Tuesday, January 22, 2019

FBCA swimmers place at regionals; qualify for state championships

Story and photo by Tracy Brown
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HOUSTON, TEXAS (January 22, 2019) The First Baptist Christian Academy (FBCA) Swimming Team competing in the TAPPS East Region Swimming Championships at the University of Houston on Saturday, February 19, 2019. The men's 200-yard freestyle relay took the bronze medal;  beating out the 4th place team by 1/100ths of a second!  They will represent FBCA at the State Championships in Mansfield in February.  The men's 400 free relay took the silver medal and punched their ticket to the state meet as well. The relay swimmers were Christopher Brown, Harrison Brown, Timothy Henry, and Stephen Lawson.

Freshman Harrison Brown earned a silver medal and will represent FBCA at the state meet in the 200-yard freestyle with a new personal best while setting a new FBCA school record.  Harrison finished fourth in the 100-yard backstroke with a new personal best and new school record.

Junior Christopher Brown earned a silver medal and will represent FBCA at the state meet in the 500-yard freestyle with a new personal best while setting a new FBCA school record.  Christopher also finished fourth in the 200-yard individual medley, with a new personal best and a new school record.

Sophomore Stephen Lawson finished fifth in the 200-yard freestyle and set a new personal best in the 100-yard butterfly during his seventh place finish.

Annalyn Henry, Makenzee McComb, and Keeleigh Wilbanks each set new personal bests in the 50-yard freestyle.  Annalyn's swim set a new FBCA women's school record.

Annalyn continued to have the best meet of her freshman year with a new school record and personal best in the 100-yard freestyle.

Sophomore Makenzee McComb swam a new personal best in the 100-yard backstroke.

Timothy Henry, or as he should now be called "SWIMMY TIMMY," swam a new personal best in the 100-yard backstroke and earned an eighth place ribbon at Regionals.  He also swam a new personal best in the 100-yard freestyle and earned an eighth place ribbon.



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