Swim Devils fifth at Frostbite Invitational

Published 12:00 pm Wednesday, January 8, 2025

TIFTON — Tift County’s Swim Devils combined for fifth place last Saturday at the Lambert Frostbite Invitational.

The Lady Devils were fourth at 336 points, only 12 off a second-place finish. The Blue Devils were seventh. Tift County was the only school of the nine competing not hailing from Forsyth or Fulton counties.

Jovia Burke recorded an individual victory, part of a 1-2 finish for Tift in the 50 freestyle. Burke swam in 25.5 seconds and Mary Frances Dove followed her with a time of 25.74 seconds.

Later, the duo did it again in the 100 freestyle. Burke swam in 56.12 seconds and Dove was runner-up at 57.22.

Dove, Burke, Kendall Sasser and Anna Lupo won the third event of the day for the Lady Devils in the 200 freestyle relay. Their time was 1:43.

Others finishing in the top 15 were:

— Boys 200 medley relay: Rocky Faw, Brayden Rowland, Chase Walker and Karson Ponder (9th).

— Girls 200 medley relay: Raylee Walker, Bailey Brock, Abby Lupo and Lauren Maag (7th).

— Boys 200 freestyle: James Fresh (14th) and Mitchell Kunes (15th).

— Girls 200 freestyle: Sasser (3rd).

— Girls 200 individual medley: Maag (15th).

— Boys 50 freestyle: Faw (5th) and Ponder (13th).

— Girls 50 freestyle: Sasser (7th).

— Boys 100 butterfly: Walker (8th).

— Girls 100 butterfly: Anna Lupo (3rd), Brianna Domagala (4th), Abby Lupo (5th) and Brynna Burke (8th).

— Boys 500 freestyle: Larkin Saylor (9th).

— Girls 500 freestyle: Brynna Burke (2nd), Brock (7th) and Walker (8th).

— Girls 200 freestyle relay: Abby Lupo, Stella Bryant, Maag and Walker (10th).

— Boys 100 backstroke: Walker (8th) and Ponder (12th).

— Girls 100 backstroke: Anna Lupo (5th) and Abby Lupo (8th).

— Girls 100 breaststroke: Domagala (6th) and Maag (10th).

— Boys 400 freestyle relay: Ponder, Walker, Brock Alexion and Aiden Thrasher (7th).

— Girls 400 freestyle relay: Sara Johns, Brock, Stella Byrnes and Hannah Grace Murphy (12th).