RJ Harris 1-11-19

Men's Swimming Brett Pierce

Tigers see new records fall in first meet back from Christmas break

CAMPBELLSVILLE, Ky- The Tigers were able to shake off the Christmas break stiffness with personal bests and school records falling in the 2nd Bienniel Tiger Pentathlon.
 
RJ Harris lead the way in the individual events with a school record in the men's 100 free with a school record time of 58.25 and placing fourth in the event. Harris also placed himself in another section of the record book on the evening with the men's 400 free relay. Tucker Hardin, Nick Kessler, Dani Zachar joined Harris in the school record with a time of 4:01.89. Before breaking the 400 free relay record, the group of four began their evening in the 400 medley relay with a runner up finish time of 4:31.52.
 
In the 200 freestyle, Eli Barnhill started his day with a time of 2:29.95. Hardin and Kessler joined Barnhill in the first individual event on the evening as Hardin swam a time of 2:19.39 and Kessler was closely behind with a time of 2:26.07.
 
Brothers RJ Harris and Isaiah Harris lead the way for the Tigers in the 100 butterfly. RJ finished third with a time of 1:07.02, while Isaiah was close behind with a time of 1:09.24. Justin Spaulding was able to place sixth in the event finishing right behind Isaiah with a time of 1:10.23. 
 
The men's 100 backstroke the Tigers saw RJ Harris and Dani Zachar finished third and fourth. Harris swam a time of 1:09.34 and Zachar with a time of 1:10.16. Zachar and Brandon Bagwell had another third and fourth place finish in the men's 100 breastroke as Zachar finished third with a time of 1:15.99 and Bagwell was close behind at 1:17.89.
 
Head Coach Casey Smith was pleased with the way her team performed after the month break.

"The Pentathlon is a very difficult meet," Smith Said "Because instead of swimming two to three events each, our athletes swam six to seven events each. We used this meet as a training tool, to be able to work hard through events they might not usually swim, in a competition setting, really helps them to push themselves at this point of the season. As we come back from the semester break, it was really nice to be able to challenge them this way, especially because we are fewer than 3 weeks from our Conference Championship Meet."
 
The Tigers will visit Lindsey Wilson on January 19 for their final tune up meet before the Mid South Conference Championships at the end of the month. 
 
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Players Mentioned

Brandon Bagwell

Brandon Bagwell

Free/Breast
Sophomore
Nashville, Tenn.
Eli Barnhill

Eli Barnhill

D/Back
Sophomore
Ashland, Ky.
Tucker Hardin

Tucker Hardin

D
Junior
Knoxville, Tenn.
RJ Harris

RJ Harris

Sprint
Junior
Radcliff, Ky.
Isaiah Harris

Isaiah Harris

Freshman
Racliff, Ky.
Nick Kessler

Nick Kessler

Freshman
Louisville, Ky.

Players Mentioned

Brandon Bagwell

Brandon Bagwell

Sophomore
Nashville, Tenn.
Free/Breast
Eli Barnhill

Eli Barnhill

Sophomore
Ashland, Ky.
D/Back
Tucker Hardin

Tucker Hardin

Junior
Knoxville, Tenn.
D
RJ Harris

RJ Harris

Junior
Radcliff, Ky.
Sprint
Isaiah Harris

Isaiah Harris

Freshman
Racliff, Ky.
Nick Kessler

Nick Kessler

Freshman
Louisville, Ky.