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DOUGLAS — Tift Middle School is ensuring that the proud high school Swim Devils tradition will continue for years to come. Boys and girls middle school swimmers won at the Coffee Middle Christmas Invitational Dec. 1, both topping their hosts. The Lady Devils nearly doubled up Coffee, 123-67. The boys were much closer, 112-93.

Larkin Saylor won the 200 freestyle in 2:30.67 seconds, not even an eyelash ahead of 2nd place Coffee at 2:30.87. Jovia Burke made the event a clean sweep for Tift, but by a much bigger margin of 21 seconds. Her time was 2:15.

Stella Byrnes earned the victory in the 200 individual medley in 2:48. Stella Bryant won the 50 freestyle in 29.56 seconds. The 100 freestyle went to Porter Johnson in 1:06. Burke earned another individual victory in the 500 freestyle in 5:53. Brock wrapped up the solo races with 1st in the 100 breaststroke at 1:23.

The girls 200 medley relay team won in 2:13, as were the 200 freestyle boys team in 1:59, the 200 freestyle relay girls in 2:09 and the 400 freestyle girls in 4:23.

Individuals on relay teams were not named in results.

Others finishing in the top 10 for Tift:

Boys 200 medley relay: 2nd, 3rd and 7th.

Girls 200 medley relay: 5th.

Boys 200 freestyle: Phillip Bowen (5th), Callen Burke (8th) and Kason Mallard (10th).

Girls 200 freestyle: Bella Burdette (4th), Katherine Currie (6th), Madison Schwartz (9th) and E.C. Johnston (10th).

Boys 200 individual medley: Johnson (4th), Emmett Thompson (6th) and James Fresh (7th).

Girls 200 individual medley: Chloe Brown (3rd) and Johnston (7th).

Boys 50 freestyle: Davis Kunes (2nd) and Evan Roberts (7th).

Girls 50 freestyle: Jana Webster (5th), Lucy House (7th), Marlee Veazey (9th) and Anna-Claire Selph (10th).

Boys 100 butterfly: Mitchell Kunes (3rd).

Girls 100 butterfly: Byrnes (2nd) and Brock (3rd).

Boys 100 freestyle: Davis Kunes (2nd), Jace Howell (4th), Bowen (5th) and Connor Watson (8th).

Girls 100 freestyle: Bryant (3rd) and Selph (8th).

Boys 500 freestyle: Saylor (2nd).

Girls 500 freestyle: House (4th) and Norah Monfort (6th).

Boys 200 freestyle relay: 6th and 10th.

Girls 200 freestyle relay: 7th.

Boys 100 backstroke: Howell (3rd), Thompson (4th) and Mitchell Kunes (5th).

Girls 100 backstroke: Webster (4th), Burdette (6th) and Martha Jane Nelson (10th).

Boys 100 breaststroke: Fresh (2nd) and Owen Wells (3rd).

Girls 100 breaststroke: Brown (3rd), Schwartz (8th) and Monfort (9th).

Boys 400 freestyle relay: 2nd, 4th and 5th.

Girls 400 freestyle relay: 3rd, 7th and 8th.