Four of Mid-Carolina’s varsity swimmers traveled to the Sol Blatt Natatorium in Columbia on October 8th to compete at the SCHSL 3A state meet. Jorja McGee (freshman), Cassidy Price (junior), Grant Smith (8th grade), and Rhett Smith (freshman) all qualified to compete at the meet. Swimmers must achieve qualifying times in order to compete. Swimmers are limited to only 2 individual events at the meet. The men’s team finished 23rd in the state and the women’s team finished 28th in the state. The following are the events in which the swimmers participated:
Jorja McGee
200 freestyle Jorja achieved a personal best time after cutting 4.4 seconds to finish 20th.
100 freestyle 26th place
Cassidy Price
500 freestyle 30th place
Grant Smith
200 freestyle 21st place
500 freestyle 14th place
Rhett Smith
200 freestyle Rhett dropped 2.37 seconds for a best time and finished 19th.
500 freestyle Rhett cut 3.02 seconds for a best time and finished 21st.
Thank you to Mr. Cooper, Coach Arnoult, faculty, staff and students for your support this year. The Mid-Carolina Swim Team had an awesome season and is looking forward to fast swims in the 2023 season next fall.