It was a fantastic finish for the boys and girls varsity squads at the GHSA State Championships Friday-Saturday at Georgia Tech. The Lady Indians placed 8th in Class 1A-3A, while the boys came in 15th place.
Several swimmers had career-best times as well as school records in their respective events. Tallulah Falls swimmers collected 8 Top-10 finishes, and 6 Top-5 finishes along the way.
Montgomery Dampier ended her high school career with a school record and personal best of 1:55.93 in the 200 Free. She was also the state runner-up in the 500 Free and was a key part of the 10th-place 200 Medley Relay team (along with Madison Dampier, Tamia Moss, and Emily Wolfe), and 6th-place in the 400 Free Relay that included the Dampier sisters, Daya Ssemakula, and Karis Tatum.
Meanwhile, Madison Dampier, along with her relay success, was 4th in the 200 IM with a school/personal record time of 2:08.84. Madison Dampier also was 4th in the 100 Fly with a personal best/school record of 57.30.
On the boys’ side, it was Emre Sungur who stole the show. He was 4th in the 200 IM with school record/personal best time of 1:58.81. He continued the trend with a 3rd-place finish in the 500 Free, setting a new school record and personal best 4:46.02. Sungur also was a part of the 12th-place 400 Free Relay team with teammates Nelson Wilkinson, Henry Rickman, and Emery Sims, as well as the 200 Medley Relay team that placed 14th with the same members.
Wilkinson didn’t qualify for the finals in his events but did have the 41st best time in the 100 Fly and 60th best time in the 50 Free. A pair of other relay teams competed. The boys 200 Free Relay (Rickman, Jason Dong, Willaim Xu, Sims) came in 47th, while the girls 200 Free (Tatum, Wolfe, Moss, Ssemakula) came in 39th.
TFS Results | FULL GHSA State Championship Results
- Boys 200 Medley Relay: 14th – Henry Rickman, Emre Sungur, Nelson Wilkinson, Emery Sims
- Girls 200 Medley Relay: 10th – Madison Dampier, Montgomery Dampier, Tamia Moss, Emily Wolfe
- Girls 200 Free: 4th – Montgomery Dampier *PR/SR
- Boys 200 IM: 4th – Emre Sungur *SR/PR
- Girls 200 IM: 4th – Madison Dampier *SR/PR
- Boys 50 Free: 60th – Nelson Wilkinson
- Boys 100 Fly: 41st – Nelson Wilkinson
- Girls 100 Fly: 4th – Madison Dampier *PR/SR
- Boys 500 Free: 3rd – Emre Sungur *PR/SR
- Girls 500 Free: 2nd – Montgomery Dampier
- Boys 200 Free Relay: 47th – Rickman, Jason Dong, William Xu, Emery Sims
- Girls 200 Free Relay: 39th – Tatum, Wolfe, Moss, Daya Ssemakula
- Boys 400 Free Relay: 12th – Wilkinson, Rickman, Sims, Sungur
- Girls 400 Free Relay: 6th – Dampiers (Madison & Montgomery), Szsemakula, Tatum
