Commercial Appeal All-Metro boys and girls high school swimming teams for 2022
The Commercial Appeal's All-Metro boys and girls high school swimming teams are announced along with the six male and six female nominees for Memphis area swimmers of the year. The winners will be announced at the Memphis Area High School Sports Awards, presented by Farm Bureau Health Plans, in the spring. More details about the program coming soon.
BOYS
Mark Addison
Nominee for Boys Swimmer of the Year
MHEA, Sr.
Why chosen: Addison finished eighth in the 500-yard freestyle in 4:41.31 at the state meet. He also finished 11th in the 50 freestyle in 21.79.
Zach Byars
Collierville, Sr.
Events: 200 IM, 100 backstroke
Why chosen: Byars finished 14th in the 200 IM in 1:58.76 at the state meet. He also finished 15th in the 100 backstroke in 53.07.
Johnny Heinz
Nominee for Boys Swimmer of the Year
MUS, Jr.
Events: 100 backstroke, 200 IM
Why chosen: Heinz finished 13th in the 100 backstroke in 52.77 at the state meet. He also finished 15th in the 200 IM in 1:58.95.
Noah Delk
Nominee for Boys Swimmer of the Year
MHEA, Jr.
Event: 100 breaststroke
Why chosen: Delk finished third in the 100 breaststroke in 57.04 at the state meet.
Zion James
Nominee for Boys Swimmer of the Year
MUS, Sr.
Events: 50 freestyle, 100 freestyle
Why chosen: James finished third in the 50 freestyle in 20.31 at the state meet. He also finished third in the 100 freestyle in 44.76
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Walker Jones
Nominee for Boys Swimmer of the Year
Lewisburg, So.
Events: 100 butterfly, 500 freestyle
Why chosen: Jones finished fourth in the 100 butterfly in 54.18 at the MHSAA Class II state meet. He also finished sixth in the 500 freestyle in 5:06.91.
Holden Smythe
Nominee for Boys Swimmer of the Year
White Station, So.
Events: 100 butterfly, 100 breaststroke
Why chosen: Smythe finished ninth in the 100 butterfly in 51.06 at the state meet. He also finished 10th in the 100 breaststroke in 58.35.
Luke Snider
MUS, Sr.
Event: 100 butterfly
Why chosen: Snider finished 15th in the 100 butterfly in 52.63 at the state meet.
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Relays
MUS
Event: 400 Freestyle
(Zion James, Henry Lindeman, Gryffin Ostner, Johnny Heinz)
Why chosen: Finished third at the state meet in 3:12.36.
MUS
Event: 200 Medley
(Johnny Heinz, Coleman Kimmel, Luke Snider, Zion James)
Why chosen: Finished fourth at the state meet in 1:34.87.
MUS
Event: 200 Freestyle
(Frederick Huang, Henry Lindeman, Collin Craft, Luke Snider)
Why chosen: Finished tied for seventh at the state meet in 1:29.53.
Coach of the Year
Bryan Parker
MUS
Why chosen: The Owls finished fifth at the state meet with 129 points.
GIRLS
Raine Boles
Nominee for Girls Swimmer of the Year
Arlington, Sr.
Event: 50 freestyle, 100 butterfly
Why chosen: Boles finished fifth in the 50 freestyle in 23.88 at the state meet. She also finished ninth in the 100 butterfly in 57.22.
Grace Ciaramitaro
Nominee for Girls Swimmer of the Year
St. Mary’s, Jr.
Events: 200 freestyle, 100 backstroke
Why chosen: Ciaramitaro finished fourth in the 200-yard freestyle in 1:52.67 at the state meet. She also finished 10th in the 100 backstroke in 57.52.
Amber Diviney
Arlington, So.
Event: 500 freestyle
Why chosen: Diviney finished 10th in the 500 freestyle in 5:08.73 at the state meet.
Jenna Halliday
Nominee for Girls Swimmer of the Year
MHEA, Sr.
Events: 50 freestyle, 100 backstroke
Why chosen: Halliday finished second in the 50 freestyle in 23.40 at the state meet. She also finished second in the 100 backstroke in 55.84.
Zoe Mailhot
Nominee for Girls Swimmer of the Year
Lewisburg, Jr.
Events: 50 freestyle, 100 freestyle
Why chosen: Mailhot finished sixth in the 50 freestyle in 26.26 at the MHSAA Class II state meet. She also finished seventh in the 100 freestyle in 58.60.
Evelynn Munz
Nominee for Girls Swimmer of the Year
Collierville, Fr.
Event: 100 butterfly
Why chosen: Munz finished eighth in the 100 butterfly in 58.04 at the state meet.
Ella Smith
Houston, So.
Event: 50 freestyle
Why chosen: Smith finished 9th in the 50 freestyle in 24.74 at the state meet.
Paxton Smythe
Nominee for Girls Swimmer of the Year
White Station, Sr.
Event: 100 breaststroke
Why chosen: Smythe finished ninth in the 100 breaststroke in 1:06.16 at the state meet.
Relays
Collierville
Event: 200 Medley
(Kylie Landry, Erin Madigan, Evelynn Munz, Hailey Fairless)
Why chosen: Finished 11th at the state meet in 1:52.63.
Arlington
Event: 400 Freestyle
(Raine Boles, Erinn Sheridan, Paola Curet, Amber Diviney)
Why chosen: Finished 12th at the state meet in 3:42.83.
Houston
Event: 200 Medley
(Ella Smith, Alison Roth, Chloe Frandsen, Elizabeth Seymour)
Why chosen: Finished 14th at the state meet in 1:53.68.
Coach of the Year
Ellen Doxtater
Arlington
Why chosen: The Tigers finished 16th in the state meet with 46 points.