The Starr's

Mill swim team continued their winning season with a huge victory over

Sandy Creek. The boys team scored 215 points to Sandy Creek's 46, while

the girls outscored Sandy Creek 170-94. The Panther boys won all of their

11 events, while the girls won eight of 11. Both the boys and girls squads

won every relay event they swam.

There were

many impressive swimmers for the Panthers. Noah Copeland won both his

individual events, the 200 free at a time of 2:08.50 and the 500 free

at 5:34.77. Brandon Watkins won the 50 free with a time of 26.41, and

Josh Strickland won the 100 butterfly at 1:03.22. Ricardo Ramos placed

first in the 100 free with a time of 57.44.

For the girls

Amanda Peterson came in first in the 200 free at 2:36.59, while placing

second in the 100 butterfly with a time of 1:19:47. Samantha Hudson placed

first in the 50 free at 28.84, and second in the 500 free with a time

of 6:43.34. Ann Thrasher won the 100 free with a time of 1:09.33. Krista

Ulrich placed first in the 100 back at 1:19.97, and second in the 200

free with a time of 2:41.82.

Other strong

finishers were Laurel Surratt, Wes Paxton, Jared Siri and Haynes Finney.

Brittany Stevens, Kyle Flora, and Kenny Jubb, the individual qualifiers

for state to date, placed first in their events, with one second place

finish. The state swim meet will be held at Westiminster in February.

The Panthers next meet will be Jan. 12 at 9 a.m. at the Oconee County

Invitational.

McIntosh High

School's swim team easily beat five schools to win their third meet of

the year at LaGrange College on Dec. 16. The boys team earned 103 points,

beating LaGrange with 84 points and Columbus with 83. Other schools competing

were Hardaway, Shaw and Troup.

"There

were outstanding swims by Chris Lee, Mike Bowman, Andy Rapson and Chris

Koperniak," said Coach Polly Kichefski.

The girls team

earned 125 points to beat Columbus with 106, LaGrange with 47. Shaw, Hardaway

and Troup followed.

"We were

very pleased that the girls 200 Medley Relay qualified for state,"

said Kichefski. The members of the relay team are Annya Lee, Junco Mase,

Hilary White and Asami Mase.

"Asami

had a great meet, she also qualified for state in the 100 free,"

said Kichefski. "Anna Lione, Lindsey Lockridge, Lee, Junco Mase and

White all had outstanding swims."

The Chiefs

next meet will be Jan. 11 against Fayette County.

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