TIFTON —
The first ever Middle School Blue Devil Inivitational was held yesterday with five teams participating: A combined Tift County Middle team of J.T. Reddick and Eighth Street Middle, Colquitt County Middle, Coffee Middle, MacIntyre Park Elementary of Thomasville, and Lee County Middle.
The boys teams results were:
1st, Coffee Middle (164 points), 2nd, Tift County (125), 3rd, MacIntyre Park (124), 4th, Lee County Middle (42), 5th, Colquitt County Middle (20)
The girls teams results were:
1st, Tift County (191 points), 2nd, Coffee Middle (101), 3rd, Lee County Middle (82), 4th, Colquitt County Middle (73), 5th, MacIntyre Park (52)
The Tift County girls team stayed undefeated, having never lost a meet since the program began last year. The boys stayed in its battle of first or second place finishes.
Tift County standouts were: Autumn Hardy (J.T. Reddick) and Sarah Lawson went one-two in the 200 freestyle, Tyler Coker won 200 freestyle, Ansley Mobley won the 50 free and 100 free setting school records in both.
Jacob Harper (8th) won the 50 freestyle with a school record. Stephanie Connell followed Mobley with a 2nd place finish in the 100 free. Emily Moore took 3rd in the 100 fly. Casey Hall took 2nd in the 500 freestyle with Sarah Lawson and LauraKate Brock getting 4th and 5th. Jacob Redd got first in the 500 free.
The relay team of Casey Hall, Emily Moore, Stephanie Connell, and Ansley Mobley got first in both the 200 free and 400 freestyle relays. Casey Hall won 100 backstroke with a record time. Jacob Harper and Tommy Fraizer went 1 and 3 in the 100 backstroke. The relay team of Claire Ryland, Venice Redmon, Autumn Hardy, and Julianna Cross got 2nd in the 400 free relay and Tyler Coker, Jacob Redd, Eric Atkins and Jacob Harper won the 400 free relay.
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