Middle School Boys Swim Team Takes First in Metro 10 Again

Congratulations to the Middle School Boys Swim Team, which finished in First Place for the third year in a row in the Metro 10 Middle School Championship Swim Meet at Cumming Aquatics on Saturday, January 26! The overall team finished third. The meet was hosted by Pinecrest Academy.
 
RESULTS 
 
Middle School Combined Score:  3rd Place
Middle School Girls Score:  6th place
Middle School Boys Score:  1st place
 
The following teams participated in the Meet:
 
Kings Ridge
Mt. Bethel
Mt. Pisgah
Pinecrest Academy
St. Francis
Whitefield
 
The team dedicated this meet for the healing and complete recovery of Jim Mulloy, grandfather of Middle School swimmers Kennedy and Maverick Mulloy.
 
TOP POINT SCORERS
 
Girls:
1st: Lexi Carter = 21 points
2nd: Kennedy Mulloy = 7 points
3rd: (TIE) Kathleen Cravens, Kate Patota, Bella Shapiro = 5 points
                 
Boys:
1st: Connor McCarthy = 25.5 points
2nd: Warren Tran = 24.5 points
3rd: Ryan DellaFranco = 20 points
 
MAKING TOP FIVE GIRLS' FINISHERS AT MEET
 
Lexi Carter - 3rd in 50 fly and 1st in 50 back
200 Free Relay - 3rd - Mulloy, Patota, Cravens, Carter
 
MAKING TOP FIVE BOYS' FINISHERS AT MEET
 
200 Boys' Medley Relay - 2nd place - Tran, DellaFranco, McCarthy, Persichetti
200 Boys' Free Relay - 3rd place - Meersman, Cottick, Bryson, Hill
Elliott Bryson - 4th in 50 fly
Charlie Cottick - 4th in 50 back
Ryan DellaFranco - 4th in 100 IM and 2nd in 50 breast
Blake Hill - 5th i 100 IM and 4th in 50 breast
Connor McCarthy - 1st in 50 free and 2nd in 100 free
Joey Persichetti - 5th in 50 free and 4th in 200 free
Warren Tran - 3rd in 50 fly and 1st in 50 back
 
MOST IMPROVED
 
MS Girls:
1.  Alison Kelton - MOST OVERALL IMPROVED - 25.38 seconds
2.  Bella Shapiro - 17.17 seconds
3.  Darcey Reid - 6.69 seconds
 
MS Boys:
1.  Hunter Ellis - 7.15 seconds
2.  Chris Calupca - 5.29 seconds
3.  Joshua Durning - 2.55 seconds