Congratulations to the Mill Creek swimmers and diver 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! The girls’ team finished 4^th and the boys’ team finished 7^th. We are extremely proud of every participating athlete!!!

State qualifying times were achieved by Allison Shin (200 free, 100 back), Austin Klemmer (200 IM, 100 breast), Melanie Jones (200 IM, 100 fly), Kennedy Martin (200 IM, 100 back), Caleb Jolly (50 free, 100 free), Camille Roberts (50 free, 100 free), Marlee Carmichael (50 free, 100 free), Joy Orgbon (diving), Justin Kurgan (100 fly, 100 breast), Owen Van Houten (100 fly, 100 back, 100 free), Jackson Fleming (100 fly, 50 free), Corinne Dunnington (100 fly, 100 back, 100 free), Caroline Hurd (100 fly), Jackson Fleming (100 free, 100 back), Luke Galloway (500 free), and Berkley Colavito (100 breast).

Joy Orgbon placed 3^rd in diving and will be competing in the 6A State Diving Championship Meet next weekend at Marist on Saturday, Jan. 31^st at 9:00 AM (boards open for warmup at 7:00 AM).

The relays swam extremely well and improved dramatically!!
Owen Van Houten, Austin Klemmer, Justin Kurgan, Caleb Jolly (200 medley relay – 2nd); Allison Shin, Berkley Colavito, Melanie Jones, Camille Roberts (200 medley relay – 3rd); Jackson Fleming, Luke Galloway, Justin Kurgan, Justin Kurgan, Austin Klemmer (200 free relay - 4th); Marlee Carmichael, Berkley Colavito, Kayla Crane, Camille Roberts (200 free relay - 6th); and Marlee Carmichael, Corinne Dunnington, Melanie Jones, Allison Shin (400 free relay – 3rd).

Swimmers and divers placing in the top 10:
Austin Klemmer (200 IM – 3rd, 100 breast – 2nd), Allison Shin (200 free – 10^th, 100 back – 2^nd), Joy Orgbon (diving – 3rd), Justin Kurgan (100 fly – 4th), Owen Van Houten (100 back - 6th), Caleb Jolly (50 free – 7^th), Melanie Jones (200 IM – 10^th, 100 fly – 8^th), Camille Roberts (100 free – 8th), and Kennedy Martin (100 back – 9^th).

Other swimmers scoring in the meet:
Girls: Marlee Carmichael (50 free – 14^th, 100 free - 15th), Berkley Colavito (50 free – 21st, 100 breast – 15th), Kayla Crane (200 free – 21^st, 500 free – 16^th), Corinne Dunnington (100 fly – 15th, 100 back – 15th), Madison Eck ( 50 free – 24^th), McKenna Fleming (200 free – 28^th, 500 free – 23^rd), Caroline Hurd (200 IM – 15th, 100 fly – 13th), Clara Ji (100 free – 24^th, 100 breast – 25^th), Samantha Jones (500 free – 22nd), Abby Lim (100 free – 26th, 100 back – 20th), Kennedy Martin (200 IM – 11^th), Emma Pauli (200 free – 23^rd, 500 free – 17th), Camille Roberts (50 free – 11th), Ava Syed (100 breast - 28th), and Mira Turnbull (200 IM – 22nd).

Boys: Wade Barron (200 free – 23^rd, 100 free – 29th), Jackson Fleming (100 fly - 12th), Luke Galloway (200 free – 15th, 500 free – 12th), Caleb Jolly (100 free - 12th), Harry Jolly (500 free – 28^th), Justin Kurgan (100 breast – 13th), Sora Mizuno (200 free – 22^nd, 500 free – 20^th), Carter Mojica (200 free – 30^th, 500 free – 30^th), Nosa Osayande (100 breast – 28^th), Matt Steimer (100 back – 28^th), and Owen Van Houten (100 fly - 14th).

The following swimmers also swam extremely well at the meet:  Iida Aho, Anderson Butler, Catherine Krueger, Jasyn Lee, Wyatt Locklair, Sara Meyer, Raghav Narayanan, Oliver Prichard, Easton Sarnowski, and Emma Wallace.

Congratulations to all the participants in the County Meet! The team displayed tremendous spirit and sportsmanship! The next meet will the 6A State Swimming and Diving and Championship Meet. The diving will be held at Marist Schools on Saturday, Jan. 31st, and the swimming will be held at the Georgia Tech Aquatic Center with prelims on Friday, Feb. 6th and finals on Saturday, Feb. 7th.

The finals results are attached.

A very special thanks to Kristie and Kirk Martin, and Marissa Klemmer for feeding the athletes before they competed, Catherine Hurd for lining up workers, and all of the parents that worked at the meet. Our team is blessed to have so many supportive parents and an outstanding board!

Thanks,

The Coaches