Last update was 05/02/08
IMPORTANT DATES: )
April 5-6 - CTA "Don Gambril" Invite (long course) meet results
April 25-27- Auburn Invite full meet results
May 3- Banquet RSVP to Joe Thornton by April 4 Note date change!
May 16-18- Baylor Invite meet info HBT entry
May 30- June 1-BSL Summer Splash @ BAMA meet info

* all meet results can be found on the results page

Practice changes: at HR
May 19- Monday- no practice all groups

summer practice schedule is posted

JCSC DUAL MEETS (other summer meets on meet schedule page)
June 3- Dual vs SCST @ HR
June 17- Dual at BCC
June 24-Dual at VSA
July 1- Dual vs PTCC @ HR

Orange and Blue Meet- Clutts brothers lead the way!
Finley (12) and Peyton (10) Clutts led the HBT team to a very good showing in Auburn. Peyton was the high point winner in the 9-10 boys and brother Finley was runner-up in the11-12 boys age group! Finley broke 4 more team records (all his) in the meet. His best event was the 400 free with an exciting victory in 4:48.8! Smashing by 9 seconds the record he set 2 weeks proir. His other record swims were the 50, 100 fly, and 100 free.
Not to outdone- brother Peyton had 6 swims that were Top 3 finishes! He won the 50 fly and 100 free!
Swimmers achieving new SE LC standards were: Angelica Chapman (14)- 800 free; Peyton Clutts (10)- 200 free; Jamie Mans (9)- 50, 400 free; Kaitlin Mans (12)- 100 breast; Catherine Reinagel (18)- 200 back; Natalie Swindle (14)- 200 fly, 200 free; Hunter Whitehurst (10)- 100 back; Tyler Whitehurst(10)- 100, 200 free, 50 breast and Sasha Zoller (13)- 200,400 Im, 200 bk and 400 free.
Other swimmers getting high point trophies (only 12-unders) were: Nicole Smith (8)- 5th place; Jaime Mans (9)- 12th place; Tyler Whitehurst (10)- 9th place; John Alfano (10)- 13th place and Hunter Whitehurst (10)- 14th place
full results above and on results page

Long Course season off to a good start
The 2008 Long course season got off to a good start at the Don Gambril invite in Tuscaloosa.this past weekend. Most swimmers showed improvement in their lc times from last summer.
Six new team records were established- 5 by Finley Clutts (12)- 100, 200, 400 free and 50, 100 fly and one by Catherine Reinagel (18)-50 fly.
Establishing new SEC cuts were: Finley Clutts(13)- 50, 100, 200, 400 free, 100 fly ; Shelby Hall (13)- 200 free; Vanessa Huhges (10)- 200 IM, 50, 200 free, 100 fly; Jaimie Mans (9)- 50, 100 back; Catherine Reinagel (18)- 100 breast; Natalie Swindle (13)- 200 IM, 100 free, 400 free; Tyler Whitehurst (10)- 50, 100 back; Claire Williamson (14)- 100 back; Nicolas Young (10)- 50, 100 back and Sasha Zoller (13)- 100, 200 free, 100 back.
Congrats to Leah Thornton (17) and Finley Clutts (12) for winning the high point in their respective age group.

SE Championships- HBT 2nd place in small team!
One Top 16 time, 5 new sectional cuts and 10 team records broken!
HBT swimmers faired rather well at the largest SE Championships in history. 955 swimmers were entered in the meet. HBT garnered 2nd place as a small team (under 15 swimmers in the meet) and was 13th overall.
Nicolas Young (9) highlighted the meet with a blazing 50 breast time of 35.09. This is the 7th fastest sc time of the year in the country for 9-10 boys and well under the T16 time of 35.99! Nicolas won the event and broke the team record. He also swam to a 1.19.74 in the 100 breast- finishing 3rd. His time is the 3rd fastest in the nation for 9 year olds.
Finley Clutts (12) continued his blazing finish to the season by establishing 5 new team records and scoring in 5 of his 7 events. New records set were: 50, 100, 500, 1000 free and 50 fly!
Leah Thornton (17) set 3 team records (100 back, 400 IM and 1000 free) while scoring in all 7 events she swam.
Kreable Young (15) had a great meet by garnering 3 new sectional cuts ( 500, 1000 and 1650 free). She scored team points in the 1000 and 1650 free!
Others scoring for HBT were: Cameron Bass (17)- 500, 1000 free and 200 breast. The 200 breast was a new sectional cut!; Catherine Reinagel- 200 fly new sectional cut; Peyton Clutts- 50 back and Graham Carr - 1000 free.
results above in dates section

Auburn Last Chance Meet
A very solid meet was put in by HBT at the Ralph Crocker Classic this past weekend at Auburn University.
Special cudos to Natalie Swindle (13), who garnered 9-10 PB's with one more SES cut and Alexandra Zoller (12) with 7 of 8 PB's and coming so very close to some 13-14 SES cuts. Leah Thornton (17) established two team records in the 100 IM and 50 back.
Others with good meets were: Richard Chen (10) - 6-8 PB's; Vanessa Hughes (10)- 5-8 PB's; Emily Lin (14)- 6-10 PB's; Sean McComb (12)- 6-8 PB's and Talin Pan (11)- 8-8 PB's.
Getting new SES cuts were Shelby Hall - 500 free and Emily Lin- 200 free and back

High School Meet
Congrats to all HBT swimmers competing in the 2007 Alabama State High School meet.
Junior John Carroll HS swimmer Leah Thornton came away a state champion for the 3rd year in a row. She won the 100 back and came in 2nd in the 100 fly.
Others scoring in individual events were: Cameron Bass- 2nd 500 free, 9th- 200 free; Kreable Young- 5th- 500 free, 10th- 200 free; Natalie Swindle- 14th - 50 free; Claire Williamson- 8th- 500 free, 12th 100 fly; Lauren Everette- 16th- 100 free and fly; Emily Lin- 14th-100 free, 16th -100 back and Graham Carr- 8th- 500 free and 100 back.
full results above

Our own "V"
see link on pic of Virginia http://thedartmouth.com/2007/12/03/sports/swimming/

Congrats to Leah and Cameron
Cameron Bass and Leah Thornton were announced as Scholastic All-American Swimmers for the 2006-7 season. This honor recognizes achievement in the classroom and in the pool. Great job gals!

Pictures of team suit
Here are pictures of the team suit for 2007-8. We will have available at the Fall Classic meet for swimmers to select style and correct size. Logos may be put on at the meet. pics

Pics from Senior County
Please see the linked web site for information on pics from the senior county meet! pictures.

Program Information and forms-See Program for more information including forms, group descriptions and fee information.