Commercial Appeal All-Metro boys and girls high school swimming teams for 2021
Khari ThompsonGirls
Six of the members of The Commercial Appeal All-Metro girls swim team are nominees for girls swimmer of the year. The winner will be announced June 28 at the Memphis Area High School Sports Awards presented by Farm Bureau Health Plans.
Grace Ciaramitaro
Nominee for Girls Swimmer of the Year
St. Mary's, So.
Event: 200 IM, 100 backstroke
Why chosen: Ciaramitaro finished third in the 100-yard backstroke in 56.46 at the state meet. She also finished seventh in the 200 IM in 2:06.87.
Paxton Smythe
Nominee for Girls Swimmer of the Year
White Station, Jr.
Event: 100 breaststroke
Why chosen: Smythe finished seventh in the 100 breaststroke in 1:06.96 at the state meet.
Jenna Halliday
Nominee for Girls Swimmer of the Year
MHEA, Jr.
Event: 50 freestyle
Why chosen: Halliday finished second in the 50 freestyle in 23.58 at the state meet.
Raine Boles
Nominee for Girls Swimmer of the Year
Arlington, Jr.
Event: 100 butterfly
Why chosen: Boles won the state title for the 100 butterfly in 55.83
Ella Smith
Nominee for Girls Swimmer of the Year
Houston, Fr.
Event: 100 freestyle
Why chosen: Smith finished 10th in the 100 freestyle in 53.25 at the state meet.
Amber Diviney
Nominee for Girls Swimmer of the Year
Arlington, Fr.
Event: 500 freestyle
Why chosen: Diviney finished 10th in the 500 freestyle in 55:17.02 at the state meet.
Lizzie Sander
St. Mary's, Jr.
Event: 100 backstroke
Why chosen: Sander finished 15th in the 100 backstroke in 59.99 at the state meet.
Megan Mathers
MHEA, Sr.
Event: 200 freestyle
Why chosen: Mathers finished 13th in the 200 freestyle in 1:59.15 at the state meet.
Relays
Houston
Event: 200 Medley
(Ella Smith, Alison Roth, Chloe Frandsen, Faith Perry)
Why chosen: Finished 12th at the state meet in 1:54.08.
Arlington
Event: 200 Freestyle
(Mikaela Karbash, Erinn Sheridan, Zoe Cowell, Milana Wirtz)
Why chosen: Finished 18th at the state meet in 1:47.86.
Houston
Event: 400 Freestyle
(Faith Perry, Megan Gaia, Ella Smith, Chloe Frandsen)
Why chosen: Finished 12th at the state meet in 3:48.59
Coach of the Year
Ellen Doxtater
Arlington
Why chosen: Arlington finished 14th in the state meet among girls teams.
Boys
Six of the members of The Commercial Appeal All-Metro boys swim team are nominees for boys swimmer of the year. The winner will be announced June 28 at the Memphis Area High School Sports Awards.
Colin Lee
St. Benedict, Jr.
Event: 200 freestyle
Why chosen: Lee finished 18th in the 200 freestyle in 1:46.57 at the state meet.
Lucas Ferro
St. Benedict, So.
Event: 200 IM, 100 breaststroke
Why chosen: Ferro finished fifth in the 100 breaststroke in 57.90 at the state meet. He also finished ninth in the 200 IM in 1:57.14.
Hobson Stelling
MHEA, Sr.
Event: 50 freestyle, 100 freestyle
Why chosen: Stelling finished second in the 50 freestyle in 20.66 at the state meet. He also finished third in the 100 freestyle in 45.31.
Zion James
MUS, Jr.
Event: 100 freestyle
Why chosen: James finished fourth in the 100 freestyle in 46.36 at the state meet.
Jacob Nichols
St. Benedict, Sr.
Event: 100 butterfly
Why chosen: Nichols finished ninth in the 100 butterfly in 51.51 at the state meet.
Matthew Richardson
Arlington, So.
Event: 500 freestyle
Why chosen: Richardson finished 16th in the 500 freestyle in 4:48.68 at the state meet.
Johnny Heinz
MUS, So.
Event: 100 backstroke
Why chosen: Heinz finished ninth in the 100 backstroke in 52.42 at the state meet.
Noah Delk
MHEA, So.
Event: 100 breaststroke
Why chosen: Delk finished seventh in the 100 breaststroke in 1:59.15 at the state meet.
Relays
MHEA
Event: 200 Medley
(Mark Addison, Noah Delk, David Schneidau, Hobson Stelling)
Why chosen: Finished fifth at the state meet in 1:37.48
MUS
Event: 200 Freestyle
(Zion James, Henry Linderman, Samuel Callan, Samuel Snider)
Why chosen: Finished sixth at the state meet in 1:29.55
MHEA
Event: 400 Freestyle
(Noah Delk, David Schneidau, Hobson Stelling, Nicholas Harviel)
Why chosen: Finished sixth at the state meet in 3:13.06.
Coach of the Year
Bryan Parker
MUS
Why chosen: MUS finished seventh at the state meet.