Over two days at the North Charleston Aquatic Center, the Boiling Springs swim team competed in the 5A state championships coming away with some good finishes including one of the best finishes by the boy's team ever at a state championship meet.
The Boiling Springs girls team started the championships on Saturday where Morgan Greenlee came away with a twenty-second place finish in the 200y individual medley and twenty-fifth in the 100y butterfly. Laney Moore came away with a twenty-seventh place finish in the 500y freestyle while the 400y relay team came away with a strong sixteenth place finish. "Our girls team had a great night on Saturday," said Peden. "They weren't seeded quite as high as the guys but came away with personal records in most of the events and the relay team done really really well." On Monday afternoon the Bulldogs boys team got their chance in the pool and came away with one of the top finishes in school history coming away with a ninth place finish out of twenty-eight teams competing. The team also outcompeted many of their region and local foes finishing ahead of team's like Nation Ford, Clover, and Dorman while also finishing just four spots behind region rival Fort Mill. "I'm so pumped with how well we done," said Bulldogs head coach Lanie Peden. "We had a great meet and came away with a strong ninth place finish which tied us with Byrnes but put us ahead of some of the normal teams we compete against. I was super proud of our kids." The boys 200y medley relay team (Will Humphreys, Garrett Watson, Ashton Threadgill, and Miles Humphreys) came away with a sixth place finish while the 400y freestyle relay team came away with an eighth place finish. Will Humphreys had an impressive state meet as he finished fourth in the 200y freestyle and third in the 500y freestyle. Humphreys also broke his own 100y freestyle record in the lead leg of the 400y freestyle relay. Ashton Threadgill had a strong outing as well coming away with a fourteenth place finish in the 200y individual medley while also breaking a school record, which was held by Grant Wilson, with his ninth place finish in the 100y breaststroke. Garrett Watson added a seventeenth and eighteenth place finish in both the 200y freestyle and the 500y freestyle. Miles Humphreys added a twenty-third place finish in the 100y breaststroke on Monday afternoon. "With the way the meet was setup a couple of our swimmers had to swim in back-to-back events so to finish as well as they done was impressive," said Peden. "All of our guys done great and for the most part each of them came away with personal records. They have a lot to be proud of after such a strong meet." Boiling Springs will look to build on their success this season going into next year as they return all but two swimmers from this year's team. "I look forward to continuing to grow our team," said Peden. "I'm super pumped with how well we done at the meet tonight and look forward to building on that success." Comments are closed.
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