TIFTON —
The Tiftarea Tidal Wave swim team did well at this past weekend’s Georgia Recreation and Parks Association B/C State Swim Meet held at the Tift County Recreation Department swim complex.
Tidal Wave winners were Ansley Mobley in the girls 11-12 100-yard freestyle; the boys 14-under 200-yard medley relay team of Jacob Harper, Hank McElroy, Tucker Parrish and Drew Wyatt; Annalee Atwater in the girls 15-18 50-yard butterfly; the girls 14-under 200-yard freestyle relay team of Madi Honeycutt, Ansley Mobley, Kirsten Murphy and Katelyn Seymour; and the girls 18-under 200-yard freestyle relay team of Aubree McPherson, Laurel Parrish, Mary Shoup and Annalee Atwater;
Second place finishers were Annalee L. Atwater in the girls 16-18 100-yard freestyle; as well as the the relay team of Jacob Harper, Hank McElroy, Drew Wyatt and Tucker Parrish in the boys 14-under 200-yard freestyle;
The 14-under 200-yard medley relay team of Katelyn E. Seymour, Madi Honeycutt, Kirsten Murphy and Ansley Mobley; the girls 18-under 200-yard medley relay team of Mary Shoup, Annalee Atwater, Savannah Griffin and Aubree McPherson; Hank McElroy in the boys 13-14 50-yard breaststroke; and Jacob Redd in the boys 11-12 50-yard backstroke all finished third.
Tucker L. Parrish, boys 13-14 100-yard freestyle; Mary Shoup, girls 15-18 100-yard IM; and Katelyn Seymour, girls 13-14 50-yard butterfly, were among the fourth place finishers.
Finishing fifth were the boys 18-under 200-yard medley relay team of Benjamin Deen, Conner Cross, Hunter Cross, Connor Jacobson, Noah Daniel and Coleman Griffin; Conner Cross in the boys 15-18 50-yard breaststroke; Griffin Parrish in the boys 11-12 50-yard butterfly; Tucker Parrish in the boys 13-14 50-yard butterfly; Savannah Griffin in the girls 15-18 50-yard butterfly; and the boys 18-under 200-yard freestyle relay team of Benjamin Deen, Connor Jacobson, Hunter Cross and Conner Cross.
Sixth place finishers were Jacob T. Redd in the boys 11-12 100-yard freestyle; Aubree McPherson in the girls 15-18 50-yard freestyle; Kirsten Murphy in the girls 11-12 100-yard IM; Katelyn Seymour in the girls 13-14 50-yard backstroke; Mary Shoup in the girls 15-18 50-yard backstroke; and Kirsten Murphy in the girls 11-12 50-yard butterfly.
Among the swimmers that finished seventh were Ansley Mobley, the girls 11-12 50-yard freestyle; Jacob Harper, the boys 13-14 50-yard freestyle; Hunter Cross, the boys 15-18 100-yard IM; and Savannah Griffin, the girls 15-18 50-yard backstroke.
Tidal Wave swimmers that finished eighth were Conner Cross in the boys 15-18 100-yard freestyle; Griffin Parrish in the boys 11-12 100-yard IM; Madi Honeycutt in the girls 13-14 100-yard IM; and the relay team of Alex Hardy, Madeline Strickland, Liz Mann, Savannah Griffin and Katelyn Seymour in the girls 18-under 200-yard freestyle.
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