyle: 50 Breaststroke: 100 Butterfly: 100 Freestyle: 500 Freestyle: 200 Freestyle Relay: 50 Butterfly: 100 Backstroke: 100 Individual Medley: 100 Breaststoke: 400 Freestyle Relay: |
6th -
Austin Chu, Parth Sheth, Jamie Drinan, and Gordon Conaway 5th - Kevin Wang, 6th - John Harkess, 10th - Dex Witte 4th - Erim Sarinoglu, 10th - Drew Fleming, 14th - Tommy Horton 5th - Austin Chu, 7th - Cody Mayer 6th - Jamie Drinan, 12th - Sam Buckner, 13th - Gordon Conaway 4th - Hank Wynn, 8th - Gatlin Hardin, 9th - Nicholas Vincent 7th - Aaron Struminger, 9th - Joseph Robinson 11th - John Harkess, 12th - Geer Alexander 5th - Kevin Wang, 9th - Aaron Struminger, 11th - Dex Witte 5th - Geer Alexander, Hank Wynn, Sam Buckner, Tyler Beard 4th - Jamie Drinan, 8th - Gatlin Hardin, 9th - Joseph Robinson 8th - Drew Fleming, 10th - Tommy Horton, 16th - Jonathan Lunati 6th - Tyler Beard, 9th - Sam Buckner, 10th - Geer Alexander 6th - Austin Chu, 7th - Hank Wynn, 11th - Nicholas Vincent 5th - John Harkess, Jamie Drinan, Aaron Struminger, Kevin Wang |
The highest scoring MUS swimmers were Jamie Drinan with a 4th in the 50 butterfly, Hank Wynn with a 4th in the 50 breaststroke, and Erim Sarinoglu with a 4th in the 50 backstroke. The lack of first-place finishes again shows how much of a team effort the overall second-place finish was. In addition, almost everyone posted personal best times, and all the relays scored higher than they were seeded.
Coach Laurie Clark was very pleased with the team's performance and is looking forward to next year.
"It was a great meet, and next year we are going after CBHS," said Clark after the meet.
The Owls will be attend the State Championships February 22 and 23 in Nashville. Jamie Drinan will represent MUS in the 50 Freestyle, and Austin Chu will represent MUS in the 200 Individual Medley. MUS will also send three relay teams.