Pictured below: Kaley Burge, State Qualifier, 100 Freestyle
Pictured below: Grant Smith, State Qualifier for: 100 Backstroke, 100 Butterfly, 200 Individual Medley, 5000 Freestyle, 200 Freestyle, 100 Freestyle
Newberry Swimming made up the meet originally scheduled August 30th versus AC Flora, Irmo, Fox Creek, and Richland Northeast last night. The following are the team scores for each dual match.
Women's Division Scores
AC Flora 103 vs NEW 45
NEW 82 vs Fox Creek 20
NEW 72 vs Irmo 71
NEW 84 vs RNE 23
Men's Division Scores
Irmo 101 vs NEW 46
NEW 70 vs Fox Creek 38
NEW 86 vs RNE 0
AC Flora 73 vs NEW 56
Event Result Break Down (Odd events = Women's; Even Events = Men's)
Event 1 - 200 Medley Relay
2nd Place - Kindel Jaeger, Jenna Burge, Piper Haskett, Kaley Burge - Consideration Time
Event 2 - 200 Medley Relay
6th Place- Seth Beebe, Aarush Kumar, Jack Hammond, Drew Washabau
Event 3 - 200 Freestyle
3rd Place - Sami Curry
7th Place - Ellis Kemper
Event 4 - 200 Freestyle
1st Place- Grant Smith - Automatic State cut time - with a 5 second drop from his best High School time
Event 5 - 200 Individual Medley
2nd Place - Kaley Burge - Consideration Time
5th Place - Piper Haskett
Event 6 - 200 Individual Medley
1st Place - Rhett Smith - Consideration Time
Event 7 - 50 Freestyle
4th Place - Kaylen Wofford
7th Place - Ellis Kemper - with a 2 second drop
Event 8 - 50 Freestyle
5th Place -Braedon Connelly - Consideration Time
18th Place - Seth Beebe - with a 0.5 second drop
20th Place - Drew Washabau
Event 9 100 Butterfly
4th Place - Cassidy Price
5th Place - Piper Haskett
Event 10 100 Butterfly
4th Place - Jack Hammond - First time swimming this grueling event
Event 11 - 100 Freestyle
1st Place - Kaley Burge - with a 2 second drop - Automatic State cut time
4th Place - Jenna Burge - Consideration Time
Event 12 - 100 Freestyle
1st Place - Grant Smith - 2 second drop for his best HS time - Automatic State cut time
14th Place - Drew Washabau
Event 13 - 400 Freestyle
No swimmers in this event this meet due to injuries
Event 14 - 400 Freestyle
1st Place - Rhett Smith - Consideration Time
6th Place - Aarush Kumar - first time swimming this event (and it's the longest individual race - 16 laps of a meter pool)
Event 15 - 200 Freestyle Relay
2nd Place - Sami Curry, Ellis Kemper, Kaylen Wofford, Cassidy Price
Event 16 - 200 Freestyle Relay
2nd Place - Rhett Smith, Seth Beebe, Braedon Connelly, Grant Smith - Consideration Time
Event 17 - 100 Backstroke - SWEEP look at how close this was just in our team!! This was a fun race to watch
2nd Place - Jenna Burge - Consideration Time
5th Place - Sami Curry - Consideration Time
Event 18 - 100 Backstroke
5th Place - Braedon Connelly
Event 19 - 100 Breaststroke
5th Place - Cassidy Price
Event 20 - 100 Breaststroke
7th Place - Seth Beebe
8th Place - Jack Hammond
9th Place - Aarush Kumar
Event 21- 400 Freestyle Relay
3rd Place - Jenna Burge, Kindel Jaeger, Piper Haskett, Kaley Burge - Consideration Time
Event 22 - 400 Freestyle Relay
1st Place - Rhett Smith, Jack Hammond, Braedon Connelly, Grant Smith - Consideration Time
Our Next Home Meet and SENIOR night is TOMORROW - Wednesday September 13th against Brookland Cayce, Airport, Gilbert, Westwood, Richland Northeast, Strom Thurmond. We look forward to seeing you on the swim deck. We can always use additional timers and fans!
A Huge Thank you to Coach Sral for driving our team to Irmo and Molly Fortune for volunteering as a Stroke and Turn Judge on the road!
With pride,
Coach Leslie McDuffie and Coach Kelly Hawkins