McIntosh

High School won its sixth straight county swimming

championship recently, scoring 354 total points.

Starr's

Mill took second place with 302 points, while Fayette

County placed third with 181 and Sandy Creek finished in

fourth place with 137 points.

McIntosh

won with strong performances from both the boys and the

girls squads. The individual swimmers placed first and

second in the 50-yard freestyle, Molly MacGregor and

Emily Maple; the 100-yard freestyle, MacGregor and Asami

Mase, and the 100-yard breaststroke, Mase and Ali Derr.

Fayette

County's Kelly Ireland narrowly defeated Jessica Betts of

Starr's Mill in the 100-yard backstroke, while McIntosh's

Annya Lee took the county titles in the 200-yard

individual medley and the 100-yard butterfly. Becky

Brokish, another swimmer for the Lady Chiefs, won the

200- and 500-yard freestyle.

The girls

200-yard medley relay teams of McIntosh, Fayette County

and Starr's Mill all qualified for the state

championships. It appeared Fayette County's team of

Kellie Ireland, Kamie Ham, Calle Fielden and Bridgette

Farley won the race with a time of 2:04.60, but the

judges awarded first place to the Starr's Mill's team,

which finished with a time of 2:07.60. McIntosh finished

third with a time of 2:08.52.

The final

scores in the girls competition were McIntosh (182),

Starr's Mill (134), Fayette County (126) and Sandy Creek

(69).

It was the

closest margin of victory in the history of the county

championship as McIntosh edged Starr's Mill 172-168.

Sandy Creek finished in third place with 68 points, while

Fayette County took fourth place with 55 points.

The Chiefs

traded wins with Starr's Mill throughout the meet.

McIntosh's George Clark and team co-captain Luke McMurray

finished 1-2 in both the 200-yard and 500-yard freestyle

events. Starr's Mill responded with a 1-2 finish in the

100-yard backstroke from Kenny Jubb and Brian Pankopp.

Starr's

Mill's Aaron Wilson edged McIntosh's Chris Jobson in the

100-yard breaststroke, but Jobson came