Yesterday, 14 Paideia swimmers attended and swam in the GHSA 1A-3A State Swim Meet at Georgia Tech's Natatorium. Boys tied for third with 200 points with Mount Paran. Our girls finished ninth with 124 points. Senior Liam McCarthy became the state champion in 100 free AND 100 breast.
Here are the notable results:
Podium finishes
- Wade Tolbert, 200 IM: 1:56.93, reset his own school record. 2nd
- Daniela Elias da Silva, 50 free: 25.32. 3rd (personal best of 25.03 in prelims)
- Liam McCarthy 100 free: 46.06. 1st. State Champion
- Boys 200 free relay (Nat, Wade, Ben, Liam M.): 1:28.41, bettering the school record set in prelims. 2nd
- Liam McCarthy, 100 breast. 59.50. New school record, 1st. State Champion
- Boys 400 free relay (Nat, Wade, Ben, Liam M.). 3:19.84, new school record. 3rd
Other point takers:
- Nat Hamrick, 50/100 free: 22.50, 50.31. 8th/7th
- Daniela Elias da Silva, 100 free: 58.35. 9th
- Audrey Ferguson, 100 breast: 1:14.13. 7th
- Wade Tolbert, 100 breast: 1:01.62. 5th
- Girls scored on all 3 relays as well (medley: 12th, 200: 8th, 400: 10th) - Hannah Campbell, Audrey Ferguson, Maddie Preyer, Annabelle Barrett, and Daniela Elias da Silva were on the final relays.
Other notable times:
- Liam Campbell bests in 50 back (29.70), 50 free (24.39) and 100 free (57.11)
- William Rudolph best in 100 free (56.48)
- Saleem Cassoobhoy best in 50 free (26.96)
- Sanders Greene best in 50 breast (34.82)
- Ben McCarthy bests in 50 free (23.52), 100 free (53.26) and 50 fly (25.50)
- Annabelle Barrett best in 50 free (28.44)
- Maddie Preyer best in 50 free (27.28), 50 fly (29.02 for sure, 28 low potentially? - soft pad touch)
- Hannah Campbell best in 50 back (33.60)
- Maia Pope best in 50 breast (35.54)
Congratulations to all swimmers and coaches Raymond Lam and Tom Jurczak on a great season!
