The following 7 swimmers traveled to North Charleston to complete in the AA/AAA State Swim Meet
Emily Allen - Medley Relay, 100 Butterfly, 400 Freestyle Relay
Jenna Burge - Medley Relay, 200 Individual Medley, 200 Freestyle Relay, 100 Breaststroke
Kaley Burge - Medley Relay, 200 Freestyle, 100 Butterfly, 400 Freestyle Relay
Sami Curry - Medley Relay, 200 Individual Medley, 200 Freestyle Relay, 100 Backstroke
Kindel Jaeger - 200 Individual Medley, 100 Butterfly, 200 Freestyle Relay, 400 Freestyle Relay
Ellis Kemper - 200 Freestyle Relay
Mafra Kemper - 400 Freestyle Relay
With all the individual qualifying events, we were able to swim in 8 of the 11 events (3 relays and 5 individuals). Each swimmer is only allowed to swim a total of 4 events (2 individual/2 relays or 1 individual/3 relays). Each swimmer came with their game face on to make NHS proud. This coach sure is thrilled with their performances.
Below is a placement and time update on each of these events.
Event 1 - 200 Medley Relay
7th place - Sami Curry, Jenna Burge, Kaley Burge, Emily Allen - Dropping 3.26 seconds!!!
Event 3 - 200 Freestyle
12th place - Kaley Burge
Event 5 - 200 Individual Medley (Butterfly, Backstroke Breaststroke, Freestyle)
11th place - Jenna Burge - Dropped 5.60 seconds!!!
20th place - Kindel Jaeger - Dropped 1.31 seconds!!!
26th place - Sami Curry - Dropped 3.05 seconds!!!
Event 9 - 100 Butterfly
10th place - Kaley Burge
14th place - Kindel Jaeger - Shaved 0.10 second!!
29th place - Emily Allen
Event 15 - 200 Freestyle Relay
18th place - Jenna Burge, Kindel Jaeger, Ellis Kemper, Sami Curry - EACH swimmer swam their best 50 freestyle splits.
Event 17 - 100 Backstroke
17th place - Sami Curry - Shaved 0.05 seconds for a best time!
Event 19 - 100 Breaststroke
7th place - Jenna Burge - Dropping 1.61 seconds!!!
Event 21 - 400 Freestyle Relay
11th place - Emily Allen, Kindel Jaeger, Mafra Kemper, Kaley Burge - EACH swimmer swam their best 100 freestyle splits!
Overall we placed 11 of 26 scoring A/AA/AAA schools in the state. Team Scores were as follows:
1st - Oceanside Collegiate Academy - 405
2nd - St Joseph's Catholic School - 387
3rd - Christ Church Episcopal School - 343
4th - Academic Magnet - 298
5th Bishop England - 280
6th - Brashier Middle College - 209.5
7th - Waccamaw - 199
8th - D W Daniel - 161
9th - Greer Middle College Charter - 149
10th - Seneca - 129
11th - NEWBERRY - 121
12th - Southside Christian School - 110
13th - Wren - 98
14th - Governor's School - 70
15th - Camden - 50
16th - Strom Thurmond - 44
17th - Powdersville - 32
18th - Phillip Simmons - 31
19th - Hanahan - 16
20th - Brooklyn Cayce - 11
20th - Charleston Charter Math/Science - 11
22nd - Fountain Inn - 8
23rd - Greenville Tech Charter - 5
24th - Mid-Carolina - 4.5
25th - Emerald - 4
Thank you for your support this season. Until next year!