The waves are building! Newberry Swim Team kicked off the 2024 season last night against Lexington, Mid-Carolina, Newberry Academy, and Strom Thurmond. We had some impressive first-time swimmers show their stuff and some amazing returning athletes strutting their stuff last night off the blocks. I am EXTREMELY proud of our first showing of the season. The following are the team scores for each dual match.
Combined Team Scores
NEW 85 vs STHS 73
NEW 106 vs Newberry Academy 16
Mid-Carolina 93 vs NEW 89
Lexington 182 vs NEW 55
Women's Division Scores
NEW 50 vs STHS 31
NEW 53 vs Newberry Academy 10
NEW 56 vs Mid-Carolina 35
Lexington 95 vs NEW 32
Men's Division Scores
Mid-Carolina 58 vs NEW 33
NEW 53 vs Newberry Academy 6
Lexington 87 vs NEW 23
STHS 42 vs NEW 35
The bulldogs individually and in combined effort accomplished the following:
1 Automatic State Cut Time individual events,
1 State Consideration Time relay,
4 State Consideration Time individual events.
Event Result Break Down (Odd events = Women's; Even Events = Men's)
Event 1 - 200 Medley Relay
2nd Place - Kaylen Wofford, Jenna Burge, Kindel Jaeger, Kaley Burge - Consideration Time
Event 2 - 200 Medley Relay
5th Place - Jack Edwards, Aarush Kumar, Tristan Chaplin, Samuel Luz
Event 4 - 200 Freestyle
6th Place- Aarush Kumar
Event 5 - 200 Individual Medley
3rd Place - Jenna Burge - Consideration Time
4th Place - Kindel Jaeger - Consideration Time
Event 6 - 200 Individual Medley
4th Place - Tristan Chaplin
Event 7 - 50 Freestyle
11th Place - Julia White
Event 8 - 50 Freestyle
12th Place - Jack Edwards
15th Place - Samuel Luz
18th Place - Matthew Luz
19th Place - ZaLan Elkins
20th Place - Andy Walton
Event 9 100 Butterfly
1st Place - Kaley Burge - Consideration Time
Event 11 - 100 Freestyle
5th Place - Kaylen Wofford
Event 12 - 100 Freestyle
13th Place - Matthew Luz
14th Place - ZaLan Elkins
15th Place - Andy Walton
Event 14 - 500 Freestyle
3rd Place -Tristan - DROPPING 1 MINUTE AND 18 SECONDS FROM HIS BEST LAST SEASON
Event 15 - 200 Freestyle Relay
2nd Place - Jenna Burge, Kindel Jaeger, Julia White, Kayley Burge
Event 16 - 200 Freestyle Relay
5ht Place - ZaLan Elkins, Andy Walton, Samuel Luz, Matthew Luz
Event 17 - 100 Backstroke
2nd Place - Kaley Burge - Consideration Time
4th Place - Kindel Jaeger
7th Place - Kaylen Wofford
Event 18 - 100 Backstroke
7th Place - Jack Edwards
Event 19 - 100 Breaststroke
1st Place - Jenna Burge - Automatic State cut time
Event 20 - 100 Breaststroke
8th Place - Aarush Kumar
Event 22 - 400 Freestyle Relay
5th Place - Samuel Luz, Aarush Kumar, Jack Edwards, Tristan Chaplin