The Fort Campbell Lady Falcons will send two swimmers and two relay teams to the KHSAA state first round this week following their finishes at the Region I Meet on Friday at the Rick Cohn Aquatic Center in Hopkinsville.
Caylee Ford qualified in two events and Leanne Archbell in one. They were also part of two relay teams that will advance.
As a team, Fort Campbell finished in fourth place with 228 points. They were 36 points behind third-place Hopkinsville.
The KHSAA tweaked the format for the state swim meet for the third time in four years. There are three sites for the state first round with Regions 1-3 swimming at Russell County High School on Saturday. The top three finishers in each event will then advance to the KHSAA State Swimming Championships presented by UK Healthcare on Feb. 23-24 in Lexington.
RESULTS
Caylee Ford – 3rd in the 200-yard freestyle (2:16.46) and 3rd in the 100-yard butterfly (1:06.87).
Ava Roberts – 4th in the 100-yard backstroke (1:15.30) and 9th in the 200-yard freestyle (2:36.77).
Leanne Archbell – 4th in the 200-yard IM (2:37.97) and 6th in the 500-yard freestyle (6:25.05).
Lyla Szody – 5th in the 100-yard breaststroke (1:29.72) and 8th in the 50-yard freestyle (29.65).
Julieann Johnson – 7th in the 100-yard backstroke (1:23.91) and 16th in the 100-yard freestyle (1:18.01).
Melody Martinez – 11th in the 100-yard breaststroke (1:53.18) and 16th in the 200-yard freestyle (3:17.80).
Lydia Weisbrich – 11th place in the 100-yard freestyle (1:09.29) and 12th in the 50-yard freestyle (30.99).
The 200-yard medley relay team of Leanne Archbell, Ava Roberts, Lyla Szody, and Caylee Ford finished in third place in 2:10.98. The same group finished third in the 400-yard free relay in 4:19.44.
The 200-yard free relay team of Molly Sharp, Melody Martinez, Julieann Johnson, and Lydia Weisbrich finished in 7th place in 2:26.32.
