On 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.