Rockdale High School dominated the county pool once again.
##The Bulldogs had 16 first-placer finishes and swept the girls, boys and overall titles for the second straight season at the NewRock County Swimming Championships at Johnson Park on January 23.
##The girls took home two relay medals, including the 400-freestyle relay team of KeMaya Tucker, Jade McPike, Caroline Turner and Billye Lewis, which not only won the county title in 4:09.78, but qualified for the state meet. The 200-medley relay team of Turner, Tucker, Lewis and Jasheil Chupuico won in 2:05.10.
##Turner was a two-time individual champion, winning the 500-freestyle (6:04.59) and 100-breaststroke (1:16.90). McPike also won twice: in the 200-individual medley (2:39.45) and 100-butterfly (1:10). Tucker won the 100-freestyle in 59.75, while Laney Norton was the 100-backstroke champion (1:15.40) and Claire Smith took home the title in the 200-freestyle (2:40.44).
##The boys won in the 200-individual medley relay as Clint Geeslin, Trey Hull, Matthew Bennett and Damani Young swam in 1:53.82, and in the 200-freestyle relay (Young, Hull, Bennett and Wesley Thomas) swam in 1:38.62.
##Bennett was champion in both the 50-freestyle (24.39) and 100-freestyle (55.57) and Young took home crowns in the 100-butterfly, swimming in 59.81, and 100-breaststroke (1:10.37). Dax Willette captured a title in the 500-freestyle (5:59.14).
##“I was very proud of all the swimmers as many swam their best times of the season, as well as we won some very close races,” said Rockdale coach Stephen Sansing. “Our team, top to bottom, was fantastic.”
Heritage placed a distant second, but did have three first-place finishes, led by two relay championships. The girls 200-freestyle relay team of Abby Swindle, Abby Kersh, Kylie Kersh and Jonie Crane won in 1:59.53, while the quartet of Jake Diaz, Jacob Bowers, Reggie Murray and Austin Willis took home the boys’ 400-freestyle relay title in 3:55.57. Crane was also the 50-freestyle (27.14) champion.
##Eastside’s Dylan Weathersby was a two-time champion, winning the 200-individual medley (2:27.63) and 100-backstroke at 1:02.96. Also picking up a title for the third-place Eagles was Trey Hanson, who won the 200-freestyle in 2:11.42.
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