Congratulations to our PSL swimmers who represented the entire YMCA with great swims in Nashville. This year's qualifiers were Tyler, Peyton, Ken, Ryder, Colby, Sarah Dalton, Mackenzie, and Madison. The swam and had fun!!!

Eight Prattville Swim League (PSL) swimmers competed at the 2008 Southeastern Swimming Short Course Championships held in Nashville Tennessee from 21-24 February. The PSL 2008 SES Championship Team consisted of MacKenzie Brown (9yrs), Sarah Dalton Chambliss (9yrs), Madison Brown (10yrs), Ryder Langley (10yrs), Ken Levens (12yrs), Peyton Langley (14yrs), Colby Smith (14yrs), and Tyler Essary (15yrs).

The team swam personal bests in 12 of the 25 individual events. Madison swam personal bests in four out seven events with big drops of 1.01 and .7 seconds in the 50 Br and 50 Fl respectively. Ken also had a great meet swimming personal bests n three of his seven events shaving .81 seconds off the 50 Fl and .85 seconds off the 50 Br, and .64 in the 100 IM. Colby had especially strong swims dropping 1.79 and 2.27 seconds in the 100 and 200 Br, respectively. Tyler dropped .38 seconds in the 50 Fr, Peyton shaved .51 in the 200 Br, and Sarah Dalton swam a personal best by .32 seconds in the 50 Bk. Swimming in their first regional championship, both Ryder and Mackenzie had strong swims with times around their personal bests. The PSL 9-10 Girls Free and Medley team comprised of Mackenzie, Sarah Dalton, Ryder, and Madison swam their hearts out finishing 10^th in the Free and 9^th in the Medley.

Head coach Marcy Dolan said, “It has been exciting to witness the growth of our entire team both in numbers and in the depth of talent during the last 4 seasons. That depth of talent was evident at this year’s Southeastern Championships with the largest number of qualifiers in the greatest number of events that this team has ever had. Our entire coaching staff has done a tremendous job preparing our swimmers to perform at the absolute highest levels.”