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2/15/2019
By Dan Manley
Advocate Sports Editor
The Montgomery County High School swimming and diving team had the school’s biggest weekend ever at the Region 8 Meet Friday and Saturday at the University of Kentucky’s Winchester Aquatic Center.
Coach Lainey Neal’s squad qualified the most swimmers and divers in school history for this week’s Kentucky High School Athletic Association State Swimming and Diving Meet to be held next Thursday through Saturday, Feb. 21-23, at the Ralph Wright Natatorium at the University of Louisville.
Thirteen team members will compete at the state meet in 12 different events.
Junior diver Garrett Craycraft set the mark high for the MCHS squad with a second place finish and in the process scored high enough to earn All-American honors, the first time in almost two decades that’s happened for a member of the MCHS squad.
Will Ratliff earned AA honors back in the 2000 and 2001 seasons competing in the 100 yard breaststroke and the 50 yard freestyle.
The Montgomery County boys’ diving team scored more points than any other team in the region.
Sophomore Jonah Dunn of Tates Creek won the diving competition with a score of 465.65 while Craycraft scored 426.55.
In only his third year of competition, Craycraft is still on the upward swing.
“His dives aren’t always the prettiest but he’s just a natural at twisting and tumbling and he’s doing dives that have a really high degree of difficulty and pulling them off. He’s going to keep getting better and better.”
Meanwhile, freshman Meier Patrick finished fourth and another MCHS freshman, Bryson Toy was eighth as all three of the MCHS divers qualified for the state meet.
Montgomery County is the only team in the region without an indoor facility in their community, which hurts both in terms of practice and in numbers.
One has to wonder how many more student/athletes would be participating in the sport if there was a practice facility in the country.
“To be competitive you have to be a full-time swimmer,” Neal said. “Without a facility here you can’t do that without a lot of dedication on the part of parents.
“We have four legitimate full-time swimmers and a couple of full-time divers. Other than that we have some great athletes that fill in the gaps for us.
“It’s hard to do any better than we do right now without a training facility.”
Here are the Montgomery County results from the events at the regional meet:
Women’s 200 medley relay
5. The team of Alexis Trent, Samantha Coffey, Sarah Coffey and Kentlee Patrick in a time of 1:59.99. This group qualified for the state meet as one of the at-large teams because of their time.
Men’s 200 medley relay
5. The team of Cameron Coffey, Bryce McGinnis, James May and Ben Scott McDonald in a time of 1:46.46. This group qualified for the state meet as an at-large entry based on their time.
Women’s 200 yard
freestyle
4. Sarah Coffey, a freshman, in a time of 1:58.23. She qualified for the state meet as an at-large entry based on her time. 13. Alexis Trent (8th grade) in a time of 2:05.26. She was second among eighth grade competitors. There were 39 competing in this event.
Men’s 200 yard freestyle
Montgomery County did not have an entry in this event.
Women’s 200 individual medley
Montgomery County did not have an entry in this event. Competitors are limited to four events and eighth grader Alexis Trent chose to compete in the 200 yard freestyle over this event. Based on her last time in this event during the regular season she would have eighth in this event.
Men’s 200 individual medley
Montgomery County did not have an entry in this event.
Women’s 50 freestyle
7. Kentlee Patrick with a time of :25.68. She finished sixth in the preliminaries and qualified for the state meet in this event. Sophomore Delanie Blum, eighth grader Hadley Beckham and sophomore Amanda Payne also competed in this event but failed to reach the finals.
Men’s 50 freestyle
15. Ben Scott McDonald in a time of :24.77. Senior Justin Korossy finished 20th in the preliminaries in a time of :25.35 with Meier Patrick coming in 21st in :25.49 and freshman Logan McCormick 37th in the field of 53 swimmers with a time of :28.79.
Women’s 1 meter diving
12. Morgan Shrout with a score of 249.90; 13. Kentlee Patrick with a score of 246.15; 14. Bryce Gooding with a score of 241.40.
Men’s 1 meter diving
2. Garrett Craycraft with a score of 426.55; 4. Meier Patrick with a score of 329.30; 8. Bryson Toy with a score of 277.30.
Women’s 100 butterfly
8. Sarah Coffey with a time of 1:04.77. , almost three seconds ahead of her closest competitor.
Men’s 100 butterfly
4. Cameron Coffey with a time of :53.23. Cameron qualified as an at-large entry for the state meet based on his time. 16. James May with a time of 1:01.52.
Women’s 100 freestyle
Sophomore Clea Roark Moles finished 35th in 1:13.73, freshman Madison Denniston was 40th in 1:18.29, sophomore Delanie Blum was 41st in 1:20.58 and sophomore Hannah Kirkland was 48th in 1:33.38.
Men’s 100 freestyle
14. Junior Bryce McGinnis with a time of :56.51.
Women’s 500 freestyle
1. Samantha Coffey with a time of 5:15.09; 3. Sarah Coffey in a time of 5:23.33. They both qualified for the state meet and the freshman twins finished behind Tates Creek senior Rachel Klinker.
Men’s 500 freestyle
Montgomery County did not have an entry in this event.
Women’s 200
freestyle relay
11. The team of freshman Madison Denniston, eighth grader Hadley Beckham and sophomores Delanie Blum and Clea Roark Moles in a time of 2:08.43.
Men’s 200
freestyle relay
4. The team of Cameron Coffey, Justin Korossy, Ben Scott McDonald and James May with a tie of 1:36.34. This group qualified for the state meet as an at-large entry based on their time.
Women’s 100 backstroke
4. Alexis Trent with a time of 1:01.24. She qualified for the state meet as an at-large entry based on her tim
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