The Carrollton Bluefins swim team came in second place in the three-day Fall Classic held over the weekend at Lakeshore Natatorium. The Bluefins finished with a combined team score of 2,025 points, which left them 230 points behind first-place Chattahoochee Gold.

Bluefins coach David Weeks said at this early stage of the season he’s more focused on self-improvement than having his swimmers beat their competitors.

“We try to emphasize, more than anything else, beating yourself instead of beating the other people,” Weeks said. “The time will take care of itself.”

The Bluefins’ overall percentage of best times was 52 percent, which Weeks said fell in line with what he expected.

A total of 14 teams and 470 swimmers competed at the 23rd Annual Fall Classic, which is the largest meet the Bluefins will host all year. The Bluefins were the largest team competing with 128 swimmers. Chattahoochee Gold, based out of Marietta, was second with 74 swimmers.

For the younger kids, the meet was an opportunity to gain experience. The Bluefins had over 50 kids that were swimming at their first meet.

For the older swimmers, it provided a chance to work on their distance swimming.

“Our kids swimming distance did really well,” Weeks said. “This part of the season is more distance-oriented, so for that to happen they did some good things.”

Joshua Grover, competing in the 11-12 boys age bracket, led the Bluefins in first-place finishes with eight. Grover, 12, broke the Bluefins’ 26-year record in the 100-yard breaststroke with a time of 1:15.79.

Grover finished first in the 200-yard individual medley (2:31.54), 200-yard freestyle (2:16.03), 100-yard butterfly (1:08.87), 100-yard individual medley (1:07.68), 100-yard freestyle (1:00.86), 50-yard butterfly (30.37), 100-yard backstroke (1:08.09) and 50-yard breaststroke (34.58).

Connor Pierce broke a pair of team records in the 15-18 boys age bracket. Pierce, 15, broke the record in the 200-yard backstroke (2:02.58) and the 500-yard freestyle (4:55.14). He also had first-place finishes in the 400-yard individual medley (4:21.82), 100-yard freestyle (49.55), 200-yard freestyle (1:48.65) and 100-yard butterfly (54.79).

For the girls, Kelly Fazio led the way with four first-place and four second-place finishes. Competing in the 13-14 age bracket, Fazio won the 200-yard backstroke (2:40.24), 100-yard backstroke (1:06.28), 100-yard breaststroke (1:11.82) and 100-yard butterfly (1:06.90).

Fazio finished second in the 400-yard individual medley (5:14.85), 200-yard butterfly (2:38.01), 200-yard backstroke (2:20.44) and 50-yard butterfly (27.38).

In the girls 11-12 age bracket, Carolyn Ives had second-place finishes in the 200-yard freestyle (2:20.34) and 100-yard breaststroke (1:23.30). She also had a pair of third-place finishes.

Megan Hooper, competing in the same age bracket as Ives, finished third in the 200-yard freestyle (2:24.06).

Cassie Griffin, 9, won the 50-yard backstroke (36.75) and also had top-three finishes in the 100-yard butterfly (1:30.15), 100-yard breaststroke (1:39.86) and 100-yard individual medley (1:24.17).

In the boys 8-and-under age bracket, Cade Crews came in first in both the 50-yard breaststroke (46.50) and 25-yard breaststroke (20.76).

Also competing in that age bracket, Andrew Shiver had a third-place finish in the 50-yard butterfly (46.30).

Avery Watson, 17, finished third in the boys 15-18 age bracket 100-yard breaststroke (1:01.51).

Myranda Kralman, 15, had a third-place finish in the girls 15-18 age bracket 200-yard breaststroke (2:28.47).

Other Bluefins swimmers with top-five finishes included Jamie Wright, Cameron Back, Asher van Zanten, Evan Harte, Katie Harte, Brittany Herndon, Ellie Hesterlee, Harper Minor, Sean Morin and Jacob Smith.

The Bluefins also had six relay teams place in the top three.

The Bluefins will have 21 of their advanced level swimmers competing Saturday at the Martha Bass Invitational at the Baylor School in Chattanooga, Tenn.