Franklin – The Cherokee County Aquatic Club hit the pool Thursday in a meet against Jackson County and Franklin’s swim teams.
Multiple Cherokee County swimmers took home first-place wins in their events.
Elijah Whitney came in first in four events. In the boys 9-10 age group, he finished first in the 50-meter freestyle, 100m freestyle, 50m breaststroke and 50m butterfly.
In boys 11-12, Matt Colandrea also came in first in four events. He took home first place in the 50m freestyle, 100m freestyle, 100m individual medley and the 50m butterfly.
In boys 13-14, Connor Whitney also came in first in four different events. In his age group, he came in first in the 50m freestyle, 100m backstroke, 100m breaststroke and 100m butterfly. His 100m butterfly time was a new Cherokee County Aquatic Club record.
Also in boys 13-14, Nico Kissel came in fourth in the 100m butterfly. Mateo Colandrea came in third in the 100m backstroke, third in the 100m breaststroke, third in the 100m freestyle and fifth in the 50m freestyle.
On the girls side, they also had multiple first place and strong finishes in their individual events.
Ophilia Whitney came in first place in the 6 and under 25-yard freestyle, second place in the 8 and under backstroke and fifth place in the 8 and under 50m freestyle.
In the 9-10 age group, Lorelie Whitney came in first place in the 50m freestyle, 100m freestyle, 50m breaststroke and 50m backstroke.
In the 11-12 age group, Natalie Lowrance came in second in both the 50m and 100m freestyle events and fourth place in the 50m breaststroke.
Estelle Vaugh came in fifth in the 50m freestyle, third in the 100m breaststroke and fifth in the 100m freestyle in the 13-14 age group.
In the 15-18 age group, Sophia Evans came in first in the 100m freestyle, second in both the 50m freestyle and 100m breaststroke, and third place in the 100m backstroke. Also in the age group, Bryanna Ramirez-Jaime came in fifth place in the 100m breaststroke.
Jenni Ramirez-Jaime, Ada Lovelace and Oceania Vaughn swam in the meet and got personal best times in their events.
“Coach Katy and I focus on continuous improvement and swimmers beating their times are automatically a winner … not swimming a best time becomes a learning experience,” Cherokee County Aquatic Club head coach Frank Bachteler said.
The team’s next meet is this week in Franklin, where they will take on the Smoky Mountain Aquatic Club and Franklin. The team will host a home meet at the Murphy Health & Fitness pool on Tuesday.