Congratulations to the swim team for their outstanding effort versus Norcross on last night. The girls’ team won 217 to 210 and the boys’ team won 231.5 to 204.5.

Individual first place finishes were achieved by Will Skidmore (200 free, 100 free), Lilly Murphy (200 free), Weston Skidmore (200 IM), Cooper Wilhoit (50 free), Iris Ochoa (50 free, 100 free), Leah McCarthy (diving), Grace Smith (100 fly), Evan Smola (500 free), Ileana Lopez Barnes (500 free), and Payton Potlock-Pizano (100 Breast).

State qualifying times were achieved by Will Skidmore (200 free, 100 free), Weston Skidmore (200 IM), Iris Ochoa (50 free, 100 free), Leah McCarthy (diving), Cooper Wilhoit (100 free), and Payton Potlock-Pizano (100 Breast).

County qualifying times were achieved by Jackson Fleming (200 free, 100 breast), Curtis Thompson (200 free, 500 free), Lilly Murphy (200 free, 100 free), Brayden Williams (200 IM, 100 breast), Evan Smola (200 IM, 500 free, 100 free), Allison Shin (200 IM, 50 free), Kate Thigpen (200 IM, 100 breast), Cooper Wilhoit (50 free), Boris Basic (50 free, 100 free), Caleb Jolly ( 50 free, 100 breast), Vlad Fratiloiu (50 free, 100 back), Renzo Gavino (50 free), Grace Smith (50 free, 100 fly, 100 free), Emily Johnson (50 free, 100 free), Phoebe Basic (50 free, 100 fly), Alina Inthavong (50 free, 100 fly), Morris Peele (100 fly, 50 free), Justin Kurgan (100 fly, 100 breast), Ileana Lopez Barnes (100 fly, 500 free), Payton Potlock-Pizano (100 free), Ryan Ross (500 free, 100 breast), Dain Jacobazzi (100 back), Jackson Bollier (100 back), Jonathan Harshaw (100 back), Kamryn Smith (100 back), Corinne Dunnington (100 back), Stephanie Wong (100 back), Weston Skidmore (100 breast), and Ava Syed (100 breast).

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): Weston Skidmore, Cooper Wilhoit, and Brayden Williams.

Bronze Hawk (qualifies for county in all 8 swimming events): Jackson Bollier, Jackson Fleming, Alina Inthavong, Justin Kurgan, Ryan Ross, Evan Smola and Kate Thigpen.

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

The next meet will be the Gwinnett County Championship Meet, Jan. 18-21. The boys’ prelims will be Thursday, Jan. 19, starting at 5:00 PM. The girls’ prelims will be Friday, Jan. 20, starting at 5:00 PM. The girls’ diving will be Saturday, Jan. 21, starting at 9:00 AM. The swimming finals for both girls and boys will be Saturday, Jan. 21, starting at 5:00 PM. All of the swimming sessions will be held at the West Gwinnett Aquatic Center. The diving will be held at the Mountain Park Aquatic Center.

Last night we were able to recognize and celebrate our outstanding senior class: Boris Basic, Aubrey Harper, Jonathan Harshaw, Alina Inthavong, Autumn Newton, Allison Niehoff, Ansley Pierce, Payton Potlock-Pizano, Audrey Privett, Teresa Rodrigues, Vivien Rothwell, Lydia Schwab, Will Skidmore, Mohammed Taha, Curtis Thompson, Kate Wallace, Cooper Wilhoit, and Brayden Williams. We are extremely proud of this special group not only for the dedication to the the program, but for their outstanding performance in the classroom and their outstanding spirit and sportsmanship!

We would also like to recognize those swimmers that worked hard all year but were unable to achieve county qualifying times. These athletes were extremely dedicated: Jessica Beshay, Jordan Braz, Adam Conner, Catherine Krueger, Jaiden Lawler, Nick Newton, Allison Niehoff, Ethan Peeples, Andrew Petersien, Ansley Pierce, Lydia Schwab, Mohammed Taha, Rory Terry, and Jack Wallace.

Thanks to all of the parents that volunteered and worked at our meet this past week. We are all extremely grateful for the hard work our outstanding board has put into the season!

Thanks for everyone’s support.

Thanks,

Coach Creed