Eighteen Cape Aquatics swimmers posted thirty-nine best times resulting in six new standards Saturday at the Swim Florida Last Chance Meet held at the Florida Gulf Coast University pool. Evy Case (10) had four best times and posted a new “B” time in the 50-yard Backstroke. Skylar Gusler (13) had three best times including a Florida Age Group Championship (FLAG) qualifying time in the 100-yard Breaststroke, which also qualifies him for the 50-yard Breaststroke. Maddie Lehman (13) had four best times including an “A” in the 100-yard Butterfly and FLAG cuts in the 100-yard Freestyle and 200-yard Individual Medley. And Hailei Shortt (10) and picked up a “B” time in the 200-yard Freestyle. Our next regular swim meet will be at the Sarasota Arlington pool Saturday, March 9th with warm-up at 8:30 AM.

Zac Keating is representing Georgia’s Thomas University in the 2019 Suncoast Swimming Conference Championships being held at the Rosen YMCA Aquatic Center in Orlando. On Thursday, Zac led off the 200 Medley Relay for the Night Hawks, which placed 4th. On Friday Zac qualified for finals in the 200 yd. Freestyle and the 100 yard Backstroke. In the 200 Free Zac dropped .44 seconds from his prelims time to finish 7th in the finals field of 10. Zac dropped over 5 seconds in the 100 yard Backstroke to finish 8th in finals. Well done Zac!!!