Hopkins County Central sophomore Alex Ray is seeded in two events at Saturday’s KHSAA State First Round Swim Meet at Bowling Green High School.
Ray is the tenth seed in the 100-yard butterfly. His region time of 57.14 seconds is just over five seconds behind the top seed Warren Woodall of Bowling Green.
Ray is also the 13th seed in the 100-yard backstroke with a time of 1:02.88. His time is about 10 seconds off the top seed time of 52.18 swam by Muhlenberg County’s Cash Mahlosky.
There are nine swim regions in the state with the state first round consisting of Regions 1-3, 4-6, and 6-9.
Regions 1-3 is comprised of schools in western Kentucky, the Bowling Green area, and the Elizabethtown area.
The top three swimmers and relay teams in each event automatically qualify for the state championship round in Lexington. The next best 15 times from the three other state first round sites will also qualify.
The Boys’ State First Round will begin Saturday afternoon at 4:00 at Bowling Green High School.
The Girls State Championship sponsored by UK HealthCare will be Friday, February 21 at the Lancaster Aquatic Center on the campus of the University of Kentucky. The guys will swim on Saturday, February 22.
Below is a gallery of shots from the Region I Swim Meet at Hopkinsville High School.
