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CHS Swim Celebrates Successful Season

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Submitted by Coach Osborne
    The Central boys swim team matched their 7th place finish at the City Meet by finishing in 7th place at the LHSAA State Meet last weekend.  With that finish, the Wildcats finished ahead of traditionally strong swim teams such as Baton Rouge High and St. Thomas More.  In addition, the 136 points scored by the Wildcats were only 2 points behind 6th place Pineville.
    The Wildcats started the finals off with a strong start in the first event.  The 200 medley relay of Sean Murphy, Daniel Parker, Matthew Arnold, and Kade McAdams swam a season best time of 1:53.62 and finished 5th.  Later, the 200 freestyle relay also finished 5th with another season best time of 1:41.81.  The relay consisted of Daniel Parker, Aaron Raggio, Kade McAdams, and Matthew Arnold.
    Individually, four Wildcats scored points in both of their individual events.  Matthew Arnold led the way with a 5th place finish in the 500 freestyle and a 4th place in the 100 backstroke.  Daniel Parker finished 10th in the 50 freestyle and 5th in the 100 breastroke.  Sean Murphy and Kade McAdams were the other two swimmers to score points in both of their events.
    Coaches Mary Hodges and Scott Osborne are looking for continued improvement next year as none of the 7 boys swimmers are seniors.  In order to crack the top 5 next year, though, the Wildcats are looking for more students (boys and girls) to come out and join the swim team.  Anyone interested can e-mail Coach Osborne at [email protected].
    The swim teams will celebrate a successful season with their banquet on Tuesday, November 27th.  
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