Swim Team second at Paducah Tilghman meet

Marshall County girl's diving into the pool in an event at the Paducah Athletic Club pool.
Marshall County girl’s diving into the pool in an event at the Paducah Athletic Club pool. Photo by Kaye Harrell-Travis

PADUCAH – The Marshall County Swim Team has been in competition in their last two meet at the Paducah Athletic Club. November 28th they competed in the McCracken Mustangs Sprint Invitational six-team meet followed by the Paducah Tilghman five-team meet on December 5th. The team will travel to Madisonville YMCA for a meet on Tuesday and Saturday they will swim in the Murray Invitational at the MSU Wellness Center.

Marshall County's Sofia Bayer preparing to start the backstroke event.
Marshall County’s Sofia Bayer preparing to start the backstroke event. Photo by Kaye Harrell-Travis

The Marshall County team took 3rd in combined scoring at the McCracken Mustangs Sprint Invitational which was won by McCracken County. Top finishes from the meet came from Maidie Siress (8th 100 freestyle), Jackson Brown (4th 100 freestyle, 2nd 100 IM), Chelsea Erbacher (8th 50 backstroke), Ethan Delaney (2nd 50 backstroke), Mary Grace Thompson (5th 50 backstroke), Coleton Jones (7th 50 backstroke, 5th 50 butterfly), Clara Bradley (3rd 50 butterfly, 3rd 50 freestyle), Sofia Bayer (6th 100 IM) and Isaac Bayer (1st 50 freestyle). The girl’s 200 medley relay took 3rd, boy’s 200 medley relay 2nd, girl’s freestyle relay 4th, boy’s 3rd.

On December 5th at the Paducah Tilghman Meet, Marshall County finished second by just one point (157) behind first place McCracken County (158). Full Marshall County results below.

Girls 200 Medley Relay: 3rd—2:13.98

Boys 200 Medley Relay: 1st—1:58.32, 3rd—2:10.47

Boys 200 Freestyle: 2nd Jacob Rushing 2:16.76

Boys 200 IM: 1st Jackson Brown 2:25.17, 3rd Kyle Hall 2:48.35

Girls 50 Freestyle: 2nd Mary Grace Thompson 28.95, 3rd Madelyn Travis 29.84, 7th Chelsea Erbacher 33.50, 8th Maidie Siress 33.76, 11th Olivia Erbacher 35.11, 18th Maddie Goins 44.53

Boys 5o Freestyle: 1st Isaac Bayer 25.13, 2nd Coleton Jones 27.21, 4th Cameron Armstrong 28.46, 5th Wyatt Moshure 28.53, 7th Clint Walker 35.23, 8th Josh Rushing 35.45, 9th Kelly Walker 35.66, 10th Jason Sheridan 35.76, 11th Landon Spencer 36.25, 12th Reece Fortner 38.89

Girls 100 Butterfly: 2nd Shelbi Spencer 1:22.18

Boys 100 Butterfly: 2nd Coleton Jones 1:10.61, 4th Ethan Delaney 1:13.34, 5th Jacob Rushing 1:18.70

Girls 100 Freestyle: 2nd Madelyn Travis 1:07.46, 5th Shelbi Spencer 1:12.77

Boys 100 Freestyle: 2nd Isaac Bayer 55.72, 3rd Wyatt Moshure 1:05.46, 5th Andrew Wilson 1:18.87

Boys 200 Freestyle Relay: 2nd  2:11.54

Girls 100 Backstroke: 4th Sofia Bayer 1:13.79, 6th Maidie Siress 1:30.37

Boys 100 Backstroke: 1st Jackson Brown 1:05.23, 2nd Cameron Armstrong 1:17.57, 3rd Ethan Delaney 1:27.08

Girls 100 Breaststroke: 4th Mary Grace Thompson 1:27.55

Boys 100 Breaststroke: 3rd Kyle Hall 1:22.33, 4th Andrew Wilson 1:30.96

Girls 400 Freestyle Relay: 3rd 4:40.77, 4th 5:46.58

Boys 400 Freestyle Relay: 1st 3:59.97

Coleton Jones during the 50 yard butterfly event.
Coleton Jones during the 50 yard butterfly event. Photo by Kaye Harrell-Travis