The Commerce Tigersharks continued to work this week in preparation for their trip to Tifton for the State Meet this weekend.
Practice continued this week for the 10 swimmers who will be going to Tifton. The team's final practice was scheduled for Wednesday.
Qualifiers include, for the girls, Taylor Lacey, Hannah Lacey, Emmie Burley, and the team of Hannah McRee, Hayden McRee and Tori Smallwood.
Qualifiers for the boys include Brandon Lyle, Quincy Mashburn, Dalton Dean and Dawson Knick.
“We’re practicing morning and night,” said Commerce Parks and Recreation aquatic center coordinator Pam Minish. “They don’t practice quite as hard this week. We have some kids that have really good chances at having personal best times this weekend. We stress personal best. That’s more than winning. We like to win, but we really stress the best you can do for yourself. That helps a lot.”
The Tigersharks are coming off of the League Swim meet this past weekend at the Habersham County Aquatic Center, where the team placed seventh out of 12 teams.
“We had a really, really long meet Saturday,” Minish said. “We were there at 7 a.m., and left at 8 p.m.”
The Commerce team, which consists of around 68 kids, faced several teams that have around 200 athletes.
“We feel like we hold our own pretty good,” Minish said.
Many team members will leave for Tifton on Thursday. The State Swim meet kicks off Friday for swimmers 10 and younger, while swimmers 11 and older will take center stage on Saturday.
