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Stingrays Sport Solid Showing at State Swimming Finals

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Today's News-Herald

Published Sunday, September 11, 2011 10:50 PM MST

GLENDALE — The Havasu Stingrays Swim team sent eight swimmers to the Long Course Age Group Championships, in Glendale, and came home with a pair of bronze medals.

Submitted photo courtesy of Corrie Carver. Havasu Stingrays swimmer Alex Johnson makes her way to the finish in the 50-meter breaststroke at the Long Course State Championships, in Glendale. Johnson finished third to earn the bronze medal and sixth place national ranking.

Alex Johnson, 13, scored third place finishes in both the 50-meter and 100M breaststroke events to reach the podium. Johnson’s time in the 50M breaststroke — 35.90 seconds — was also good for a sixth place national ranking for her age group.

Caden Carver, 13, earned his way into the finals with a sixth place finish in the 50M backstroke, a seventh place in the 200M backstroke and a 10th place finish in the 100M backstroke in the Boys 13-14 Division.

Swimming in the Girls 11-12 Division, Bailee Liska, 12, earned her way into to finals with a fifth place finish in the 50M backstroke, sixth in the 100M backstroke, seventh in the 50M breaststroke, 11th in the 100M breaststroke, 15th in the 50M butterfly, and 15th in the 50M freestyle.

Tatum Liska, 10, also came back for finals in the 100M butterfly with a ninth place overall finish, and a 14th place finish in the 100M freestyle in the Girls 10 and under Division.

Liska sisters dominate at Beat the Heat

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Today's News-Herald
Published Monday, June 27, 2011 1:30 AM MST

FLAGSTAFF – A trio of Havasu Stingrays Swim team members grabbed podium spots at the Beat the Heat Classic swim meet in Flagstaff, June 3-5, hosted by the Peaks Aquatic Club.

Tatum, left, and Bailee Liska show off their high point trophy towels after winning their divisions at the Beat the Heat Classic swim meet in Flagstaff. Tatum Liska was the high points finisher in the Girls 10 and under Division while Bailee won the title in the Girls 11-12 Division.

Sisters Tatum and Bailee Liska took Top honors in their divisions while Alex Johnson grabbed a second place high points award.

Tatum Liska, 9, swam to first place finishes in the 200-meter freestyle and 100M butterfly, second place in the 100M and 400M freestyles, third place in the 100M breaststroke and 50M freestyle and fifth in the 50M breaststroke in the Girls 10 and under Division.

Bailee Liska, 12, swam to a second place finish in the 200M IM, third in the 200M and 400M freestyle, 100M butterfly, and 100M backstroke, fourth in the 50M backstroke and 50 breaststroke and fifth in the 50M freestyle, and 50M butterfly in the Girls 11-12 Division. She also had three Top 10 finishes in other events.

Havasu's Johnson, Baillargeon combine for six win at BHC Invite

By DAVID BELL
Today's News-Herald
Published Saturday, June 18, 2011 10:02 PM MST

BULLHEAD CITY — The Havasu Stingrays Swim Team grabbed nine first place finishes — including three each from 6-year-old Andrew Johnson and 7-year-old Riley Baillargeon — in the first day of swimming at the Bullhead City Invitational.

David Bell/News-Herald Photo. Havasu Stingrays Swim Team’s Lyndsey Brueckner, 8, dives in for the start of the 25-meter breaststroke during the Bullhead City Invitational swim meet at Bullhead City Municipal Pool, Saturday morning. Brueckner shaved eight seconds off her best time to win the heat and finish fourth overall, with a time of 30.06 seconds.

Unofficial results from Saturday’s racing at Bullhead City Municipal Pool, showed Johnson win the 25-meter butterfly in 40.11 seconds, the 25M backstroke in 44.47 and the 25M breaststroke in 43.25, all in the Boys 6 and Under Division.

Baillargeon won the 25M butterfly in 23.12, the 25M backstroke in 23.23 and the 25M breaststroke in 26.56 in the Boys 7-8 Division.

Scharbrough 1st again in Stingrays annual lake swim

By DAVID BELL
Today's News-Herald
Published Wednesday, June 15, 2011 10:35 PM MST

LAKE HAVASU CITY — Mickey Scharbrough turned 15-years-old on Tuesday and celebrated Wednesday with a swim across the lake.

David Bell/News-Herald Photo. Mickey Scharbrough, 15, exits the water following the Havasu Stingrays Swim Team annual swim across Lake Havasu, Wednesday morning, at Windsor Beach 4 at Lake Havasu State Park.

Scharbrough repeated as the first swimmer to complete the Havasu Stingrays Swim Team annual swim across Lake Havasu, Wednesday morning. He finished the nearly three-mile swim — starting at Havasu Landing on the California side and finishing at Windsor Beach 4 at Lake Havasu State Park on the Arizona side — in one hour and 12 minutes, almost 10 minutes faster than his time last year.

“I felt better this year,” Scharbrough said. “There were no waves this year, it was much smoother.”

For the first time in the five years the event has been staged, conditions were perfect for the 15 Stingrays swimmers that participated. Three years ago, the problem was an over abundance of lake weeds slowing swimmers. It was the heat the next year, too many bugs swarming the top of the water in Year 3 and a stiff breeze and choppy waters last year.

“It was so much better than last year, with those six-foot waves,” said McKenna Wales, 13, who finished fifth in 1:33.