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'Tis the Sunkist Sprint To Christmas season and swimmers were dashing their way to fast swims at our annual holiday invitational. Was our biggest Christmas meet to date, with over 300 swimmers competing from Mississippi and Louisiana. Sunkist had their jingle bells jingling throughout the home meet, winnnig 8 high point awards and breaking 21 team records! Congrats to our team record breakers Sarah Berry (6), Jessica Blanchard (4), Josh Williamson (3), Bryan Sullivan (2), Paige Kessler (2), Jack Smithson, Kham Glass, Marlan McElroy and Emily Herrington! Super congrats to...
Sunkist gobbles up the competition at the Germantown Swim Team Thanksgiving Invitational. Great swims all around and two high point awards! Congrats to Marlan McElroy and Noah Derrick winning high point honors, way to gobble, boys!! RESULTS
Sunkist hosts smashing first meet of the season and dominates the home meet with some fast swims and many first swims from the team's newest swimmers. Vicksburg Swim Association out-battles visiting teams YMCA Hub Fins and Swim Columbus to claim top visiting team honors. NuWave Swim Club out of New Orleans participated for the first time. Super Congrats to Natalie Cox breaking two state records in the 50 and 100 yard breaststroke, both times ranking number one in the nation. Way to go, Natalie! FINAL RESULTS Congrats to all high...
Sunkist swimmers were honored in Vicksburg on September 6 at the annual Mississippi Swimming Top 5 Awards Banquet and treated to an inspiring speech by Olympian Jason Lezak. Swimmers from across the state were recognized for their achievements over the past year. Over 40 swimmers swimming for Sunkist last year received Top 5 awards in multiple events and four swimmers were honored as Most Outstanding Swimmer for their age group. Sunkist state record breakers were also recognized with 52 state records broken. Sunkist Head Coach David Orr was honored as...
August 28th, Sunkist celebrated an awesome year at annual awards banquet held at Reservoir Pointe. New Team Captains: Marlan McElroy and Sarah Kathryn Berry New Junior Captains: Noah Derrick and Emily Herrington 2014 Sunkist Team Award Winners: Kenneth A. Brown Award – Sherra Shearer Team Spirit Award – Sunkist Parents Rookie of the Year – Grayson Edwards Most Improved Swimmer – Autumn DeHuff Swimmer of the Year Awards: 8&under – Bella Ward Lorence 9-10 – Natalie Cox 11-12 – Emily Herrington 13-14 – Mallory Dickey Senior – Anna Katherine Mitchell...
Sunkist collects bonanza of mummified heads and claws at 2014 Gator Bait Endurance Challenge. Sunkist swimmers, parents and coaches competed in open water swims and triathlon races at the annual event at Eagle Lake in Vicksburg. RESULTS Congrats to our Open Water winners: Mallory Dickey- Girls Open Water Mile Swim - 1st place Emma Orr - Girls Open Water Mile Swim- 2nd place Autumn DeHuff - Girls Open Water Mile Swim - 3rd place Conner Shearer - Boys Open Water Mile Swim - 1st place Cameron Fowler - Boys Open...
Sunkist once again surpass team high for state records broken in a year with 52 STATE RECORDS broken in 2013-2014 short course and long course seasons! Last year, 41 state records were broken, which smashed the previous year's total of 16 state records. In the past 3 years, Sunkist has broken 109 state records. Way to reach new heights, TEAM! 9-10 girls LCM 50 breast – Natalie Cox (LC State) 9-10 girls LCM 100 breast – Natalie Cox (SPA 4th of July) 9-10 girls LCM 50 breast – Natalie Cox...
Sunkist senior swimmers Anthony Santangelo, Marlan McElroy, Reed Mitchell, Jack Smithson, Josh Williamson, Sarah Berry, Chandler Carter, Jessica Blanchard and Mallory Dickey competed in the end of summer 2014 Southern Zone Senior Champs meet held in Fort Myers, Florida. Despite some challenging weather conditions, our swimmers swam fast all week, rocking finals with numerous personal bests and team records. Great trip to end a great season! RESULTS
Sunkist swimmers AK Mitchell, Khameron Glass and Ralph Moore traveled to San Antonio, TX, to compete for Team Mississippi at the 2014 Southern Zone Age Group Championships. They swam a combined 13 of 16 new personal best times with AK going 6 for 6 for 100% individual bests and a new team record on her 50 back relay lead-off! Way to represent, AK, Kham and Ralph!! RESULTS