SCAT swimmers win top honors at Georgia championship meet

SCAT swimmers win

top honors at Georgia championship meet

Two swimmers

on the Southern Crescent Aquatic Team recently earned several first-place

finishes at the 14 and under State Championships.

Lauren Cartwright,

12, of Peachtree City won first place in the 400-meter individual medley,

the 200 individual medley and 200 freestyle. She also placed second in

the 200 butterfly and third in the 100 freestyle and 100 butterfly.

Joseph Redmon,

14, of Newnan won first place in the 100 breaststroke and the 200 butterfly.

He took second in the 100 freestyle, the 200 individual medley, the 100

butterfly and the 50 freestyle.

Cartwright

was also chosen to Georgia's "zone team" which will compete

with teams from North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida, Texas and the

Gulf States for a swim meet championship. Senior swimmer Hilary White

of Peachtree City also qualified for the zone team.

The zone team

is comprised of the top seven swimmers in their respective age groups

based on their performance in the state championship meet.

Cartwright

is ranked nationally in the 400 individual medley, the 100 freestyle and

the 200 breaststroke. Redmon is ranked nationally in the 50 and 100 freestyles,

the 100 breaststroke, the 100 and 200 butterfly and the 200 individual

medley.

Their coach

this year was Wil Bayer.

Other SCAT

swimmers who competed in the state championships were Bailey Cartwright,

Casey DeRidder, Pharan Evans, MacKenzie Garrot, Katelyn Goodheart, Jordan

Gore, Jessica Heimann, Georgia Highscmith, Kristen Pretzer, David Menchinger,

Peter Menke, Alex Harmon and Zachary Payne.

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