Tift County takes two in high school swimming meet
Published 9:00 am Thursday, November 14, 2024
- Becky Taylor/The Tifton Gazette Karson Ponder wins the 100 backstroke for the Blue Devils.
TIFTON — Tift County High swimmers notched two more team victories Friday, winning ameet at the Baldwin Drive Aquatic Center.
Both Blue Devils and Lady Devils had more points than their opponents combined. The Lady Devils scored 339 with Veterans second at 80 points and Tiftarea Academy third at 57.
The Devils had 301 points. Veterans was again second with 117 and Tiftarea third at 48. Cook and Fitzgerald also sent teams to the meet. Cook only had girls and Fitzgerald only had boys.
Tift won 17 of the 22 events. Tiftarea and Veterans each won two and Cook, one. Jase Hendricks had both Panthers’ victories.
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Karson Ponder wins the 100 backstroke for the Blue Devils.
Scoring for Tift County were:
— Boys 200 medley relay: Karson Ponder, Brayden Rowland, Chase Walker and Rocky Faw (1st); Davis Kunes, Wyatt Keith, James Fresh and Connor Watson (4th); Jace Howell, Dillan White, Ethan Van Orman and Jay Ross (5th); and Brock Alexion, Landon Parrish, Trey Dorminey and Aiden Thrasher (7th).
— Girls 200 medley relay: Anna Lupo, Brianna Domagala, Brynna Burke and Mary Frances Dove (1st); Stella Bryant, Raylee Walker, Abby Lupo and Leighellyn Bengston (2nd); and Laurie Barbee, McKensie Law, Savannah White and Lexi Smith (5th).
— Boys 200 freestyle: Thrasher (1st), Davis Kunes (2nd), Howell (3rd) and Watson (4th).
— Girls 200 freestyle: Anna Lupo (1st), Jovia Burke (2nd), Abby Lupo (3rd), Dove (4th), Haley Hooks (6th) and Sara Johns (7th).
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Brynna Burke had a part in three TCHS victories Friday at their home meet.
— Boys 200 individual medley: Larkin Saylor (1st) and Mitchell Kunes (2nd).
— Girls 200 individual medley: Domagala (1st), Bengston (2nd) and Rachel Spurlin (4th).
— Boys 50 freestyle: Faw (1st), Ponder (2nd), Parrish (4th) and Alexion (6th).
— Girls 50 freestyle: Dove (1st), Jovia Burke (2nd), Kendall Sasser (4th), Walker (5th), Bryant (6th), Madison Schwartz (7th) and Barbee (8th).
— Boys 100 butterfly: Walker (1st), Fresh (3rd), Mitchell Kunes (5th), Keith (6th), White (7th) and Dorminey (8th).
— Girls 100 butterfly: Anna Lupo (1st), Brynna Burke (2nd) and Bailey Brock (4th).
— Boys 100 freestyle: Davis Kunes (4th), Ross (6th), Van Orman (7th) and Nolan Miller (8th).
— Girls 100 butterfly: Domagala (1st), Bengston (2nd), Hannah Grace Murphy (3rd), Lauren Maag (4th), Morgan Brey (6th), Smith (7th) and Lola Reynolds (8th).
— Boys 500 freestyle: Alexion (2nd), Howell (3rd), Maitrey Patel (5th), Bill Nguyen (6th) and Rylan Pearman (7th).
— Girls 500 freestyle: Brynna Burke (1st) and Hooks (5th).
— Boys 200 freestyle relay: Rowland, Alexion, Parrish and Dorminey (2nd); Keith, Davis Kunes, Fresh and Watson (4th); Saylor, Porter Johnson, Mitchell Kunes and Miller (5th); Caleb May, Phillip Bowen, Nguen and Pearman (7th); and Jace Long, Patel, Caleb Hughes and Kason Layfield (8th).
— Girls 200 freestyle relay: Domagala, Jovia Burke, Brynna Burke and Sasser (1st); Abby Lupo, Bryant, Bengston and Walker (2nd); Hooks, Schwartz, Maag and Reynolds (5th); White, Smith, Barbee and Law (6th); and Izzy Jackson, Brooklyn Baird, Cayden Griffin and Emma Thompson (8th).
— Boys 100 backstroke: Ponder (1st), Faw (2nd), Van Orman (4th) and Johnson (5th).
— Girls 100 backstroke: Abby Lupo (2nd), Sasser (3rd), Walker (4th), White (7th) and Barbee (8th).
— Boys 100 breaststroke: Walker (3rd), Rowland (4th), Fresh (5th), Thrasher (6th) and Keith (8th).
— Girls 100 breaststroke: Brock (1st), Maag (2nd), Murphy (4th), Spurlin (6th), Law (7th) and Schwartz (8th).
— Boys 400 freestyle relay: Faw, Thrasher, Walker and Ponder (1st); Miller, Mitchell Kunes, Saylor and Johnson (3rd); Ross, White, Howell and Van Orman (4th); May, Bowen, Pearman and Nguyen (5th); and Patel, Long, Hughes and Layfield (6th).
— Girls 400 freestyle relay: Jovia Burke, Sasser, Dove and Anna Lupo (1st); Brock, Johns, Murphy and Spurlin (2nd); Reynolds, Maag, Schwartz and Hooks (3rd); and Baird, Jackson, Laney Braswell and Thompson (5th).
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Tiftarea’s Maci Shoultz swims a leg of the 200 individual medley. She finished third in the race.
Scoring for Tiftarea were:
— Boys 200 medley relay: Andrew Connell, Hendricks, Logan Floyd and Rhett Rogers (3rd).
— Girls 200 medley relay: Cameron Faulkner, Coley Beth Croft, Maci Shoultz and Madi Shoultz (3rd).
— Girls 200 freestyle: Croft (5th) and Chloe Sercer (8th).
— Girls 200 individual medley: Maci Shoultz (3rd).
— Boys 50 freestyle: Floyd (7th).
— Boys 100 freestyle: Hendricks (1st) and Floyd (5th).
— Girls 500 freestyle: Madi Shoultz (2nd) and Croft (4th).
— Boys 200 freestyle relay: Connell, Hendricks, Floyd and Rogers (3rd).
— Girls 200 freestyle relay: Croft, Maci Shoultz, Madi Shoultz and Sercer (3rd).
— Girls 100 backstroke: Maci Shoultz (5th).
— Boys 100 breaststroke: Hendricks (1st).
— Girls 100 breaststroke: Madi Shoultz (3rd).
