Lonoke SharkRockets: Welcome

2011 Sharkrocket Awards

Most Improved

8 and under Dylan Baldwin

50 Freestyle:  Hailey Fugatt and Logan Baldwin

50 Backstroke: Makenzie Bennett and Ricky Nichols

50 Breaststroke: Audrey Evans and Peyton Blackard

50 Butterfly: Audrey Evans and Will Armstrong

100 IM: Emily Armstrong and Casey Long

9-10 Boys:  Freestyle Nash Tipton 40.11

9-10 Boys: Breaststroke Eli Munnerlyn 1:02.30

11-12 Girls: Kayla McGee Free 28.00 Breaststroke 35.77 Fly 31.94 IM 1:16.24

13-14 Boys: Evan Wilson Free 29.36 Back 36.78 breast 39.34 flies 32.86 IM 1:16.06

15-16 Girls: Makenzie Bennett Free 30.46 back 38.07 breast 42.36 flies 34.68 IM 1:19.76

17-18 Girls: Rachel Denson Free 30.85 back 38.84 breast 41.67 flies 35.51

Practice Makes Perfect   (perfect attendance at morning practice)

Makenzie Bennett and Colton Tidwell

Makenzie Bennett 80

Evan Wilson 45

Emily Armstrong 76

Colton Tidwell 32

Girls 15-18 Relay Team Kayla McGee, Tristan Bennett, Rachel Denson, Makenzie Bennett 2^nd

Boys 13-14 Relay Team Jimmy Evans, Colton Tidwell, Tanner Edwards, Evan Wilson 7th

Emily Armstrong Free 6^th, back 8^th, breast 2^nd, fly 12^th, IM 2^nd

Makenzie Bennett free 7^th, back 1^st, breast 2^nd, fly 3^rd, IM 1^st

Tristan Bennett free 9^th, back 3^rd, breast 7^th, fly 2^nd, IM 7^th

Rachel Denson free 1^st, back 2^nd, breast 5^th, fly 4^th, IM 6^th

Tanner Edwards IM 7^th

Audrey Evans free 13^th, back 12^th, fly 13^th, IM 4^th

Jimmy Evans fly 10^th

Brooke Hill free 12^th, back 11^th, breast 1^st, fly 9^th, IM 5^th

Kayla McGee free 2^nd, back 4^th, breast 1^st, fly 2^nd, IM 3^rd

Eli Munnerlyn free 7^th

Colton Tidwell free 7^th, back 9^th, fly 9^th, IM 8^th

Nash Tipton free 13^th

Evan Wilson free 12^th, back 3^rd, breast 8^th, fly 1^st, IM 11th

Joel Lee Award: Tanner Edwards

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The Lonoke Sharkrocket Swim Team is a summer league swim team.  Our home pool is the Lonoke Community Center.  We are a member of the Central Arkansas Swim League.  Other teams in our league are Bryant Barracudas, Cabot Piranhas, Conway Crocodiles, Lakewood Waves, Maumelle Marlins, Otter Creek Otters, Sherwood Sharks, and YMCA Stingrays.  Meets begin in early June.  We have five regular season meets on Saturday mornings.   There is not a meet over the 4^th of July.  Our season ends with the Meet of Champs at UALR.    A 2011 schedule can be found on the handout page. 

Swimmers compete in age divisions.  We also have gold, silver and bronze competition levels.  All new swimmers begin at the bronze level.  As their times improve, they move into the silver and gold levels.  All gold and silver swimmers qualify for the Meet of Champs.  At least eight bronze swimmers will also qualify in each event.     

There are many benefits to swimming.  Swimming is not only fun, it is great exercise.  Swimmers build strength and endurance.  Many of the kids really notice this in other sports they compete in.   We also stress the importance of good sportsmanship.  Good sportsmanship is practiced during practice and at meets.  The Lonoke Sharkrockets have won the Central Arkansas Swim League Sportsmanship Award!     

We strive to make swimming a fun experience for every member of the team.  This goes for parents as well as kids.  Our meets are run by parents, so there are many ways for everyone to be involved.  There is information about all parent jobs located in the handout section of the web site. 

 For more information, please contact Tara Bennett at 870-552-3922.

We are excited to welcome back our coaches, Jared and James Santiago for their second season with the team. 

The Top 10 Reasons to Swim

1. Being with friends and making new friends
2. Coach compliments and encourages me
3. Being known as a good swimmer
4. Winning races
5. Getting in shape
6. Varied workouts
7. Relays where team comes together
8. Feelings of accomplishment
9. Cheering for each other/coming together as a team
10. Trying to improve my times; Being on a team