The Perryville Piranhas had a modest end to their season. The boys and girls finished sixth with 711 points in the Southeast Missouri Swim Conference Championship on July 17.
The Piranhas sent a 12 swimmers (boys and girls) to the meet, but that doesn’t mean that there weren’t any good finishes.
Wade Fullhart, who competed in the 11-12 age group, finished first in two of his three events. Fallhart finished with nearly identical times in the 50-meter freestyle (31.14 seconds) and the 50-meter butterfly (31.60). Fullhart shaved nearly eight seconds off his time in the 100-meter freestyle (1:07.55) in which he finished second.
Bryce Fullhart had the only other first place finish for the Piranhas as a team as he claimed the top spot in the 50-meter breaststroke in the 9-10 age group (54.84). He also finished second in the 100-meter freestyle (1:30.88) of which he sped through the pool more than seven seconds faster than his previous best. He also finished fifth in the 50-meter freestyle.
Jacob Schupp had a trio of third place finishes in the 11-12 50-meter backstroke (47.39), 50-meter breaststroke (1:24.64) and 100-meter individual medley (1:37.65). All of those times were personal bests for him in that events.
Thad Brummel had a second place finish in the 15-18 age 100-meter breaststroke (1:19.37). He also had a fourth and a sixth place finish.
On the girls’ side, Myla Brummel finished third in the 50-meter backstroke (42.44), and also finished fourth in the 100-meter freestyle and fifth in the 100-meter IM.
