CMSA finishes 3rd at Southeasterns

Jul 29, 2009

The City of Mobile Swim Association recently finished four days of competition in the Southeastern Long Course Championships in Nashville, TN. 52 athletes from Mobile qualified and made the six plus hour trip to Nashville and man did they ever represent Mobile’s swimming community. CMSA battled over 40 swim teams and swam their way to the team’s best ever third place finish. CMSA scored 1,642.50 points over the four days of swimming, behind Nashville Aquatic Cub (3,597 points) and Excel Aquatics (1,905 points), both from the greater Nashville area. We swam about a good as we could for four straight days. The two teams that placed ahead of us have rosters of over 500 swimmers, while we are currently working with about 100 swimmers (so we qualified a ridiculous 50% of our team for a championship meet with time standards).

The 10 and Under Girls Age Group (pictured), comprised of: Kaylee Bray, Gracie Whison, Allison Daniels, Mary Katherine Stewart, Margaret Carey, Hollie Holbrook, Jessie Everett, and Paige Madden, outscored all competitors in their age group and were named the 2009 - 10 and Under Girls - Long Course Southeastern Team Champion.

Other than the first time our team started tracking them, there has never been more CMSA records set in one weekend than this past weekend. CMSA has been around for over thirty years and has had over fifty college swimmers, but this may be the most talented team the club has ever had. CMSA swimmers set 34 new individual and relay team records this weekend in Nashville. That is unbelievable considering the level of swimmers our team has had over the years. New team records set: 

  • Relays Teams 8,
  • Paige Madden 5,
  • Griffin Fisk 4,
  • Will Glass 4, 
  • TJ Leon 3,
  • Jessie Everett 2,  
  • Parker Glass 2, 
  • Hollie Holbrook 1,
  • Slater Whisont 1,
  • Cooper Brown 1,
  • Carl Madden 1, 
  • Nick Colletti 1,
  • Spencer Kerns 1.

20 of the 52 swimmers from CMSA scored individual points by placing in the Top 8 of an event. The swimmers and the number of events they placed Top 8 in are:

  • Slater Whiston 7,
  • Jessie Everett 7, 
  • Paige Madden 7,
  • Will Glass 7,
  • TJ Leon 6,
  • Griffin Fisk 6,
  • Carl Madden 5,
  • Hollie Holbrook 5,
  • James Courtney 5,
  • Parker Glass 3,
  • Spencer Kerns 3,
  • Katie Marie Grafton 3,
  • Marlin Brutkiewicz 2,
  • Cooper Brown 2,
  • Grace Molyneux 2,
  • Gracie Whiston 1,
  • Nick Colletti 1,
  • Lauren Kinsey 1,
  • Nicolas Larriviere 1,
  • Josh Kimbrell 1.

CMSA had four swimmers score over 100 points each, led by Will Glass (121 points and 13-14 Boys High Point Runner Up); Paige Madden (118 points); Jessie Everett (109 points); and Slater Whiston (104 points). Glass, Madden, Everett, and Whiston all made finals (Top 8) in each of their seven individual events in which they competed.Senior swimmer TJ Leon was the High Point Champion for Senior Boys scoring 97.5 points.

Several of these swims earned National Recognition for their performances.  Everett and Madden are nationally ranked 12th and 22nd respectively in the 50 Free.  Madden is 3rd in the 100 Free, 3rd in the 200 Free, and 16th in the 400 Free.  Hollie Holbrook is ranked 18th nationally in the 50 Back.  Will Glass is 24th in the 200 Fly.  Finally, TJ Leon is 7th nationally in the 50 Free, 100 Free, and 100 Fly. 


CMSA relays also packed a huge punch at Southeastern Championships by finishing in the Top 3. Some impressive relay swims include:

  • 1st Place 13-14 Girls 400 Free (Cooper Brown, Griffin Fisk, Lauren Kinsey, Grace Molyneux);
  • 1st Place 10 and Under Girls 200 Medley Relay (Hollie Holbrook, Margaret Carey, Paige Madden, Jessie Everett);
  • 2nd Place Senior Boys 400 Free Relay (TJ Leon, Nick Colletti, Jonathan Young, Spencer Kerns);
  • 2nd Place 10 and Under Boys 200 Medley Relay (James Courtney, Patrick Dunne, Nicolas Larriviere, Sam Veselits);
  • 3rd Place 13-14 Boys 400 Medley Relay (Will Glass, Marlin Brutkiewicz, Carl Madden, Alex Simpson);
  • 3rd Place Senior Boys 400 Medley Relay (Nick Colletti, Spencer Kerns, TJ Leon, Jonathan Young).

*** The 10 & Under Girls Medley Relay is, to date, the third fastest team in the nation. Also, the 10 & Under Girls 200 Free Relay (Jessie Everett, Hollie Holbrook, Mary Katherine Stewart, and Paige Madden) recorded the nation’s fastest time, to date, and missed breaking the National Record for that event by 8 tenths of a second.


The team also had six individuals win an event to be named Southeastern Champion:

  1. Griffin Fisk (13-14 Girls 200 Fly);
  2. Will Glass (13-14 Boys 100 Back, 13-14 Boys 200 Fly, and 13-14 Boys 100 Fly); 
  3. TJ Leon (Senior Boys 50 Free, Senior Boys 100 Free, Senior Boys 100 Fly);
  4. Carl Madden (13-14 Boys 800 Free, 13-14 Boys 1,500 Free);
  5. Paige Madden (10 & Under Girls 400 Free, 10 & Under Girls 100 Free); and
  6. Slater Whiston (11-12 Boys 800 Free).

"Griffin Fisk had the break through meet for our team. She has taken a huge step from never placing Top 8 finish at a championship meet to becoming Southeastern Champion." said CMSA Coach Greg Davis.