All-PrepXtra girls and boys swim teams for 2020

Aaron Torres
Knoxville News Sentinel

Girls 

All members of the Knox News All-PrepXtra girls swim team are nominees for the girls swimmer of the year.

Rachel Aycock, Hardin Valley Academy swimming.  Thursday, February 28, 2019.

Rachel Aycock

Hardin Valley, Sr.

Event: 200-yard freestyle

Why chosen: The Michigan State signee placed 10th in the state, finishing in 1:49.68.

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Julia Burroughs, Maryville High School swimming. Monday, March 4, 2019.

Julia Burroughs

Maryville, So. 

Event: 500-yard freestyle, 50 free

Why chosen: Burroughs finished second in the state in the 500 free (4:50.29) and fourth in the 50 free (23.15). 

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Abigail King, Farragut

Abigail King

Farragut, So. 

Event: 100-yard backstroke 

Why chosen: King placed fourth in the state, finishing in 55.62. 

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Olivia Leonard

Maryville, So. 

Event: 500-yard freestyle

Why chosen: Leonard placed sixth in the state, finishing in 5:04.67. 

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Emma Martin, Webb School of Knoxville swimming. Wednesday, February 27, 2019.

Emma Martin

Webb, Sr.

Event: 200-yard individual medley

Why chosen: Martin placed first in the KISL city meet in 2:07.35. She was disqualified in the finals at the state meet. 

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Rylee Orr, PrepXtra Player of the Year nominee poses for a portrait at the Knoxville News Sentinel photo studio in Knoxville, Tennessee on Tuesday, March 12, 2019.

Rylee Orr

Halls, So. 

Event: 1-meter diving

Why chosen: Orr finished third in the state with 371.60 points.

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Annie Rimmer, Carter High School swimming. Thursday, February 28, 2019.

Annie Rimmer

Carter, Sr.

Event: 100-yard butterfly, 100 free

Why chosen: Rimmer, a Tennessee signee, placed third in the 100 butterfly at the state meet, finishing in 54.96. She placed fifth in the 100 free in 51.18. 

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Kelly Wetteland, Maryville High School swimming. Monday, March 4, 2019.

Kelly Wetteland

Maryville, So. 

Event: 100-yard breaststroke

Why chosen: Wetteland finished fifth in the state in 1:05.91. 

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Relays

Maryville

Event: 200-yard medley 

(Amy Van Son, Kelly Wetteland, Gracie Bellah, Julia Burroughs)

Why chosen: The relay finished third at the state meet in 1:46.36. 

Maryville

Event: 200-yard free 

(Gracie Bellah, Anne Lauren Bellah, Emerson Kidd-Benthall, Amy Van Son)

Why chosen: The relay finished third at the state meet in 1:38.24. 

Maryville

Event: 400-yard freestyle 

(Kelly Wetteland, Anne Lauren Bellah, Olivia Leonard, Julia Burroughs)

Why chosen: The relay finished second at the state meet in 3:30.24. 

COACH OF THE YEAR

Jenna Johnson

Maryville

Why chosen: Maryville finished second in the state meet with 196 points. 

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Boys

All members of the Knox News All-PrepXtra boys swim team are nominees for the boys swimmer of the year.

Pep Arnwine

West, So. 

Event: 200-yard freestyle, 500 free

Why chosen: Arnwine finished sixth in the state in the 200-yard freestyle in 1:42.91 and in the 500 free in 4:38.40. 

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Caden Fritz

Maryville, So. 

Event: 100-yard backstroke 

Why chosen: Fritz finished fifth in the state in 51.41. 

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Thomas Horne

Sevier County, Sr.

Event: 100-yard butterfly

Why chosen: Horne placed second in the state in 49.64. 

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Harper Houk 

Hardin Valley, Sr.

Event: 200-yard individual medley

Why chosen: Houk was the state champion, finishing in 1:50.76. 

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Colby Maupin

Bearden, Jr. 

Event: 100-yard backstroke 

Why chosen: Maupin finished third in the state in 50.95. 

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Michael McClamroch

Webb, Sr.

Event: 50-yard freestyle

Why chosen: McClamroch placed fourth in the state in 21.12. 

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Jacob Reasor

Clinton, Sr.

Even: 1-meter diving

Why chosen: Reasor placed third in the state with 457.50 points. 

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Zack Telep

Hardin Valley, Sr.

Event: 100-yard freestyle 

Why chosen: Telep finished fourth in the state in 46.22. 

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Relays

Hardin Valley

Event: 200-yard medley 

(Zack Telep, Harper Houk, Leonard Staab, Ridge McCay)

Why chosen: The relay finished sixth at the state meet in 1:36.67. 

Bearden

Event: 200-yard freestyle 

(Breck Richards, Ryan Barclay, Josh Leslie, Colby Maupin)

Why chosen: The relay finished fourth at the state meet in 1:28.25. 

Hardin Valley

Event: 400-yard freestyle

(Harper Houk, Ridge McCay, Sam Warnock, Zack Telep)

Why chosen: The relay finished eighth at the state meet in 3:14.71. 

COACH OF THE YEAR

Ben Whiteside

Hardin Valley

Why chosen: Hardin Valley finished fifth in the state meet with 114 points.