Congratulations to the swim team for their outstanding performance in the Gwinnett County Championship Meet. Both teams performed incredibly well!!! The women’s team finished 3^rd and the men’s team finished 4^th!

Jake Magahey led the way with two first place finishes, two Automatic All-American times, and two Gwinnett County Meet and School Records in the 200 IM (1:47.07) and the 100 free (43.87). Nicholas Kalenik also finished first in the 200 free (1:41.64)! The men’s 200 medley relay team of Jake Magahey, Chase Childs, Jackson Ward, Nicholas Kalenik finished 1^st (1:33.48) and earned All-American Consideration and set a new School Record! The women’s 200 medley relay team of Abigail Tashlein, Sydney Tashlein, Jordan Hildebrand, Mia Walters finished 1^st (1:48.32)! The men’s 400 free relay team of Will Pierce, Daniel Roshka, Nicholas Kalenik, Jake Magahey finished 1^st(3:07.70) and earned All-American Consideration and set a new Gwinnett County Meet Record!

The other relays swam extremely well: Abigail Tashlein, Tristen Thompson, Mia Walters, Jordan Hildebrand (400 free relay – 3:33.67 - 3^rd), Sydney Tashlein, Lainey Lioi, Vivien Rothwell, Tristen Thompson (200 free relay – 1:41.25 - 4^th), and Jackson Ward, Logan Paugh, Daniel Roshka, Will Pierce (200 free relay – 1:29.61 – 5^th).

The following swimmers and divers scored in the meet:

Placed Top 10:
Jake Magahey (200 IM - 1st, 100 free - 1st), Nicholas Kalenik (200 free – 2^nd, 500 free – 1^st), Mia Walters (200 free – 5^th, 100 fly – 3^rd), Jackson Ward (100 fly – 4^th, 100 back – 3^rd), Jordan Hildebrand (50 free – 3^rd, 100 free – 5^th), Will Skidmore (200 free – 6^th, 500 free – 3^rd), Hunter Misuraca (diving – 3^rd), Abigail Tashlein (200 IM – 6^th, 100 back – 4^th), Sydney Tashlein (200 IM - 7^th, 100 breast – 4^th), Tristen Thompson (200 free – 7^th, 500 free – 6^th), Daniel Roshka (200 free – 7^th, 500 free – 9^th), Will Pierce (100 free – 7^th), Audrey Privett (200 IM – 10^th, 100 breast – 7^th), Chase Childs (100 breast – 8^th), Vivien Rothwell (100 back – 10^th), Daniela Colmenares (diving – 10^th).

Placed 11th - 20th:
Lainey Lioi (50 free – 11^th, 100 free – 11^th), Will Pierce (50 free – 11^th), Jessie Hernandez (200 free – 14^th, 500 free – 11^th), Logan Paugh (50 free – 18^th, 100 free – 11^th), AidanVan Derhei (200 free – 15^th, 500 free – 12^th), Vivien Rothwell (100 fly – 14^th), J.T. Jones (diving - 14th), Caroline Weinhart (200 free – 17^th, 100 fly – 15^th), Hunter Dunnington(200 IM – 16^th, 100 breast – 17^th), Alina Inthavong (200 IM – 17^th, 100 fly – 20^th), Cara Hawxby (500 free – 18^th), Travis Grailer (100 back – 19^th), Jacob Battle (200 IM – 20^th), and Zach Kohberger (diving – 20^th).

Placed 21 - 30:
Jacob Battle (100 fly – 22^nd), Luke Pelland (50 free – 28^th, 100 free – 22^nd), Claire Grant (50 free – 28^th, 100 free – 23^rd), Sarah Grant (100 breast – 23^rd), Anna Smith (50 free – 24^th), Kelsey Moore (100 free – 25^th), Payton Potlock-Pizano (100 breast – 26^th), Sarah Brown (500 free – 26^th), Chase Childs (200 IM – 27^th), Anna Smith (200 IM - 24th), Jacob Battle (200 IM - 25th), Ethan Nordman (100 fly – 27^th), Liza Vaitl (100 back – 29^th), Faby Pena Damoni (100 breast - 29^th), and Liz Newlin (100 back – 30^th).

The following swimmers met the state qualifying standard during the meet:
Women: Mia Walters (200 free, 100 fly), Tristen Thompson (200 free, 500 free), Jessie Hernandez (200 free, 500 free), Abigail Tashlein (200 IM, 100 back, 100 free), Sydney Tashlein (200 IM, 100 breast, 50 free), Audrey Privett (200 IM, 100 breast), Alina Inthavong (100 fly), Jordan Hildebrand (50 free, 100 free), Lainey Lioi (50 free, 100 free), Vivien Rothwell (100 fly, 100 back), and Caroline Weinhart (100 fly, 200 free).

Men: Nicholas Kalenik (200 free, 500 free), Daniel Roshka (200 free, 500 free), Will Skidmore (200 free, 500 free), Aidan Van Derhei (200 free, 500 free), Jake Magahey (200 IM, 100 free), Hunter Dunnington (200 IM, 100 breast), Chase Childs (200 IM, 100 breast), Jacob Battle (200 IM, 100 fly), Will Pierce (50 free, 100 free), Logan Paugh (50 free, 100 free), Hunter Misuraca (diving), Luke Pelland (100 free), Jackson Ward (100 fly, 100 back), Ethan Nordman (100 free), Travis Grailer (100 back) and Payton Potlock-Pizano (100 breast).

We have many swimmers earn special recognition by qualifying for state and county in each and every event. We award the Iron Hawk for qualifying for state in all 8 swimming events, Silver Hawk for qualifying for state in at least 2 swimming events and county in the remaining swimming events, Bronze Hawk for qualifying for state in less than 2 events and county in the remaining events, and Soaring Hawk for divers that qualify for state in both the 11-dive and 6-dive format.

Iron Hawk: Jordan Hildebrand, Nicholas Kalenik, Jake Magahey, Logan Paugh, Will Pierce, Abigail Tashlein, Sydney Tashlein, and Jackson Ward.

Silver Hawk: Tristen Thompson (7 state cuts), Mia Walters (7 state cuts), Daniel Roshka (6 state cuts), Will Skidmore (6 state cuts), Audrey Privett (5 state cuts), Vivien Rothwell (5 state cuts), Will Skidmore (6 state cuts), Aidan Van Derhei (2 state cuts), Hunter Dunnington (2 state cuts), Alina Inthavong (2 state cuts), Jacob Battle (2 state cuts), and Caroline Weinhart (2 state cuts).

Bronze Hawk: Claire Grant, and Anna Smith.

Congratulations to all of the swimmers for their outstanding effort, spirit and sportsmanship! It was great to see the team rally around each other and cheer each other and support them to reach their goals! The coaches are extremely proud of each and every swimmer and diver. Overall, we had over 90% improvement for the meet. We have 28 state qualifiers this year! This team is special!

A special thanks to our coaches that work so hard to help these student/athletes reach their goals: Laurel Christopher, Kali Dasher, Sydney Coleman, Heidi Creed and Ainsleigh McCall!!!

A special thanks to all of the parents that worked so hard to host the food table for the athletes, work the meet as a volunteer, and take pictures of our athletes!!!! We have an amazing group of parents!!

The next meet will be the Georgia High School State Swimming and Diving Championship Meet which will be held at the Georgia Tech Aquatic Center, Feb. 6-8. The diving will be held on Thursday, Feb. 6, swimming prelims on the evening of Friday, Feb. 7, and swimming finals on the evening of Saturday, Feb. 8. More details will be sent out later.

A special thanks to our Athletic Director Shannon Jarvis for being at the meet and cheering on our team!!!!

Congratulations to all of the Gwinnett County teams for their outstanding performance, spirit and sportsmanship! The meet results are attached.