Tift Middle swimmers sweep home meet
Published 6:00 pm Monday, October 28, 2024
TIFTON — Tift County Middle swim teams swept their home meet Thursday, both boys and girls winning in dominating fashion.
The Lady Devils scored 216 points to the 76 of second place Tiftarea Academy. It was 232 points for the Blue Devils to more than double Colquitt County, which finished at 95.
Tiftarea’s girls won twice at the meet, with the Tift girls in front in five events, and the boys in four.
Scoring points for Tift were:
— Boys 200 medley relay: Emmett Thompson, Briggs Rowland, Callen Burke and Evan Roberts (2nd) and Ty Alexion, Rylan Nelson, Zachary Brown and William Maxwell (3rd).
— Girls 200 medley relay: Lucy House, Chloe Brown, Caroline Askew and Norah Monfort (1st); Bella Burdette, E.C. Thompson, E.C. Johnston and Caroline Lodge (4th); and Martha Jane Nelson, Mary Campbell Diers, Dahlia McRae and Marlee Schwartz (7th).
— Boys 200 freestyle: Thompson (1st), Joshua Taylor (2nd), Kason Mallard (3rd) and Nelson (4th).
— Girls 200 freestyle: Brown (1st), Burdette (2nd), Johnsto (5th), Laurel Rogers (6th), Schwartz (7th) and Jayna Kelly (8th).
— Boys 100 individual medley: Rowland (1st).
— Girls 100 individual medley: Askew (1st), House (4th) and Thompson (8th).
— Boys 50 freestyle: Roberts (3rd), Taylor (5th) and Maxwell (7th).
— Girls 50 freestyle: Anna-Claire Selph (3rd), Burdette (4th), Bentley Rowland (5th) and Lodge (8th).
— Boys 50 butterfly: Brown (2nd).
— Girls 50 butterfly: Annabel Saylor (4th) and McRae (6th).
— Boys 50 freestyle: Rowland (2nd), Roberts (4th), Maxwell (5th), Eli Ross (6th), Spence McKeown (7th) and Callum Casimiro (8th).
— Girls 100 freestyle: Monfort (3rd) and Selph (6th).
— Boys 200 freestyle relay: Will Fresh, Ross, John Wood and Mallard (2nd); Beckett Casimiro, Charles Sheppard, Callum Casimiro and Alejandro Martinez Franco (4th); Taylor, Maxwell, Nelson and McKeown (5th) and Maddox Barron, Virgil Parker Webb, Benn Houle and J.R. Wise (6th).
— Girls 200 freestyle relay: Lodge, Saylor, Selph and Askew (3rd); and Schwartz, McRae, Ella Harrison and Campbell Diers (8th).
— Boys 50 backstroke: Thompson (1st), Burke (4th), Fresh (5th) and Alexion (8th).
— Girls 50 backstroke: House (2nd), Monfort (3rd), Askew (4th) and Johnston (7th).
— Boys 50 breaststroke: Brown (2nd), Nelson (7th) and McKeown (8th)
— Girls 50 breaststroke: Brown (1st), Thompson (5th), Lodge (7th) and Schwartz (8th).
— Boys 400 freestyle relay: Rowland, Brown, Roberts and Thompson (1st); Burke, McKeown, Taylor and Alexison (2nd); Fresh, Ross, Wood and Mallard); Sheppard, Beckett Casimiro, Callum Casimiro and Martinez Franco (4th); and Wise, Nicholas Vicars, Trenton Griner and Joe Rosales (5th).
— Girls 400 freestyle relay: Monfort, House, Burdette and Brown (1st); Thompson, Johnston, Martha Jane Nelson and Saylor (2nd); Abby Loveless, Atalee Moore, Wendy Duque and Kelly (4th); Harrison, Schwartz, Rogers and Maggie Nelson (5th); Kelsey Gaskins, Alianna Whiddon, Mariah Watson and Saanvi Patel (6th); an Harlee Wilkerson, Cedar Graham, Rowland and Mallory Hankins (7th).
Scoring for Tiftarea were:
— Girls 200 medley relay: Ella Branch, Lizzie Hendricks, Emeri Golden and Addison Senkbell (2nd).
— Boys 200 individual medley: Mason McDonald (4th).
— Girls 100 individual medley: Branch (3rd).
— Girls 50 freestyle: Hendricks (2nd).
— Girls 50 butterfly: Hendricks (2nd).
— Girls 100 freestyle: Branch (4th) and Senkbell (5th).
— Girls 200 freestyle relay: Senkbell, Golden, Hendricks and Branch (1st).
— Boys 50 backstroke: McDonald (7th).
— Girls 50 backstroke: Hendricks (1st).
— Girls 50 breaststroke: Branch (3rd).