The Nashville Aquatic Club won its 37th Southeastern Swimming Championship title this past weekend, bringing the consecutive tally to seven and ten of the last eleven. NAC won the team title by a large margin with a team total of 3,597 points. Excel Aquatics was second with 1,905 points and City of Mobile was third 1,642 points. It was truly a team effort as nearly every age group has stars shining bright in the evening finals.

Perhaps no star shined as bright as 10 & under boy Jackson Defore. Jackson won all seven of his events, breaking Southeastern Swimming records in six of those and broke the US Swimming National Age Group Record for 10 & under boys in the 50 back with a time of 33.23. Jackson was mirrored on the other side of the pool by 10 and under girl's standout Annie Kyriakidis. Annie won all seven of her events and broke the Southeastern record in the 100 breast with a time of 1:19.61. Her teammate Erika Giuse was equally strong winning the 100 fly and 100 back.

In the 11 & 12 age groups Sophie Pilkinton led the girls to an Age Group High Point award. Sophie won four individual events and the girls won both relays to secure the high point. The Medley Relay of Katie Kemp, Emma Blackwood, Aspen Dimmick, and Sophie Pilkinton won a dramatic race and eclipsed the Southeastern Record in doing so.

The 13-14 boys were led by victories in the 100 and 200 breastroke by Alex Goss and top honors in the 400 freestyle for Wesley Nealy. The highlight for this group of boys however was Saturday night's Medley Relay, where the team of Ted Curtiss, Alex Goss, Reece Boyd, and Philip Fossee swam away from the competition breaking the Southeastern record by over six seconds.

In the senior age group NAC continued to show that they are the dominant senior team in the LSC winning both the male and female team high points despite many athletes swimming limited events. Several of the senior swimmers did not compete each day as they prepare for US Open next week, or Junior Nationals the second week of August. When they were in the pool they were very good. For the men Hayes Johnson won the 200 IM, 400 IM, and the 200 Breast. Alan Maher won the 100 back, Parker Camp the 400 free, and Dakota Hodgson the 200 fly. For the girls Megan Goss won the 1500 free, and the 200 breast, Deidre Jones won the 100 free, and Eleanor Phillips the 200 fly.

In all NAC swam to 40 new NAC top tens, 10 team records, 9 southeastern records, 17 new Junior National standards, and 18 new NAC travel standards. What an awesome way to wrap up the season for many. Those that are done, keep an eye on the swimmers that are going on. This week nine swimmers will be competing in the Southern Zone Championships. Next week there will be five swimmers competing in the US Open in Federal Way WA, and the following week we will have 12 swimmers competing in the US Swimming Junior Nationals in Federal Way WA. Congratulations to everyone on a job well done!

ZONE TEAM QUALIFIERS
Sophie Pilkinton, Aspen Dimmick, Wesley Nealy, Alex Goss, Anna Grainger, Allison Maher, Brian Bolton, Nathan Stinson

SOUTHEASTERN CHAMPIONS
Megan Goss (1500 fr, 200 br), Alex Goss (100 and 200 br) Alan Maher (100 bk), Hayes Johnson (200-400 im, 200 br) Sophie Pilkinton (50-100, 200 fr, 200 im) Annie Kyriakidis (50-100-200 fr, 50-100 br, 50 bk, 50 fly) Jackson Defore (50-100-200 fr, 50-100 bk, 100 fly, 200 im) Seth Kyriakidis (50 br, 50 fl) Eleanor Phillips (200 fly), Dakota Hodgson (200 fly), Parker Camp (400 fr), Wesley Nealy (400 fr), Erika Giuse (100 fly, 100 back) Deidre Jones (100 fr)

SOUTHEASTERN RECORDS
Jackson Defore - 200 free, 50 back, 100 fly, 50 free, 100 back, 100 free
Annie Kyriakidis - 100 breast
Ted Curtiss, Alex Goss, Reece Boyd, Philip Fossee - 13-14 400 Med Relay
Katie Kemp, Emma Blackwood, Aspen Dimmick, Sophie Pilkinton - 11-12 200 Med Relay