The winter

season of high school athletics has begun. One sport already off and running

is swimming. McIntosh faced Sandy Creek Friday and won 368-96, but there

were great performances for both sides.

McIntosh had

several swimmers already qualify for the state meet. Hilary White qualified

for state in the 200-yard individual medley and the 100-yard butterfly.

Annya Lee qualified in the 100-yard freestyle and the 100-yard backstroke.

White and Lee are also members of the team that won the girls freestyle

relay. Other members are Lindsay Lochridge and Asami Mase.

The boys team

performed well, despite missing five swimmers. A key for McIntosh was

getting good performances from some new swimmers. Chris Lee had two first

place finishes and anchored two relays for the boys, while Mike Bowman

and Robert Hawkins also swam well. Junko Mase, a new swimmer for the girls,

gave a solid effort as well.

McIntosh, coached

Nov. 30 to take on Decatur.

Sandy Creek

broke some school records and nearly qualified for state in several events.

Jessica Pratt broke school records in the 200-yard individual medley and

the 100-yard breaststroke. Brian Edwards also broke a school record in

the 100-yard breaststroke and finished just seconds away from qualifying

for state.

The Patriots,

coached by Joseph DiGennero and Steven Justice, also got good performances

from their relay teams. The 200-yard medley relay team of Pratt, Kristy

Marquez, Bethany Ellis and Jessica Harper finished with a time of 2:13,

four seconds off qualifying. The 200-yard relay team of Pratt, Ellis,

Harper and Christina Wolf is five seconds away from qualifying.

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