This past weekend, 15 of Troy’s finest swimmers headed to Valley to compete against 1,500 of Alabama’s best swimmers in the ARPA State Swimming and Diving Championship.

When it was all said and done, all of the swimmers from Troy placed and head coach Shane Tatum said he was extremely proud of how the team represent the program.

“I thought everyone did a great job,” the coach said.

“I was very pleased with the way the swimmers performed – all the swimmers swam best times and some dropped more than a minute off their seed time.”

In the Eight and Under Girls Event, Gracie Redmon finished in 20th place, in the 25-yard Free, with a time of 22.19 and placed 26th overall in the 50-yard Free with a time of 50.43.

In the 11-12 Girls event, Sarah Cathryn Snellgrove finished in the top-15 in three different events.

In the 50-yard Free, she finished in 14th place thanks to a time of 29.84, while in the 50-yard Fly and 100-yard Free she finished in 14th and 10th place, with times of 35.55 and 1:03.39.

Jennifer Jordan also placed in the 11-12 Girls event, in the 100-yard Free thanks to a time of 1:28.02, which was good enough for 18th place.

There were five different boys who placed in the individual events, as Kendall Savoie, Charlie Rawls and Cole Coppage placed in the 9 and 10 events, while Jared and Justin Petty placed in the 15-18 events. Both Savoie and Coppage placed in multiple categories.

Savoie finished in 22nd and 11th in the 50-yard Breast and 50-yard Back with times of 1L00.67 and 45.64 while Coppage placed in 19th, 12th, and 24th in the 50-yard Free, the 50-yard Fly and the 100-yard Free with times of 35.84, 44.38 and 1:22.34.

Rawls finished the 50-yard Breast in 23rd place with a time of 1:02.36.

In the 15-15 events, Jared Petty finished the 50-yard Fly in 14th place with a time of 28.38 while his brother, Justin, finished the 100-yard Free in 21st place, with a time of 59.64.

There were four different relays events that had Troy swimmers in it as well.

In the 9 and 10 boys medley relay, Coppage, Ethan Wilkes, Rawls and Sovie finished in 12th place with a time of 3:04.22.

The boys also finished in 12th place in the 2:38.10 in the Free Relay.

For the girls, both the Medley Relay and the Free Relay were competed in the 11 and 12 age group.

In the Free Relay, Snellgrove, Lakin Turner, Frauke Lieb and Jordan placed 18th with a time of 2:25.50 while in the Medley Relay, the girls placed 17th, with a time of 3:04.34.

The 8 and under girls swam the Free Relay as well.

Together, Mary Stoltze, Peyton Sasser, Raegan Brown and Redmon finished in 22nd place with a time of 2:09.28.

“We weren’t the biggest team there but, I thought we did a great job of representing Troy and the Parks and Recreation department,” Tatum said.

“I have to say this year’s team was the best bunch of swimmers that I have coached in my 16 years of coaching Parks and Recreation swim teams.

“It was an honor,” the coach added.

The Tiger Sharks will a little over a two-week break before they get back into the pool, preparing for the Winter season.