The Tallulah Falls School swim teams competed Saturday at Georgia Tech in the GHSA State Championships. Sophomore Madison Dampier set two school records (topping her own previous marks), earning an individual state championship to highlight TFS’ success. The girls came in 8th in Class 1A-3A and the boys 12th.
Dampier earned the first GHSA State Championship in TFS history with her 100 Fly performance and was State Runner-Up in the 200 IM. The 400 Free Relay girls squad was 5th, and the 200 Medley Relay for girls was 6th. Mattie Patterson earned a 10th-place finish in the 100 Free. The girls earned 128 points, good for 8th overall.
For the boys, their 200 Medley Relay (8th), 200 Free Relay (10th), and 400 Free Relay (7th) all posted top-10 finishes as well. The boys tallied 100 points to come in 12th as a team. FULL RESULTS
RESULTS
GIRLS – 8th (128 pts)
200 Medley Relay (Carsyn Griffis, Madison Dampier, Mattie Patterson, Emma Jackson)
8th in Prelims 2:01.87 | 6th in Finals 2:01.62
200 IM Madison Dampier
2nd in Prelims 2:09.15 | 2nd in Finals 2:08.54
200 IM Mattie Patterson
9th in Prelims 2:26.23 | DQ in Finals 2:27.50
100 Fly Madison Dampier
1st in Prelims 57.85 | 1st in Finals 56.68
100 Free Mattie Patterson
10th in Prelims 58.06 | 10th in Finals 58.51
200 Free Relay (Layne Kafsky, Molly Rickman, Emma Jackson, Carsyn Griffis)
DQ in Prelims (early start) 1:53.83
400 Free Relay (Mattie Patterson, Molly Rickman, Carsyn Griffis, Madison Dampier)
3rd in Prelims 3:58.99 | 5th in Finals 3:51.98
BOYS – 12th (100 pts)
200 Medley Relay (Emery Sims, Nelson Wilkinson, Henry Rickman, Grayson Penland)
8th in Prelims 1:47.43 | 8th in Finals 1:47.08
50 Free Nelson Wilkinson
15th in Prelims 24.05 | 13th in Finals 23.37
200 Free Relay (Grayson Penland, Henry Rickman, Emery Sims, Nelson Wilkinson)
9th in Prelims 1:36.40 | 10th in Finals 1:37.80
100 Back Emery Sims
14th in Prelims 59.01 | 17th in Finals 1:00.22
400 Free Relay (Grayson Penland, Henry Rickman, Emery Sims, Nelson Wilkinson)
7th in Prelims 3:33.07 | 7th in Finals 3:29.49