Parents and Swimmers,

What a great weekend! We dropped time in almost every race, had new state qualifiers, and even set 2 school records!

To start, the Cobb County Meet could be the most competitive HS meet in the state. 18 teams, all with great swimmers, all under one roof for finals.  Honestly, it might be easier placing in the top 10 at state than it was at County.  We took 24 swimmers to County and 2 divers.  Both divers finished in the top 15, and we brought back 10 boys and 10 girls for the swimming finals.  After some great swims, our boys scored 299 points to place 10th, and our girls scored 310 points to finish 9th.  Combined we scored 609 points, which actually moved us up to 8th place!! Out of 18 teams, I felt pretty good about that.  We edged out Allatoona 609-605 to finish 8th.  

Now for our school records!  Jasmine Negron scored 435.20 points on 11 dives to break a 24-year old school record!  That was good for 4th place in County, which was our highest finish in Finals!  Jasmine now holds the record for both 6 dives and 11 dives for North Cobb.  

Bentley Huff broke the school record in the 100 Butterfly, swimming it in 52.89 seconds.  The record he broke was actually set last year by 200 IM State Champion Dane Charleston. Bentley finished 5th in County with that time, again showing how tough this meet was.  

Our relays were outstanding this past weekend, with all of them dropping 4-5 seconds in the prelim, and then dropping 1-2 seconds more in the finals.  Our Boys 200 Medley Relay, Boys 200 Free Relay, Girls 200 Medley Relay, and Girls 200 Free Relay all qualified for County in the A Final, and all improved their seeding, finishing 9th, 6th , 7th and 7th respectively.  

Included in that was our Boys 200 Medley Relay team qualifying for State.  We finally had all 4 boys together, and they did not disappoint.  Kale Mullins, Collin Fulton, Bentley Huff, and Aiden Harpe blew past the state time on Friday night in prelims with a 1:47.74 (state cut is 1:51.00), and then dropped 2 more seconds on Saturday to finish with a 1:45.43.  

Also qualifying for State this weekend was Tiani Johnson.  She qualified for her first individual event (50 Free) by swimming a time of 26.48 seconds.  Jamie Hockey also qualified her 3rd event for state (50 Free) with a time of 26.17 seconds. 

Here are our swimmers/divers who made Finals and scored points for the team:

Boys 200 Medley Relay - 9th place - Kale, Collin, Bentley, Aiden (1:45.43 - prvs best 1:51.12)
Girls 200 Medley Relay - 7th place - Jeanette, Jamie, Cecile, Tiani (1:56.34 - prvs best 2:03.80!)
Boys 200 IM - Bentley Huff - 8th place (2:03.12 - prvs best 2:07.30)
Boys 200 IM - Carter Sams - 29th place (2:41.29)
Girls 200 IM - Jeanette Liem - 14th place (2:15.34 - prvs best 2:18.64)
Girls 200 IM - Jamie Hockey - 15th place (2:18.12 - prvs best 2:23.91)
Boys 50 Free - Collin Fulton - 11th place (23.15)
Boys 50 Free - Aiden Harpe - 21st place (23.60 - prvs best 24.61)
Girls 50 Free - Tiani Johnson - 22nd place (26.48 - prvs best 27.14)
Girls 50 Free - Cecile Davila - 27th place (27.40 - prvs best 28.80)
Girls 1 M Diving - Jasmine Negron - 4th place (435.20 points)
Girls 1 M Diving - Layza Wenclevski - 15th place (173.55 points)
Boys 100 Butterfly - Bentley Huff - 5th place (52.89 - prvs best 54.74)
Girls 100 Butterfly - Cecile Davila - 22nd place (1:08.70 - prvs best 1:10.42)
Boys 100 Free - Collin Fulton - 18th place (53.00 - prvs best 55.02)
Boys 500 Free - Maksymilian Bardwell - 26th place (6:07.27 - prvs best (6:10.20)
Girls 500 Free - Margo Griffin - 29th place (6:30.92)
Boys 200 Free Relay - Aiden, Kale , Bentley, Collin - 6th place (1:33.26- prvs best of 1:37.30)
Girls 200 Free Relay - Tiani, Cecile, Jeanette, Jamie - 7th place (1:45.30- prvs best of 1:51.73)
Boys 100 Backstroke - Kale Mullins - 8th place (57.46 - prvs best of 59.21)
Boys 100 Backstroke - Aiden Harpe - 22nd place (1:04.13 - prvs best of 1:06.40)
Girls 100 Breaststroke - Jeanette Liem - 7th place (1:08.80 - prvs best of 1:10.34)
Girls 100 Breaststroke - Jamie Hockey - 15th place (1:11.75 - prvs best of 1:13.96)
Girls 100 Breaststroke - Shaylee Potts - 29th place (1:20.73 - prvs best of 1:24.19)
Boys 400 Free Relay - Steven, Gray, Andrew, Allen - 13th place (4:17.00)
Girls 400 Free Relay - Annabel, Noelle, Livia, Emma - 12th place (4:22.64)

Swam at Prelims but didn't make Finals - Parker, Lily, Jackson, Dylan 

Saturday morning we also attended the Non-County Meet.  We had a few swimmers drop times there as well, and get some top places/points.  Here they are:

Girls 200 Medley Relay - Julia Magalhaes, Nicole Moore, Gabby Johnson, Alexis Coleman - 13th place (2:43.23 - prvs best 2:48.39)
Boys 100 Free - William Hein - 16th place (1:09.95 - prvs best 1:13.83)
Girls 100 Free - Nicole Moore - 25th place (1:13.12 - prvs best 1:13.32)
Girls 200 Free Relay - Nicole Moore, Anna Beth Hirshfeld, Gabby Johnson, Rory Pulley - 14th place (2:20.34)
Girls 100 Breast - Nicole Moore - 13th place (1:35.02)
Girls 400 Free Relay - Daila Rye, Haylee Hogue, Caroline Cavanaugh, Rory Pulley - 9th Place (6:07.55)

All results can be seen on the attached PDF's . There are two, County and Non-County.  The County results sheet has the finals splits and results on the first 5 pages, the last 5 pages have splits and results from the Prelims.  You'll need to look at both to see your results from each night.

Now we are on to State! Stay tuned for info from Boosters about our end of season banquet.  

Thanks,

Coach Sansing