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Here’s a recap of the season for the ORHS Swim Team

Posted at 10:48 am March 2, 2017
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The Oak Ridge High School Wildcat state team qualifiers and coaches David Vander Sluis, far left, and Alicia Williamson, back right. (Photo courtesy Erik Groscost)

Pictured above are the Oak Ridge High School Wildcat state team qualifiers and coaches David Vander Sluis, far left, and Alicia Williamson, back right. (Photo courtesy Erik Groscost)

 

By Erik Groscost

The Oak Ridge High School Wildcat Swim Team dual meet record for the 2016-2017 swim season was 4 wins, 0 losses. We were undefeated for the second year in a row! The wins were over Farragut, Berean Christian, Knoxville Catholic, and Clinton/Anderson County high schools.

Our meet against Maryville was canceled due to the heater breaking at the Oak Ridge Civic Center pool in late December. Three weeks of key training were disrupted for both year round and high school swimmers. We found ways around that nuisance and our swimmers still had very good championship meet performances.

Our two big end-of-season championship meets: [Read more…]

Filed Under: Front Page News, High School, Sports, Top Stories Tagged With: Alex Greenhalgh, Ali Craig, Alicia Williamson, Alison Craig, Daeton Byars, David Vander Sluis, Erik Groscost, Esther Gallmeier, Ethan Chou, fall swimming lessons, Grant Groscost, Katharina Gallmeier, KISL, Knoxville Interscholastic Swim League Swimming and Diving Championships, Lucy Groscost, Madi Cottrell, Natalie Ingle, Oak Ridge High School, Oak Ridge High School Wildcat Swim Team, ORHS Swim Team, Tennessee Interscholastic Swim Coaches Association State Swimming and Diving Championships, TISCA, Trevor Haisten, Tyr Hondorf, Vidar Hondorf

ACAC swimmers exceed expectations in first short course meet

Posted at 4:11 pm October 3, 2014
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ACAC Madi Cottrell

Madi Cottrell (13) of the Atomic City Aquatic Club at the SAC Fall Kickoff in Sevierville. (Submitted photos)

 

ACAC Swimmers at SAC Fall Kickoff

Pictured above are Mason Fischer (back to the camera, age 10) and Julia Linkous (9).

By Chip Fischer

If the Atomic City Aquatic Club were a kicker, its performance at the SAC Fall Kickoff would be the ball that soared through the goalposts and out of the stadium.

ACAC swimmers took Sevierville by storm in their very first short course meet of the year, exceeding expectations with performances that demonstrated technical prowess and outcomes beyond expectations.

Top 6 performances scored points for the team. Many swimmers earned points with standout performances that led to trophies for most overall points in their age groups. Daniel Arnold (10) led the way with a dominant performance, taking first place in nine out of 10 individual events, winning the trophy for most overall points in the 10-and-under male group, and barely missing a perfect sweep. Kamden Batchik (12) won seven races and came in second in her other two to take the trophy for most overall points in the 11-12 group. Sydney Goodman (14) placed in all eight of her events, winning the 50 Free, 100 Breast, 200 Breast, and 200IM and taking home the trophy for High Points for the 13-14 age group. In an epic battle of 10-year-old girls, good friends Madeline Linkous and Mason Fischer faced each other in 10 races, each winning five and coming in second in five en route to a tie for most overall points for the 9-10 age group. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Front Page News, Recreation, Sports Tagged With: ACAC, Atomic City Aquatic Club, Betsy Hondorf, Daniel Arnold, Julia Linkous, Kamden Batchik, Lois Weir Invitational, Madeline Linkous, Madi Cottrell, Mason Fischer, Mike Bowman, SAC Fall Kickoff, swimmers, Sydney Goodman

ORCA wraps up summer swim season in style

Posted at 2:24 pm August 11, 2014
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Oak Ridge City Aquatic Swim Team

ORCA’s 11-12 Boy’s Medley Relay Team, which placed fifth overall with a time of 2:15.53 at the annual GKAISA City Meet Knoxville 2014. Pictured left to right are Harrison Whitson, Jake Cheney, Vidar Hondorf, and Ethan Chou. (Submitted photo)

By Erik Groscost

The Oak Ridge City Aquatic summer league swim team finished its 2014 campaign on July 27 with a two-win, two-loss dual meet record and many smiling faces at the conclusion of City Meet. Wins over Beaver Brook Country Club and University Swim Club balanced losses to a very strong Northside YMCA team and Cherokee Country Club over the course of the Greater Knoxville Area Intersquad Swim Association (GKAISA) summer league season, which runs annually from early June through the end of July.

Two thousand and three hundred swimmers representing 33 summer league teams converged on the Allan Jones Aquatic Center on campus at the University of Tennessee from July 25-27. By the end of Sunday’s Finals, close to 10,000 races had been entered into the books. It is one of the largest swim meets held annually in the United States.

Eighteen ORCA swimmers—along with coaches Lars Hondorf, Betsy Hondorf, Luke Johnson, and Kathleen O’Neal—competed in Sunday’s finals going stroke for stroke with some of the finest young athletes in the Knoxville area. Top ORCA point scorers included: [Read more…]

Filed Under: Front Page News, Recreation, Sports Tagged With: Amanda Gilpin, Beaver Brook Country Club, Betsy Hondorf, Caroline Cottrell, Cherokee Country Club, City Meet, Daeton Byars, Egan Rawn, Erik Groscost, Ethan Chou, GKAISA, Greater Knoxville Area Intersquad Swim Association, Harrison Whitson, Jake Cheney, Kathleen O’Neal, Lars Hondorf, Loki Hondorf, Lucy Groscost, Luke Johnson, Madi Cottrell, Marty Gee, Mason Fischer, Northside YMCA, Oak Ridge City Aquatic, ORCA, Stephen Zhukov, summer league, swim meet, swim team, Trevor Haisten, Tyr Hondorf, University of Tennessee, University Swim Club, Vidar Hondorf, Zeke Vanatta

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