McIntosh High

School's swim team hosted a double dual meet against Sandy Creek and Lovejoy

last week and defeated both schools.

Senior Chris

Koperniak qualified for the state meet by placing first in the 100-yard

breaststroke (1:08.44). The boys also swept the 200 freestyle with freshman

Thomas Lucak taking first (1:56.29), sophomore Chris Lee placing second

(2:00.44) and freshman Bryan Mitchell taking third (2:11.25). Lee also

won the 100 freestyle (52.67) and sophomore Riki Otaki took third (1:00.50).

Otaki also took second in the 100 breaststrke (1:17.27).

In the 100

butterfly, sophomore Andrew Morton placed first (1:07.34) while sophomore

Jeb Beard placed third (1:08.26). In the 200 individual medley, Koperniak

placed second (2:20.64) while Beard captured another third-place finish

(2:25.24). Mitchell placed third in the 50 free (26.11) and sophomore

Robert Hawkins placed second in the 500 free (6:36.41).

The McIntosh

girls did just as well, sweeping the 200 individual medley with sophomore

Lindsey Lochridge placing first (2:34.92), freshman Bailey Abercrombie

placing second (2:48.14) and freshamn Caroline Clark finishing third (2:57.79).

Lochridge also won the 100 breaststroke (1:17.73). Freshman Julie White

won the 100 butterfly (1:17.53) and the 100 backstroke (1:14.28). Clark

finished second in the 100 backstroke (1;17.37) and Abercrombie took second

in the 100 buterfly.

Junior Tiffany

Grant finished first in the 50 freestyle (28.44) and third in the 100

backstroke (1:21.84). In the freestyle events, junior Schaefer Abercrombie

won the 500 free (6:42.73) and second in the 200 free (2:33.44), while

sophomore Jenna Goedtke took second in the 100 free (1:08.76) and second

in the 500 free (7:26.25), sophomore Sarah Harmon place third in the 200

free (2:52.31) and junior Kristy Chase took third in the 100 free (1:14.73).

In relay events,

the McIntosh boys placed first and third in the 200 medley relay, second

in the 200 free relay and first in the 400 free relay. The girls took

first and second in the 200 medley relay, third in the 200 free relay

and first and third in the 400 free relay.

McIntosh will

swim in the Panther pack Invitational in Augusta tomorrow. They will face

off against Starr's Mill, Fayette County and Sandy Creek in the county

championships next Friday.

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