The Sandy Creek

swim team, coached by Joe DeGennaro, produced their first ever All-American

on Saturday at the Metro Atlanta Swimming Championships at Westminster

High School.

Billy Jamerson

won the 100 breast stroke with a time of 58.17, which placed him in the

top 10 in the nation in that event and earned his status as an All-American.

That time is the fastest in the state and Jamerson will have a chance

to beat that time in the state meet which begins Friday, Feb. 14. Jamerson

captured two county champion titles on Friday night before winning the

100 yard breaststroke and placing second in the 50 yard freestyle on Saturday.

He bettered the state qualifying times and reset the school records in

both of those races as well as the 200 yard Individual Medley.

The Sandy Creek

swim team also set 41 personal records, 16 school records, three county

records and 12 state qualifying times over the weekend. County champions

were Jamerson, Angela Gellatly in the 100 yard backstroke and the Boys

200 yard Freestyle Relay team of Jamerson, Dru Duncan, Cliff Turner and

Steven Lawson. The county champions also qualified for the state meet.

Other Sandy

Creek swimmers who qualified for the state meet this past weekend were

Corey Little, Lawson, Duncan and Turner. They are all members of the 200

yard medley relay team along with Jamerson. Members of the girls team

who qualified for the state meet were Jessica Harper, Sara Harper, Jessica

Pratt, Janine Raasch, and Gellatly, all of whom are members of the 200

yard freestyle relay and medley relay team.

Swimmers who

recorded personal best times were Laura Edwards, Courtney Richardson,

Amanda Scoggins, Mike White, Malingo Bayadu, Amanda Samson, Robert Collins,

Kip Dunlap, Tia Powers, Erin Burdett, Mallory Toscano, Vincent Bethel

and Turner.

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