It was a hot day for the Commerce Tiger Sharks last Saturday at the NGSL Invitational, with temperatures in the upper 90s, and several young swimmers giving standout performances.
The invitational is particularly important to the younger swimmers, according to swimming coach Pam Minish. The Invitational is oriented more towards novice swimmers while the Pentathlon is for more advanced swimmers who can perform all the strokes.
Two standout performances from the weekend came from McKenzie McRee and Kate Massey, Minish said. Both of the swimmers made good lap times in their races.
“We have a lot of kids that are doing really well,” said Minish. “Our new swimmers are doing real well. What has happened to our team was that when we started we had a large group of older kids who have since graduated and left and now we don’t have many older kids. So, we have just had to rebuild our team.”
The Tiger Sharks are about halfway through this summer’s swim season, with the District meet a little over a week away on July 11.
Minish added that the swimmers are “practicing hard and heavy” for the meet, which will decide which swimmers will compete in the state meet in Tifton later in the month.
During the Invitational last Saturday in Dacula, Commerce had 32 swimmers compete, mostly in the novice division.
The invitational allows the younger swimmers to work on improving their times and face a lot of other swimmers from across northeast Georgia.
Commerce Swimmers Look Ahead To District
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