The Aqua goats traveled to the campus of OBU on Friday February 7th to compete in the 1A-4A south swim and dive conference championship.
Led by senior captain Ashtyn Smith the ladies struck early and took 1st in the 200 medley relay. Next up was the 200 free where Smith took 1st place as well.
Next up was the 200 IM where freshman Allie Hall took 1st in that event. Then Landon Reid took 1st place in the men’s 200
IM. The goats were just getting started. The 50 free followed with freshman Annslee Roberts taking the 1st place ticket.
Freshman Connor Pippin took 3rd in the men’s 50 free and swam back to back events and took 2nd in the 100 fly.
The next event was the 100 free with Hall, Roberts, and Osborne taking 1st, 3rd, and 4th spots respectively. Smith swam back to back events to take 1st in the 500 free and swam the 200 free relay where the ladies took 1st place yet again.
The last two events were the ladies 100 breast where Osborne took first and Reid swam a very fast race taking the 2nd place spot.
The team will travel to Russellville on March 1st to compete in the state swim and dive championships.
Geriatric psychiatry provider John Cherry, APRN, recently joined Baptist Health Medical Center-Drew County.
