In the Shiver Me Timbers Invitational hosted by TFS on Saturday, the varsity swim team dominated the competition. The Indians and Lady Indians both placed first out of 8 teams.
“This meet was a prelims/finals meet,” explains coach Rachel Nichols. “This means if a swimmer swam to a top-16 place in their event in the preliminary session, they earned a second swim in the finals session.”
Several swimmers took a top-3 finish in their individual event. These swimmers included William Xu, Emre Sungur, Henry Rickman, Karis Tatum, Nelson Wilkinson, Montgomery Dampier, and Emery Sims. Madison Dampier also swam to a pair of top-3 finishes in her events.
Many swimmers swam to new personal records in either the preliminary or the finals session on Saturday as well. These swimmers included Cole Borchers, William Xu, Morgan Mullins, Tamia Moss, Emre Sungur, Emery Sims, Jedd Thomas, Tillie Crumley, Mina Beratovic, Henry Rickman, Karis Tatum, Layne Kafsky, Jason Dong, Jedd Thomas, Grayson Penland, Tahj Charlton, Kate Trotter, Emma Jackson, and Hannah Hickox.
Emre Sungur earned a new GHSA state championship qualifying time in the 100-yard breastroke.
“We are very proud of our swimmers’ efforts this past weekend,” adds Nichols.
The varsity team will compete again this upcoming weekend at the Clarke-Oconee Invitational in Athens at University of Georgia’s Gabrielsen Natatorium.
