Tigers swim team launches inaugural season at All-Relays meet

Eight members of the first-ever Republic swim team began their season – and their careers – last week at the All-Relays meet in Springfield. The top finish belonged to the team that swam the 500-yard freestyle relay. Kathryn Flippin, Yelayna Jakes, Karissa Metzger and Mady McCrea finished third in that event with a time of 5:59.74. Only three teams broke the six-minute mark, including Republic.
Flippin, a freshman, admitted having a case of the jitters before her race began.
“I’m not going to lie to you. I felt like I was going to pass out,” she said. “But Arielle (Sumners) and Yelayna and Lena (Mais) all kept me calm. They said, ‘You’re going to do great,’ and they were great, and then I got on that board and I was ready to go.”

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