Congratulations to the swim team for their outstanding effort versus Duluth and Collins Hill Friday night. Both the girls’ and the boys’ team finished 2^nd.

Individual first place finishes were achieved by Lillian Murphy (200 free), Will Skidmore (200 IM, 100 free), Brayden Williams (50 free), Vivien Rothwell (50 free, 100 fly), Weston Skidmore (100 fly, 100 back), Allison Shin (100 back), and Iris Ochoa (100 breast).

State qualifying times were achieved by Will Skidmore (200 IM, 100 free), Iris Ochoa (200 IM, 100 breast), Brayden Williams (50 free), Vivien Rothwell (50 free, 100 fly), and Weston Skidmore (100 fly, 100 back).

County qualifying times were achieved by Curtis Thompson (200 free, 100 back), Jack Bollier (200 free, 100 free), Boris Basic (200 free, 100 fly), Lillian Murphy (200 free, 100 back), Emily Johnson (200 free, 100 back), Mariela Toro (200 free, 500 free), Ileana Lopez Barnes (200 free, 100 back), Aubrey Harper (200 free, 100 free), Evan Smola (200 IM, 100 free), Ryan Ross (200 IM, 100 fly), Caleb Jolly (200 IM, 100 breast), Cooper Wilhoit (50 free, 100 breast), Morris Peele (50 free, 100 free), Jackson Fleming (50 free, 500 free), Vlad Fratiloiu (50 free, 100 free), Renzo Gavino (50 free), Grace Smith (50 free, 100 fly, 100 free), Kamryn Smith (50 free, 100 back), Samantha Jones (50 free), Amelia Newlin (50 free), Autumn Newton (diving), Owen Van Houten (100 fly, 100 back), Alina Inthavong (100 fly, 100 breast), Allison Shin (100 fly, 100 back), Marlee Carmichael (100 fly, 100 back), Justin Kurgan (100 free, 100 back), Kate Thigpen (100 free, 50 free), Brayden Williams (500 free, 100 free), Adelaine Dunnington (500 free), Dain Jacobazzi (100 back), Jonathan Harshaw (100 back), and Corinne Dunnington (100 back).

A special congratulations to the swimmers that achieved the honor of Iron, Silver, Bronze, or Soaring Hawk recognition:

Iron Hawk (qualifies for state in all 8 individual swimming events): Iris Ochoa, Vivien Rothwell, and Will Skidmore.

Silver Hawk (qualifies for state in 2 or more swimming events and county in the remaining events): Cooper Wilhoit.

Bronze Hawk (qualifies for county in all 8 swimming events): Jackson Bollier, and Evan Smola.

Soaring Hawk (qualifies for state in both the 6 and 11 dive events): Leah McCarthy

We have many swimmers that are only 1 event away from earning the recognition of Bronze Hawk: Ileana Lopez Barnes, Morris Peele, Weston Skidmore, and Owen Van Houten.

This week we had 4 senior swimmers earn admission into Georgia Tech’s freshman class of 2023: Vivien Rothwell, Lydia Schwab, Will Skidmore, and Curtis Thompson! Congratulations to these swimmers for their great work in the classroom.

We have team pictures on Monday, Dec. 12 (tomorrow), at Bogan Park Aquatic Center at 3:00 PM. We as that every swimmer wear their team shirt (seniors wear their senior shirt) and jeans. We will have a brief team meeting and abbreviated workout after the picture.

Our number one goal this week is to excel in our exams! Academics always comes first at Mill Creek High School! We encourage every athlete to put in the time studying and preparing for their exams. We will run practice at our normal time and encourage athletes to make as many practices as possible this week.

The next meet will be Friday, Dec. 16, at Mountain Park Aquatic Center in Lilburn. We will be competing against Duluth, Seckinger, and Discovery.

Thanks to all of the parents that volunteered and worked at our meet this past week. We will need more volunteers this week since we are the Home team.

Thanks for everyone’s support. We ask that you encourage your athlete to train consistently, eat properly, and get enough rest!

The meet results are attached.

Thanks,

Coach Creed