The Tallulah Falls varsity swimmers won Saturday’s “Shiver Me Timbers” home meet.
Madison Dampier qualified for state in the 50-yard freestyle. This makes her a qualifier in all possible individual events for the GHSA state meet.
Top-3 individual finishes include swims from Addison Albury, Madison Dampier, Carsyn Griffis, Emma Jackson, Mattie Patterson, Henry Rickman, Emery Sims, and Nelson Wilkinson.
Top-3 relay finishes include swims by the Boys 200 Medley A Relay (Sims, Caden Polley, Wilkinson, & Rickman), the Girls 200 Medley A Relay (Griffis, Dampier, Patterson, & Jackson), the Girls 200 Free A Relay (Layne Kafsky, Albury, Keira Webb, & Molly Rickman), the Boys 400 Free A Relay (Rickman, Wilkinson, Sims, & Grayson Penland), and the Girls 400 Free A Relay (Patterson, Jackson, Griffis, & Dampier).
Individual personal records were set in one or more races by Addison Albury, Carlos Alcantara, Luka Burmazevic, Cole Borchers, Harry Goldfine, Charlie Harris, Clay Kafsky, Isabella McClain, Mattie Patterson, David Plaisted, Caden Polley, Frankie Pribyl, Martin Raybon, Emery Sims, Jack Thomson, Victoria Verberkmoes, and Keira Webb
Middle school
In Friday’s “Ahoy Me Hearties” home meet invitational, the Tallulah Falls MS swim teams both placed second overall.
Top-3 individual finishes included swims by Ida Patterson, Adelaide Tatum, Olivia Henderson, Henry Dumas, Veronica Verberkmoes, Teagan Penland, Thatcher Tatum, Elizabeth Stafford, and Catherine Harris.
Top-3 relay finishes included the Boys 200 Medley & 200 Freestyle Relays of Thatcher, Dumas, Penland, & Sam Belk, the Girls 200 Medley & 200 freestyle Relays of Adelaide, Henderson, Patterson, and Emily Shoemaker.
Personal records were set in one or more individual events by Adelaide Tatum, Ida Patterson, Teagan Penland, Elizabeth Stafford, Olivia Bonner, Sam Belk, Brody Irvin, Micah Smith, Sebastian York, Hudson Penland, Steven Jackson, Ian Borchers, Josh Lander, Noah McClain, Stella Radford, Catherine Harris, Delaney Johnson, Derartu Kohler, Henry Dumas, and Julianna Nail.
– Brian Carter