Congratulations to the Mill Creek swimmers and divers for their outstanding performance this past weekend at the Gwinnett County Championship Diving and Swimming Meet. Both the boys and girls swam and dove extremely well! Both the girls’ and boys’ team finished 4th! We are extremely proud of every participating athlete!!!

State qualifying times were achieved by Marlee Carmichael (200 free, 100 free, 50 free), Austin Klemmer (200 IM, 100 breast), Evan Smola (200 IM, 100 fly), Allison Shin (200 IM, 100 back), Caleb Jolly (50 free, 100 free), Morris Peelle (50 free, 100 fly), Dain Jacobazzi (50 free, 100 back), Grace Smith (50 free, 100 fly), Camille Roberts (50 free, 100 free), Leah McCarthy (diving), Justin Kurgan (100 fly, 100 breast), Corinne Dunnington (100 fly, 100 back), Jackson Fleming (100 free, 100 back), Owen Van Houten (500 free, 100 back), and Kennedy Martin (100 back).

The divers performed extremely well on Friday evening. Leah McCarthy placed 1st and set new school records in the 6-dive and 12-dive events. Joy Orgbon placed 12th and Bryce Buchanan-Cummings placed 14th. All three will be competing in the AAAAAA State Meet at Westminster on Tuesday, Feb. 4th.

The relays swam extremely well and improved dramatically!!
Owen Van Houten, Austin Klemmer, Justin Kurgan, Morris Peele (200 medley relay - 4th); Allison Shin, Berkley Colavito, Grace Smith, Camille Roberts (200 medley relay – 3rd); Caleb Jolly, Justin Kurgan, Morris Peele, Austin Klemmer (200 free relay - 6th); Marlee Carmichael, Berkley Colavito, Camille Roberts, Grace Smith (200 free relay - 5th); Caleb Jolly, Jackson Fleming, Evan Smola, Owen Van Houten (400 free relay - 4th); and Kate Thigpen, Corinne Dunnington, Allison Shin, Marlee Carmichael (400 free relay – 6th).

Swimmers and divers placing in the top 10:
Leah McCarthy (diving – 1st), Austin Klemmer (200 IM – 3rd, 100 breast – 2nd), Grace Smith (50 free - 4th, 100 fly – 2nd), Owen Van Houten (500 free – 6th, 100 back - 4th), Allison Shin (100 back – 5th), Justin Kurgan (100 fly – 8th), and Marlee Carmichael (200 free – 9th),

Other swimmers scoring in the meet:
Girls: Marlee Carmichael (100 free - 11th), Berkley Colavito (50 free – 22nd, 100 breast – 12th), Corinne Dunnington (100 fly – 15th, 100 back – 19th), Caroline Hurd (200 IM – 22nd, 100 fly - 22nd), Samantha Jones (100 free – 23rd), Catherine Krueger (50 free – 26^th, 100 back – 27th), Abby Lim (100 fly – 30th, 100 breast – 28th), Mary Loomis (100 breast – 25th), Kennedy Martin (200 IM – 14^th, 100 back - 17th), Joy Orgbon (diving – 12th), Emma Pauli (500 free – 24th), Camille Roberts (50 free – 15th, 100 free – 16th), Allison Shin (200 IM – 13th), Ava Syed (200 IM - 26th), Rory Terry (500 free – 30th), Kate Thigpen (100 free - 18th, 100 breast – 22nd), and Mariela Toro (200 free – 21st, 500 free - 15th).

Boys: Wade Barron (500 free – 29th), Bryce Buchanan-Cummings (14th), Jackson Fleming (100 free - 15th, 100 back - 13th), Luke Galloway (200 free – 19th, 500 free – 18th), Dain Jacobazzi (50 free – 21st, 100 back – 11th), Caleb Jolly (50 free - 12th, 100 free - 13th), Justin Kurgan (100 breast – 14th), Nick Newton (100 breast - 26th), Morris Peele (50 free – 14th, 100 fly - 11th), , Evan Smola (200 IM - 13th, 100 fly - 15th), and Jack Wallace (100 free - 28th).

Congratulations to all the participants in the County Meet! The team displayed tremendous spirit and sportsmanship!  The next meet will the AAAAAA State Swimming and Diving and Championship Meet.  The diving will be held at Westminster on Tuesday, Feb. 4th, and the swimming will be held at the Georgia Tech Aquatic Center with prelims on Friday, Feb. 7th and finals on Saturday, Feb. 8th.

The finals results are attached.