Congratulations to both the swimmers and divers for an OUTSTANDING Gwinnett County Championship Meet! The girls' team finished 3rd and the boys' team finished 5th. There were many outstanding performances!

A new school record was set by the 200 freestyle relay team of Tristen Thompson, Iris Ochoa, Vivien Rothwell, and Jordan Hildebrand. Their time of 1:37.67 beat the old record of 1:38.22 set in 2008! They also won the event by over 2 seconds!

First place finishes were achieved by the girls' 200 freestyle relay team and Leah McCarthy (diving).

The other relay teams scoring in the meet were: Vivien Rothwell, Sydney Tashlein, Jordan Hildebrand, Iris Ochoa (200 medley relay - 2nd), Will Skidmore, Keegan Privett, Cooper Wilhoit, Daniel Roshka (400 free relay - 2nd), Grace Smith, Anna Smith, Sydney Tashlein, Tristen Thompson (400 free relay - 3rd), Will Skidmore, Faby Pena Damoni, Brayen Williams, Daniel Roshka (200 medley relay - 6th), Justin Content, Curtis Thompson, Payton Potlock-Pizano, Keegan Privett (200 free relay - 8th).

The following swimmer and divers achieved state qualifying times at the County Meet: Jordan Hildebrand (50 free, 100 free), Emily Johnson (50 free), Leah McCarthy (diving), Lillian Murphy (500 free), Iris Ochoa (50 free, 100 free), Faby Pena Damoni (200 IM, 100 breast), Payton Potlock-Pizano (100 breast), Audrey Privett (200 IM, 100 breast), Keegan Privett (200 free, 500 free), Daniel Roshka (200 free, 100 free), Vivien Rothwell (100 fly, 100 back), Weston Skidmore (200 IM, 100 back), Will Skidmore (200 IM, 100 free), Anna Smith (50 free, 100 free), Grace Smith (50 free, 100 fly, 100 free), Sydney Tashlein (200 IM, 100 breast), Tristen Thompson (200 free, 100 fly, 50 free), Brayden Williams (100 fly, 100 back), and Cooper Wilhoit (100 fly, 100 back).

The following swimmers scored in finals: William Abraham (100 fly - 25th), Boris Basic (50 free - 27th, 100 free - 26th), Justin Content (50 free - 28th), Vlad Fratiloiu (100 back - 28th), Jordan Hildebrand (50 free - 4th, 100 free - 3rd), Alina Inthavong (200 IM - 21st, 100 fly - 25th), Emily Johnson (100 free - 23rd), Elizabeth Lee (100 breast - 22nd), Ileana Lopez Barnes (100 back - 26th), Lillian Murphy (200 free - 10th, 500 free - 12th), Iris Ochoa (50 free - 3rd, 100 free - 4th), Morris Peele (100 fly - 30th), Faby Pena Damoni (200 IM - 18th, 100 breast - 12th), Payton Potlock-Pizano (100 free - 28th, 100 breast - 11th), Audrey Privett (200 IM - 12th, 100 breast - 7th), Keegan Privett (200 free - 11th, 500 free - 11th), Teresa Rodrigues (100 back - 25th), Daniel Roshka (200 free - 2nd, 100 free - 2nd), Ryan Ross (100 IM - 22nd), Vivien Rothwell (100 fly - 3rd, 100 back - 4th), Weston Skidmore (200 IM - 16th, 100 back - 10th), Will Skidmore (200 IM - 7th), Anna Smith (50 free - 8th, 100 free - 10th), Grace Smith (50 free - 6th, 100 fly - 11th), Evan Smola (200 free - 28th, 500 free - 24th), Sydney Tashlein (200 IM - 10th, 100 breast - 6th), Kathryn Thigpen (200 IM - 23rd, 500 free - 25th), Curtis Thompson (200 free - 24th, 500 free - 25th), Tristen Thompson (200 free - 3rd, 100 fly - 7th), Cooper Wilhoit (100 fly - 20th, 100 back - 19th), Brayden Williams (100 fly - 18th, 100 back - 18th), and Hannah Williams (100 breast - 26th).

Congratulations to all of the swimmers and divers that competed in the County Meet. The team displayed outstanding spirit and sportsmanship and represented their school and community extremely well!!!!! We are proud of each and every one of these student athletes.

The next meet will be the Georgia High School State Meet held at Georgia Tech, Feb. 3-5. More information on the State meet will follow.

Attached are our team results, the overall finals results, and the team scores!

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