Championship competitors: Fergus Falls Flyers swimmers competed in multiple meets. The group included Lucas Tuel (front, left to right), Matthew Tuel, Isaac Allen, (back) Rachel Cox (coach), Aisling Cox, Christian Reed and Logan Rott.
Championship competitors: Fergus Falls Flyers swimmers competed in multiple meets. The group included Lucas Tuel (front, left to right), Matthew Tuel, Isaac Allen, (back) Rachel Cox (coach), Aisling Cox, Christian Reed and Logan Rott.
The Fergus Falls Flyers swim club sent six swimmers to compete in three postseason championship meets: Isaac Allen, Aisling Cox, Christian Reed, Logan Rott, Lucas Tuel and Matthew Tuel.
The first meet was the Minnesota Achievement Championships held in Becker on July 13-14. Matthew Tuel competed in four events in the 11- and 12-year-old age group, which is highly competitive.
The second meet was the Minnesota Regional Championships which took place in Austin on July 19-21 in which the remaining five swimmers participated. Cox, Reed, and Rott all competed in the 13- and 14-year-old age group. Reed’s time in the 100 backstroke earned him a top-eight finish and a medal. All three swimmers in this age group bested their seed times in a combined 11 events.
Isaac Allen competed in the 9- and 10-year-old age group and placed third overall in both of his events. Lucas Tuel competed in the 8 and under group and earned two first-place medals and one second. His two first-place finishes, along with a qualifying race earlier in the season, earned him a spot at the Champs meet in Rochester on July 27-28. At the Champs meet, Lucas Tuel dropped time in all three events.
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