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elcome to the 2022 GHSA Swimming and Diving Championships held at The McAuley Aquatic Center at Georgia Tech! We are excited that spectators will be allowed in the facility and the entire event will be streamed live on the NFHS Network as well . This facility is the premier facility in the country and Georgia has produced some of the best swimmers and divers in the country and this year is no different.
This year’s event is sure to be an exciting one! Special thanks to GHSA Swimming and Diving Liaison Andy Cowart for coordinating today’s event as well as Franke Marsden and Matt Murphy for running the meet. I want to thank the many volunteers who make this event possible and run smoothly. We extend our special appreciation to Georgia Tech for being our host. Finally we thank our sponsors and hope you will support them and our corporate sponsors whenever possible. Thank you for supporting GHSA Swimming and Diving and please join me in offering our best wishes for all of our competitors!
Dr. Robin Hines Executive Director
2022 SWIMMING & DIVING CHAMPIONSHIPS MEET SCHEDULE ORDER OF EVENTS THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 3 (Boys events precede Girls events) 8:30 am - 1-5 A Girls Diving 11:15 am - 1-5 A Boys Diving 2:15 pm - 6-7 A Girls Diving 4:30 pm - 6-7 A Boys Diving
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 4 9:30 am - 1-5 A Swim Prelims 6:00 pm - 6-7 A Swim Prelims
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 5 11:00 am - 1-5 A Swim Finals 6:00 pm - 6-7 A Swim Finals
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1. 1 Meter Diving 2. 200-yard Medley Relay 3. 200-yard Freestyle 4. 200-yard Individual Medley 5. 50-yard Freestyle 6. 100-yard Butterfly 7. 100-yard Freestyle 8. 500-yard Freestyle 9. 200-yard Freestyle Relay 10. 100-yard Backstroke 11. 100-yard Breaststroke 12. 400-yard Freestyle Relay
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BY CRAIG SAGER II | CSAGER@SCOREATL .COM
he 2022 GHSA Swimming and Diving State Championships return to Georgia Tech’s Aquatic Center for three days of action that will get underway on Thursday before culminating on Saturday. In an effort to provide the safest possible environment, media and spectators were not allowed to attend last year’s championship, but fans will be welcomed back this year and all the results will be posted live on the “Meet Mobile: Swim” app. The North Gwinnett boys won their first-ever state title in 2020 and then repeated as champions again in 2021 with a 361.5 team score that bested second-place Alpharetta’s 308.5. The Bulldogs’ scored a 319 to capture their first state crown the previous year and will look to continue their impressive run over the last several seasons. Additionally, West Forsyth’s boys relay team set state records in the 200 freestyle (1:22.56) and 400 freestyle (3:03.13) a year ago. In the Class 1A-3A competition, the Westminster girls are aiming for their fifth-straight state title. Leading the Wildcats are Gigi Johnson, Annie Jardina and Katie Christopherson. Johnson won the girls 100 butterfly and 200 individual medley last year, while Jardina took first in the 100 freestyle and Christopherson clocked a first-place finish in the 100 breaststroke. All three swimmers competed on the 200 freestyle relay team last year and set a new state record with a 1:40.65. Last year’s run to the title was not even close
as the Westminster girls racked up a 589-point victory over second-place Greater Atlanta Christian’s 253 and Lovett’s 190. This massive total was the result of the Westminster girls winning eight of the 11 events.
ALL THE GLORY The Wildcats will also be the team to beat in other events and the Westminster boys have been just as successful and will be aiming for their fifth-straight title this weekend and their seventh in the last eight years. Saavan Shah and Miles Clayton are top swimmers to watch for in the individual events. Shah won the state title in the 100 breaststroke last year and earned second in the individual medley, while Clayton placed second in the 100 backstroke and third in the 100 butterfly to help fuel the team’s state championship finish. Westminster has swept state crowns four years in a row heading into this weekend and the boys have won 28 all-time state titles in their history, giving Westminster a staggering 53 all-time team swimming state titles between the boys and girls’ programs. Like Westminster, Marist will have a chance to sweep state titles after winning both the boys and girls titles last year in Class 4A-5A. It is expected that the War Eagles will be hard to beat in the relay races, as well as the 200 and 400 freestyle. The boys are looking for a third-straight state title, while the girls are looking to go back-to-back.
SWIMMING & DIVING PA ST CHAMPIONS YEAR 2013 2014 2015 2016
BOYS
6A Parkview Walton Walton Brookwood
BOYS
YEAR 6A-7A 2017 Brookwood YEAR 2018 2019 2020 2021
BOYS
7A 6A Brookwood Dalton Brookwood Johns Creek North Gwinnett Dalton North Gwinnett Johns Creek
EVENT
4-5A St. Pius St. Pius Marist Marist
5A-A Dalton St. Pius Westminster Westminster
GIRLS
6A Lambert Lambert Lambert Lambert
GIRLS
A-5A St. Pius
6A-7A Walton
A-3A Westminster Westminster Westminster Westminster
GIRLS
7A Brookwood Brookwood Lassiter Lambert
SWIM RECORDS BOYS
NAME/YEAR
5A-A Westminster Woodward Marist Marist A-5A Marist 6A Pope Centennial Cambridge Lassiter
4-5A Blessed Trinity Chamblee Blessed Trinity Marist
A-3A Westminster Westminster Westminster Westminster
SCHOOL/RECORD
200 Yard Medley Relay............................................ Oscar Chenard, Henty Bethel, Ross Valdez, Jack Forthman............................................................. Dalton 2020 1:32.25 200 Yard Freestyle.............................................................................. Jake Magahey.....................................................................................Mill Creek 2020 1:34.37 200 Yard Individual Medley....................................................................Henry Bethel .......................................................................................... Dalton 2020 1:45.54 50 Yard Freestyle................................................................................ Paul Powers .................................................................................... North Hall 2014 19.63 100 Yard Butterfly............................................................................... Gunnar Bentz ........................................................................................ St. Pius 2014 47.26 100 Yard Freestyle............................................................................... Paul Powers .................................................................................... North Hall 2014 43.19 500 Yard Freestyle............................................................................. Jake Magahey ....................................................................................Mill Creek 2019 4:15.63 100 Yard Backstroke............................................................................ Michael Taylor .................................................................................. Johns Creek 2017 45.53 100 Yard Breaststroke...........................................................................Henry Bethel .......................................................................................... Dalton 2021 *52.96 200 Yard Freestyle Relay..............................................Brett Sasser, Griffin Egolf, Owen Holland, Jack Aikins .........................................................West Forsyth 2021 *1:22.56 400 Yard Freestyle Relay..............................................Brett Sasser, Griffin Egolf, Owen Holland, Jack Aikins .........................................................West Forsyth 2021 *3:03.13 One Meter Diving................................................................................ Carson Tyler ..............................................................................Colquitt County 2021 *878.95
EVENT
GIRLS
NAME/YEAR
SCHOOL/RECORD
200 Yard Medley Relay........................................Sadie Clayton, Katie Christopherson, Gigi Johnson, Annie Jardina................................................. Westminster 2021 *1.40.65 200 Yard Freestyle............................................................................. Nicole Stafford................................................................................. Westminster 2013 1:45.29 200 Yard Individual Medley..................................................................Kathleen Hersey ........................................................................................Marist 2008 1:57.41 50 Yard Freestyle............................................................................... Caitlin Cooper ...................................................................................Woodward 2014 22.69 100 Yard Butterfly..............................................................................Kathleen Hersey ........................................................................................Marist 2008 52.44 100 Yard Freestyle.............................................................................. Amanda Weir ...................................................................................Brookwood 2004 49.06 500 Yard Freestyle............................................................................. Elizabeth Hill ................................................................................. Westminster 2004 4:40.93 100 Yard Backstroke............................................................................ Erin Reisinger .........................................................................................Walton 2009 53.71 100 Yard Breaststroke........................................................................... Alicia Henry ..................................................................................... Alpharetta 2020 1:00.56 200 Yard Freestyle Relay........................................ Jasmin Hoffman, Melissa Cox, Gabbie Gauntt, Evan Arsenault ...........................................................Walton 2017 1:33.50 400 Yard Freestyle Relay........................................... Evan Arsenault, Gabbie Gauntt, Melissa Cox, Emma Cole ..............................................................Walton 2017 3:24.44 One Meter Diving.............................................................................. Hannah Stumpf .................................................................................. Alpharetta * New State Record 2021 *638.90