Swim Team Picture

Swim Meet PictureOn October 17th, the following swimmers competed at the A/AA/AAA State Swim Meet:

Jenna Burge - Senior

Kaley Burge - Senior

Kindel Jaeger - Junior

Julia White - 7th grade

Kaylen Wofford - Senior

Our three seniors were recognized prior to the start of the meet in the Senior Walk (pictures attached). What a bittersweet moment for these three ladies.  They will be missed next year. 

Overall Newberry High School placed 11th in the combined A/AA/AAA State Swim Meet 

1st Saint Joseph's Catholic School - 3A Private School

2nd Oceanside Collegiate Academy - 3A Charter School

3rd Academic Magnet Charter - 2A Charter School

4th Christ Church Episcopal School - 3A Private School

5th Walhalla - 3A Public School 

6th Waccamaw - 3A Public School

7th Brashier Middle College - 3A Charter School

8th Southside Christian School - 3A Private School

9th Greer Middle College  - 3A Charter

10th Powdersville - 3A Public School 

11th Newberry - 3A Public School 

11th Greenville Technical Charter - 2A Charter School

13th Belton Honea Path - 3A Public School 

14th Hanahan - 3A Public School 

15th Charleston Charter for Math and Science - 3A Charter School

15th Governor's School - 1A Charter School

17th Andrew Jackson - 2A Public School 

18th Silver Bluff - 3A Public School

19th Philip Simmons - 2A Public School 

20th Pendleton - 3A Public School 

21st American Leadership Academy - 3A Charter School

22nd Mid-Carolina High School - 2A Public School 


Both of our Relays Swam their fastest season times at State by cutting time

200 Medley Relay - Kaylen Wofford (Backstroke), Jenna Burge (Breaststroke), Kindel Jaeger (Butterfly), Kaley Burge (Freestyle) - Dropped 2.07 Seconds were seeded 11th and finished 9th

 200 Freestyle Relay - Jenna Burge, Julia White, Kindel Jaeger, Kaley Burge - Dropped 1.37 seconds were seeded 12th and finished 11th overall 

Individually our girls also had an excellent representation

Jenna Burge 

200 Individual Medley (ALL 4 Strokes) - Finished 16th in the state

100 Breaststroke - Dropped 1.47 seconds, was seeded 6th and finished 5th in the state

Kaley Burge

50 Freestyle - Dropped 0.07 seconds and finished 13th in the state

100 Backstroke - finished 16th in the state

Kindel Jaeger

200 Individual Medley (ALL 4 Strokes) - Finished 19th in the state

100 Butterfly - Dropped 1.01 seconds finishing 17th in the state

I am extremely proud of all that was accomplished this past season.  If you know anyone who is interested in joining the swim team next season, send them my way! Our boys' team is growing, and I fully expect some of the ones that joined this season to be competing at the state level next year.