Bob Jones swim team started the 2020 competitive Alabama High School swim season off with a bang this year visiting Boaz for a very well attended invitational meet. The meet was held Thursday September 10th at Sanford / Gant Recreation Center in Boaz, Alabama. This year’s team has 20 men (3 seniors, 4 Juniors, 5 Sophomores, 3 Freshmen, and 5 Underclassmen) and 20 women (2 seniors, 2 Juniors, 4 Sophomores, 3 Freshmen, and 9 Underclassmen) varsity swimmers. Additionally, BJHS has sizeable dive team this year with 11 men and 3 women divers. The divers did not compete at this invitational meet. The BJHS men’s and women’s team returns nearly intact from a very successful 2019 season, returning a strong core of upper-classmen swimmers. This meet was well attended with 10 teams representing High Schools from all over North Alabama. Both the Men’s and Women’s team had a great meet and finished 1st overall, 1st in Men’s Division and 1st in the Women’s Division. The next closest scorer was James Clemens High School in both the Men’s and Women’s Division. While there were alot of returning upper-classmen, there were also many new faces on both the Men (4) and Women’s (7) teams who turned in fantastic, exciting swims. BJHS Men’s Sophomore Riley Groves (18 points) had a fantastic meet finishing 1st in both the Men’s 200 yard Individual Medley and 100 yard Butterfly as well as swimming on both Men’s 200 Free (1:34.54 with Jake Palenapa, Joe Palenapa, and Michael Tretyakov) and Medley Relays (1:45.69 with Bryson Tesseneer, Jake Palenapa, and Joe Palenapa) which 1st and 2nd place, respectively. Samantha Chan (18 points), BJHS Freshman, also had an outstanding meet finishing 1st in the 200 yard Individual Medley and 100 yard Butterfly. Chan also swam both relays with the BJHS Women’s 200 Free (with Emilie Tesseneer, Jessica Nguyen, and Constance Wang) and Medley (with Jessica Nguyen, Constance Wang, and Regan Baker) relays finishing 1st in both swims. Other notable Men and Women’s swims:
Notable Men’s Swims (top 5 finishers):
Joe Palenapa (12) – 16 pts – 1st 200 Free, 2nd 100 Fly
Michael Tretyakov (9) – 16 pts – 1st 50 Free, 2nd 100 Free
Jake Palenapa (12) – 13 pts – 2nd 100 Breast, 3 200 IM
Bryson Tesseneer (11) – 12 pts - 2nd 100 Back, 4th 200 Free
Justin Roh (8) – 6 pts - 3rd 100 Breast, 4th 200 IM
Josh Lin (12) – 5 pts - 4th 100 Free
Boone Ramsey (11) – 5 pts – 4th 50 Free
Notable Women’s Swims (top 5 finishers):
Jessica Nguyen (10) – 15.5 points - 2nd 200 IM, 1st 100 Breast
Reagan Baker (10) – 14 points - 2nd 50 Free, 2nd 100 Fly
Constance Wang (10) – 12 points – 3rd 50 Free, 3rd 100 Free
Lucy Ramsey (11) – 11 points – 3rd 200 Free, 4th 100 Free
Quinn Burgess (12) - 9 points – 4th 200 Free, 5th 100 Back
Emilie Tesseneer (7) – 9 points - 1st 100 Back
2020 Boaz Invitational Meet Summary:
Men Team Top 5: BJHS – 126 pts; JCHS – 110 pts; Boaz HS – 59 pts; WCA – 47 pts; Gadsden HS – 21pts