Swimming

Hillsboro swims in  Division II. The swim season starts in mid-October and is over after the final High School State Championship Meet in late February of each year.  Swimmers are expected to have some skills in all four strokes, be committed to practicing 3 - 4 days a week, and participate in all scheduled meets.  During the 2006-2007 school year, practice is held at Glencliff High School from 2:45 - 3:45 Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. Practicing at Glencliff High School will enable Hillsboro to utilize the entire pool (6 lanes) which will better accommodate the approximately 25 swimmers expected this year.  Hillsboro's coach, Nathan Phillips, has had many years of experience and is on his way to building a top-notch swim team. In addition to Coach Phillips, Hillsboro alumni (' 68), Jack Hazen, a Metro school teacher, former UGA swimmer, and Nashville Aquatic Club coach, provides instruction on several Saturdays during the season at the Sportsplex.  For more information, contact Callie Jennings, 2005-2006 team captain, at calliejennings@comcast.net or Ms. Perry, faculty sponsor.
 
Directions to Glencliff High School:
Take Woodmont Blvd. (pass 100 Oaks) and turn RIGHT onto Nolensville Pike.  Go to the first light and take a LEFT onto Antioch Pike (a Walgreens is on the corner).  The school is on the left about 1 mile.  Go past the school and take a LEFT into the parking lot.  The pool has a separate entrance that is marked. 
 
Dual Meet Schedule: November 14  Columbia Central  @ Columbia Central
                                     November 17   FRA  @ TSU
                                     December 5    Tellahoma @ Tellahoma
                                     December 14  Blackman HS & Ensworth HS @ TSU     
                                     February  2   St. Andrews @ University of the South-Sewanee
 
Invitational Meets: January 13  Sewanee HS @ University of the South-Sewanee
                                 January 27  Excel @ Brentwood ISC
 
Regional Meet - February 9 @ Sportsplex
 
State Meet (Qualifying times required) - February 23 - 24  @ Sportsplex
 
 
 
     
 

Summary of the 2005-2006 Swim Season

Congratulations to this year's Hillsboro Swim Team. The Swimming Burros have grown from 1 swimmer three years ago to 18, making this year the biggest and the best!  Team members included: Agustin Balaguer(11), Kim Brown(9),  Casey Drumright (9),  Hanan El-Abd(11), Erdi Erdem(11), Corey Fey(9), Greyson Findley(10), Catherine Gaines(10), Parker Hawkins(10), Eric Hudiburg(9), Callie Jennings(Captain)(11),  Roni Levy(11), Sarah Kate Nelson(11),  Ylva Ronnelid(11), Rebecca Senn(9), Lillian Siman(11), Vincent Weimann(11), and AlexeyYermalitsky(11)       

The team this year was one of the most internationally diverse teams at Hillsboro. Three of our swimmers, Hanan, Ylva, and Vincent are exchange students from Egypt, Sweden, and Germany, and three students, Agustin, Erdi and Alexey live in Nashville, but are from Argentina, Turkey, and Belarus.  Hanan, Ylva, and Vincent will be missed next year.  They added a great deal to the team with their humor, kindness, and determination to excel.  We all hope they keep swimming when they return to their home countries at the end of this school year.       

This year also marked the first time the Hillsboro team was able to practice at the Green Hills YMCA.  The team was coached by Nathan Phillips who led practice three days a week, preparing the swimmers for 4 dual meets as well as the Regional and State Championship Meets.

The Swimming Burros came in 3rd in the Division I Dual Championship meet. Four swimmers made qualifying times in 15 events and swam in the High School State Championship Meet in February, where state times are required prior to entry.  Parker Hawkins, Callie Jennings, Rebecca Senn, and Alexey Yermalitsky represented Hillsboro in individual events.  Hillsboro also had a men's relay team made up of Corey Fey, Erdi Erden, Alexey Yermalitsky, and Parker Hawkins, and two women's relay teams made up of Kim Brown, Casey Drumright, Roni Levy, Callie Jennings, and Rebecca Senn.  Freshman Rebecca Senn swam to a 12th place finish in the 100 yard freestyle and 100 yard backstroke making her the only 9th grader at the State meet to make the top 16 in the 100 Free.  Out of the 9 teams in Division I, Hillsboro was the only school to score points in the State Championship.