Bryant boys dominate in meet for split with Lakeside
BRYANT – The Bryant swim teams swam to a split this past Thursday vs. the Lakeside Rams at the Bishop Park Aquatic Center in Bryant. The Bryant boys dominated the meet, downing the Rams 516-355, while the Bryant girls, without a couple of swimmers, dropped a 495-448 decision to the Lady Rams.
“We were missing some girl swimmers,” Bryant Coach Angel Dale said.
“We had 11 of our 13 girls at the meet. Lakeside had 20 girls. I feel that we had a great meet. If we could have had our full team I believe we could have made up the point difference.”
BOYS
Bryant senior Hayden Smith was just .01 seconds from setting a new personal record in the 50-yard freestyle, winning the event Thursday in a time of 24.08. Sophomore Aidan Shaw took third in a PR of 25.35, with sophomore Caden Payne fourth (26.10 PR) and junior
Carter Miller sixth (26.71).
Smith also won the 100yard freestyle in 56.28, almost four seconds better than the runner-up. Freshman Jonny Rolen followed in third with a 1:01.16.
Bryant sophomore Ethan Eubanks picked up a win in the 200-yard freestyle, with his time of 2:22.60 13 seconds than the runner-up. Bryant senior James Balch took third in 2:56.35.
Eubanks also made it a two-win day as he took the top spot in the 500 freestyle in a time of 6:40.80.
Freshman Jase Gladden has a new PR in the 100yard butterfly, winning the event in 1:01.81 Thursday, with the next three Hornets also setting PRS. Junior Samuel Vinson (1:02.08), senior Laquav Brumfield (1:05.21) and sophomore Ian Archer (1:05.77) took spots two through four.
Gladden became a member of Thursday’s two-win club with a victory in the 100 backstroke, setting a new PR of 1:00.29. Vinson took second in 1:02.14.
Bryant sophomore Hunter Heatley set a personal record in the 1-meter dive, putting up 145.05 points for first, with senior Laquav Brumfield second at 140.75.
Senior Cameron Loftis was first in the 200-yard IM, setting a PR with a time of 2:34.73, with sophomore teammate Ian Archer also setting a PR in 2:39.12 for second.
The Hornet foursome of Gladden, Vinson, Brumfield and Smith took the top spot in the 200-yard medley relay, winning in a time of 1:52.77, 10 seconds better than Lakeside.
Smith, Brumfield, Loftis and Vinson dominated the 200 free relay in a time of 1:39.75, less than a second short of the previous PR and 16 seconds faster than the Rams.
The Hornets made it a relay sweep with a win in the 400 free relay, with Loftis, Shaw, Rolen and Gladden winning in 4:02.73, almost three seconds better than the Rams.
Shaw just missed out on a win in the 100 breaststroke, but did set a PR for a second-place finish in a time of 1:09.81. Loftis took third in 1:16.17, with Rolen fifth in a PR of 1:18.99.
GIRLS
The Lady Hornets got off on the right track in the first event, the 1-meter dive, as sophomore Jessica Rolen won with a score of 170.20, just a couple points from a PR. Junior Julianne Davis took fourth with a 148.55 and freshman Bailey Gould was sixth with a PR of 123.00.
Junior Shelby Bratton dominated the 200-yard freestyle, winning with a time of 2:08.96, almost 12 seconds better than the runner-up. Bryant junior Aidan Halladay was third in a time of 2:25.08.
Bryant freshman Kayleigh Baker took the top spot in the 50 freestyle, winning in 28.82 for a PR, with junior Alyssa Addison taking third in 31.31 and sophomore Emily Martin fifth in 32.85.
The Lady Hornets took the top two spots in the 100 backstroke, with Bratton first in 1:07.29 and freshman Isabella Sharp on her toes with a 1:08.33 for second.
Junior Gracie Ruff dominated the 100 breaststroke and set a new PR in the process, winning in a time of 1:33.14, 13 seconds better than the runner-up.
Sophomore Portia Probst also won the 200-yard IM in a time of 2:55.99.
The Lady Hornets of freshman Isabella Sharp, Baker, Bratton and Gould edged the Lady Rams 2:09.53 to 2:11.02 for the win in the 200 medley relay.
It was Halladay, Addison, Sharp and Bratton also taking first in the 200 free relay in a time of 1:58.28, almost 10 seconds than Lakeside.
Bryant’s Sharp has a new PR in the 100 butterfly, taking second on Thursday in a time of 1:15.07, while Gould was fourth in 1:24.49.
Baker and Addison finished in second and third, respectively, in the 100 freestyle, with Baker finishing with a new PR of 1:03.52 and Addison third in 1:12.48.
In the 500 freestyle, Halladay took second in a time of 6:25.68.
The Lady Hornets wrapped up their secondplace finish with a runnerup in the 400 free relay in a time 4:27.78, just three and a half seconds from Lakeside, with Baker, Gould, Addison and Halladay competing.
Bryant will swim one more time before the district meet, hosting a Last Chance Meet with Bauxite at Bishop Park on Tuesday.