Two teams win first titles, Westminster’s streak ends at Georgia Swimming and Diving meet

Marist’s girls had the biggest victory of the day, recording a meet-best 566 points and finishing 247 points ahead of second-place Blessed Trinity in Class 4A. It was the 12th state championship for the Marist girls and first since 2021. The War Eagles picked up victories in the 200 medley and 200 freestyle relays, and Allie Donkar won the 100 breaststroke with a time of 1:03.47. Donkar also swam on the winning 200 medley relay team.

Midtown’s Sarah Paisley turned in the only record-breaking performance of the day with a time 48.47 in the 100 freestyle. She also won the 50 freestyle with a time of 22.34, falling just short of her state-record 22.25 from last year, and was a member of the winning 400 freestyle relay team. Midtown finished in fifth place with 262 points.

Marist’s victory in the team competition ended Westminster’s streak of seven consecutive championships. The Wildcats got two individual titles from Greta Myers (200 individual medley and 100 butterfly) but finished fourth behind Marist, Blessed Trinity and Cambridge. Westminster has won 29 boys titles and 28 girls championships.

In the Class A-3A competition, Lovett’s girls team won its first championship in program history and Greater Atlanta Christian’s boys won their second.

Lovett’s Decker Stedman won the 500 freestyle (4:49.89) and Alexis Dalton won the 100 breaststroke (1:03.83), and both were members of the winning 400 freestyle relay team, along with Virginia Jane Hultgren and Lyla Nelson.

Abigail Heizer was a top performer for GAC, winning the 50 freestyle (22.98) and 100 freestyle (50.10) and swimming on the winning teams in the 200 medley relay and 200 freestyle relay.

GAC’s boys held off Wesleyan in another close contest, 286-263 to win their first state championship since 2010.

Sophomore James Sorensen had a big role in the Spartans’ success. He won the 100 backstroke with a time of 49.05 seconds for the Spartans’ only individual title of the day. He also finished second to Jefferson’s Kyle Davis in the 100 butterfly, swam on the winning 200 medley relay team and swam on the 200 freestyle relay team that finished second.

Wesleyan got individual titles from Eric Xu (200 individual medley) and Max Perry (50 freestyle) and won the 200 and 400 freestyle relays.

The state meet will continue Friday at Georgia Tech with preliminaries in 5A and 6A and conclude Saturday with the finals in those classifications.

Class 4A Boys

Team standings1. Northview 367.5; 2. Westminster 328.5; 3. Marist 262.5; 4. Cambridge 221; 5. Blessed Trinity 208; 6. St. Pius 175; 7. Allatoona 169; 8. North Oconee 165; 9. Druid Hills 162; 9. East Forsyth 162; 11. Pace Academy 158; 12. Starrs Mill 146; 13. Dalton 114; 14. Midtown 112; 15. Centennial 109; 16. Cedar Shoals 87; 17. Woodland-Cartersville 76; 18. Jackson-Atlanta 55; 19. Central-Carroll 50; 20. Harris County 46; 21. Kell 42; 22. Flowery Branch 20; 23. Perry 12; 24. Benedictine 10; 25. Wayne County 8.5; 26. Tucker 8; 26. Griffin 8; 28. Madison County 1

Results

200-yard medley relay: 1. Northview (Ethan Pure, Andrew Liu, Ashton Tan, Sergio Tan), 1:34.63; 2. Westminster, 1:36.86; 3. Blessed Trinity, 1:37.66; 4. Druid Hills, 1:37.80; 5. North Oconee, 1:39.38

200-yard freestyle: 1. Connor Christopherson, Westminster, 1:36.45; 2. Braedon Roach, Starr’s Mill, 1:39.82; 3. Max Rodbell, Westminster, 1:40.78; 4. Matthew Gray, Blessed Trinity, 1:43.36; 5. Bayne Dotson, Allatoona, 1:45.49

200-yard individual medley: 1. Ashton Tan, Northview, 1:50.61; 2. Christopher, Cedar Shoals, 1:54.17; 3. Joseph Rhine, North Oconee, 1:54.31; 4. Gavin Schoeling, Cambridge, 1:54.96; 5. Will Kaminsky, Blessed Trinity, 1:56.67

50-yard freestyle: 1. Cannon Martenson, Marist, 20.76; 2. Tayne Naude, Cambridge, 21.33; 3. Grayson Moore, Woodland-Cartersville, 21.36; 4. Maximiliano Gricus, Centennial, 21.44; Alex Vinciquerra, Midtown, 21.53

100-yard butterfly: 1. Ashton Tan, Northview, 49.37; 2. Marek Aplin, Centennial, 50.85; 3. Joseph Rhine, North Oconee, 51.58; 4. Gabriel Corkran, Druid Hills, 51.74; 5. Jason Park, Northview, 52.38

100-yard freestyle: 1. Cannon Martenson, Marist, 44.73; 2. Maximiliano Gricus, 46.61; 3. Alex Vinciquetta, Midtown, 47.39; 4. Peyton Bearden, Dalton, 48.36; 5. Sergio Tan, Northview, 48.58

500-yard freestyle: 1. Connor Christopherson, Westminster, 4:27.11; 2. Braeden Roach, Starr’s Mill, 4:33.70; 3. Christopher Koch, Cedar Shoals; 4:39.62; 4. Crenshaw Halbach, North Oconee, 4:40.35; 5. Ethan Pure, Northview, 4:43.03

200-yard freestyle relay: 1. Cambridge (Tayne Naude, Oscar Ryzhkov, David Jackson, Gavin Schoeling), 1:27.32; 2. Marist, 1:27.97; 3. Westminster, 1:28.45; 4. Northview, 1:28.79; 5. Starr’s Mill, 1:29.78

100-yard backstroke: 1. Max Rodbell, Westminster, 50.27; 2. Tayne Naude, Cambridge, 51.17; 3. Ethan Pure, Northview, 52.28; 4. Kaden Utkin, Kell, 54.31; 5. Nicolas Puccio, Allatoona, 54.74

100-yard breaststroke: 1. Will Kaminsky, Blessed Trinity, 56.89; 2. Jack Lynch, Starr’s Mill, 56.95; 3. Gavin Schoeling, Cambridge, 58.49; 4. Peyton Bearden, Dalton, 59.03; 5. Mason Horner, Druid Hills, 59.34

400-yard freestyle relay: 1. Northview (Ashton Tan, Jason Park, Sergio Tan, Ethan Pure), 3:08.06; 2. Westminster, 3:10.35; 3. Marist, 3:12.15; 4. Blessed Trinity, 3:15.31; 5. Allatoona, 3:18.89

Class 4A Girls

Team standing

1. Marist 566; 2. Blessed Trinity 319; 3. Cambridge 306; 4. Westminster 302; 5. Midtown 262; 6. Northview 223.5; 7. Centennial 194; 8. St. Pius 187; 9. Starr’s Mill 131.5; 10. North Oconee 128; 11. Tucker 85.5; 12. East Forsyth 80; 13. Pace Academy 76.5; 14. Allatoona 73; 15. Dalton 59; 16. Southwest DeKalb 45; 17. Druid Hills 44.5; 18. Madison County 37; 19. Harris County 36; 20. Kell 33.5; 21. Flowery Branch 18; 22. Cedar Shoals 15; 23. Ware County 4

Results

200-yard medley relay: 1. Marist (Abby Jacob, Allie Donkar, Angel Akumabor, Elizabeth Ann Copenhaver), 1:44.91; 2. Blessed Trinity, 1:49.31; 3. Cambridge, 1:49.62; 4. St. Pius, 1:52.19; 5. Westminster, 1:53.71

200-yard freestyle: 1. Caitlyn Ymbras, Blessed Trinity, 1:52.56; 2. Jennifer Griner, Cambridge, 1:53.73; 3. Westlyn Epps, Madison County, 1:56.05; 4. Anna Stiers, Centennial, 1:57.27; 5. Olivia Turcotte, Northview, 1:57.33

200-yard individual medley: 1. Greta Myers, Westminster, 2:05.59; 2. Allie Donkar, Marist, 2:07.33; 3. Caroline Brewster, Blessed Trinity, 2:08.69; 4. Tessa Steger, North Oconee, 2:08.76; 5. Rhea El-Deiry, Midtown, 2:09.76

50-yard freestyle: 1. Sarah Paisley Owen, Midtown, 22.34; 2. Pilar King, Southwest DeKalb, 22.80; 3. Abby Jacob, Marist, 23.48; 4. Amber Naude, Cambridge, 23.59; 5. Ansley Sgrosso, Westminster, 23.70

100-yard butterfly: 1. Greta Myers, Westminster, 55.11; 2. Mia Bailon, Harris County, 56.25; 3. Abby Jacob, Marist, 56.98; 4. Sophia Lickman, Centennial, 57.75; 5. Ansley Rollins, Druid Hills, 57.84

100-yard freestyle: 1. Sarah Paisley Owen, Midtown, 48.47; 2. Ansley Sgrosso, Westminster, 51.47; 3. Kristine Lila, Allatoona, 53.33; 4. Elizabeth Ann Copenhaver, Marist, 53.51; 5. Linden Corbett, Marist, 54.63.

500-yard freestyle: 1. Jennifer Griner, Cambridge, 5:02.93; 2. Kelci Walsh, Blessed Trinity, 5:05.61; 3. Tessa Steger, North Oconee, 5:11.60; 4. Anna Stiers, Centennial, 5:16.89; 5. Dabney Bond, Midtown, 5:18.00

200-yard freestyle relay: 1. Marist (Abby Jacob, Angel Akumabor, Elizabeth Ann Copenhaver), 1:37.01; 2. Westminster 1:37.07; 3. Midtown, 1:37.14; 4. Cambridge, 1:39.15; 5. Northview, 1:40.66

100-yard backstroke: 1. Pilar King, Southwest DeKalb, 54.80; 2. Anna Read McCormack, St. Pius, 57.02; 3. Caroline Brewster, Blessed Trinity, 57.21; 4. Amber Naude, Cambridge, 57.36; 5. Sophia Lickman, Centennial, 57.64

100-yard breaststroke: 1. Allie Donkar, Marist, 1:03.47; 2. Rhea El-Deiry, Midtown, 1:04.25; 3. Annalise Morris, Marist, 1:05.05

4. Katelyn Nawyn, Tucker, 1:06.35; 5. Kelci Walsh, Blessed Trinity, 1:09.15

400-yard freestyle relay: 1. Midtown (Rhea El-Deiry, Dabney Bond, Katya Tumanova, Sarah Paisley Owen), 3:31.75; 2. Westminster, 3:33.78; 3. Northview, 3:35.65; 4. Blessed Trinity, 3:36.19; 5. Marist, 3:38.64

Class A-3A Boys

Team standings

1. Greater Atlanta Christian 286; 2. Wesleyan 263; 3. North Hall 191; 4. Whitefield Academy 181; 5. Galloway 180; 6. Holy Innocents’ 176; 7. Hebron Christian 169; 8. Mt. Paran Christian 168; 9. Calhoun 167; 10. Jefferson 159; 11. Lovett 153; 12. Trinity Christian 126; 13. Mt. Pisgah Christian 101; 13. Davidson Fine Arts 101; 15. Cherokee Bluff 73; 16. Adairsville 72; 17. North Cobb Christian 69; 18. Paideia 48; 19. St. Francis 41; 20. Sandy Creek 40; 21. Westside, Augusta 35.5; 22. Jenkins 34.5; 23. Heritage, Catoosa 32; 23. Mary Persons 32; 25. Whitewater 27; 26. Jeff Davis 26; 27. Savannah Country Day 25; 28. Oconee County 24; 29. Callaway 22; 29. Mount Vernon 22; 31. Coahulla Creek 21; 32. Elite Scholars Academy 20; 33. Social Circle 19; 34. Pierce County 16; 34. ACE Charter 16; 36. Union County 14; 37. Peach County 12; 37. Athens Academy 12; 39. Columbus 11; 39. Savannah Arts Academy 11; 41. Troup 7; 42. Aquinas 6; 43. Chestatee 4

Results

200-yard medley relay: 1. Greater Atlanta Christian (James Sorensen, Ephraim Ng, Carson Credendino, Makais Burrough), 1:36.48; 2. Galloway, 1:38.63; 3. Whitefield Academy 1:39.38; 4. Mount Paran Christian, 1:40.63; 5. North Hall, 1:41.88

200-yard freestyle: 1. Lauritz Adriansen, Mount Pisgah Christian, 1:43.24; 2. Kye Marrero, Whitefield Academy, 1:43.75; 3. Ryan Cowart, Wesleyan, 1:45.05; 4. Bryce Ryan, Trinity Christian, 1:45.28; 5. William Carey, North Hall, 1:47.25

200-yard individual medley: 1. Eric Xu, Wesleyan, 1:51.06; 2. Asher Maurice, St. Francis, 1:53.55; 3. Vane Stedman, Lovett, 1:55.39; 4. Justin Duke, Jefferson, 1:57.64; 5. Wade Tolbert, Paideia, 1:57.67

50-yard freestyle: 1. Max Perry, Wesleyan, 20.68; 2. Riley Richards, Hebron Christian, 21.00; 3. Kyle Davis, Jefferson, 21.10; 4. Jake Alston, Holy Innocents’, 21.67; 5. Jason Danforth, 21.72

100-yard butterfly: 1. Kyle Davis, Jefferson, 49.79; 2. James Sorensen, Greater Atlanta Christian, 50.37; 3. Aiden Gilmore, Mount Paran Christian, 50.86; 4. Stanton Zwygart, Whitefield Academy, 51.40; 5. Matthew Gasper, Hebron Christian, 52.03

100-yard freestyle: 1. Riley Richards, Hebron Christian, 45.56; 2. Max Perry, Wesleyan, 46.39; 3. Kye Marrero, Whitfield Academy, 47.08; 4. John Shoffner, Westside-Augusta, 47.18; 5. Ryan Cowart, Wesleyan, 47.39

500-yard freestyle: 1. Jack Jung, Sandy Creek, 4:41.92; 2. Lauritz Adriansen, Mount Pisgah Christian, 4:45.03; 3. Bryce Ryan, Trinity Christian, 4:46.21; 4. Vane Stedman, Lovett, 4:46.28; 5. Franklin Edwards, Trinity Christian, 4:50.24

200-yard freestyle relay: 1. Wesleyan (Eric Xu, Jace Neeb, Ryan Cowart, Max Perry), 1:26.05; 2. Greater Atlanta Christian, 1:27.47; 3. Hebron Christian, 1:30.29; 4. Jefferson, 1:30.70; 5. Holy Innocents’, 1:30.85

100-yard backstroke: 1. James Sorensen, Greater Atlanta Christian, 49.05; 2. Eric Xu, Wesleyan, 50.03; 3. James Patillo, Davidson Fine Arts, 52.01; 4. Jason Danforth, Galloway, 52.62; 5. Victor Cintron-Rosario, Jenkins, 52.64

100-yard breaststroke: 1. Justin Duke, Jefferson, 57.62; 2. Aiden Gilmore, Mount Paran Christian, 57.78; 3. Asher Maurice, St. Francis, 59.39; 4. Blake Bubniak, North Hall, 59.91; 5. Grant Sober, Mount Vernon, 1:01.69

400-yard freestyle relay: 1. Wesleyan (Ryan Cowart, Vishaan Pandya, Eric Xu, Max Perry), 3:12.58; 2. North Hall, 3:17,40; 3. Hebron Christian, 3:20.45; 4. Holy Innocents’, 3:20.61; 5. Galloway, 3:21.06

Class A-3A Girls

Team standings

1. Lovett 410; 2. Greater Atlanta Christian 402.5; 3. Jefferson 213; 4. Mount Vernon 190; 5. Calhoun 183; 6. Wesleyan 164; 7. Mt. Pisgah Christian 147; 8. Athens Academy 145; 9. St. Vincent’s Academy 126; 10. Columbus 124; 11. Whitefield Academy 120; 12. Atlanta International 116; 13. Spalding 79; 14. Holy Innocents’ 78; 15. Paideia 77.5; 16. Oconee County 75; 17. North Hall 66; 18. Mary Persons 59; 19. North Cobb Christian 52; 19. Dawson County 52; 21. Commerce 38; 22. Whitewater 37; 23. Savannah Arts Academy 36; 24. Savannah Christian 34; 25. Social Circle 33; 26. Morgan County 29; 27. Bremen 17; 28. Cherokee Bluff 16; 29. Pike County 15; 30. Bowdon 12; 31. LaGrange 11; 31. East Jackson 11; 31. Mt. Paran Christian 11; 34. Hebron Christian 7; 35. Cook 3; 35. Pickens 3; 37. West Hall 2

Results

200-yard medley relay: 1. Greater Atlanta Christian (Abby Sutter, Caroline Parker, Madeline House, Abigail Heizer), 1:43.54; 2. Lovett, 1:49.68; 3. Mount Vernon, 1:50.18; 4. Jefferson, 1:50.89; 5. Calhoun, 1:52.55

200-yard freestyle: 1. Madeline House, Greater Atlanta Christian, 1:51.09; 2. Maela McKallip, Mary Persons, 1:51.61; 3. Morgan Farmer, Whitefield Academy, 1:51.62; 4. Campbell Grace Cummins, Mount Pisgah Christian, 1:54.84; 5. Virginia Jane Hultgren, Lovett, 1:55.60

200-yard individual medley: 1. Hattie Wasmuth, Wesleyan, 2:06.07; 2. Katherine Dunagan, Jefferson, 2:10.64; Zoey Zellner, Commerce, 2:12.42; 4. Ximena Young, Jefferson, 2:12.57; 5. Sydney Hutchins, Mount Pisgah Christian, 2:13.13

50-yard freestyle: 1. Abigail Heizer, Greater Atlanta Christian, 22.98; 2. Decker Stedman, Lovett, 23.46; 3. Maela McKallip, Mary Persons, 23.69; 3. Abby Sutter, Greater Atlanta Christian, 23.69; 5. Adele Sankowskis, Dawson County, 24.03

100-yard butterfly: 1. Chloe Cappola, Mount Vernon, 55.84; 2. Ximena Young, Jefferson, 55.98; 3. Abby Sutter, Greater Atlanta Christian, 57.21; 4. Virginia Lathrop, Lovett, 57.99; 5. Virginia Jane Hultgren, Lovett, 58.47

100-yard freestyle: Abigail Heizer, Greater Atlanta Christian, 50.10; 2. Michaela Miller, Columbus, 51.12; 3. Alexis Dalton, Lovett, 51.89; 4. Campbell Grace Cummins, Mount Pisgah Christian, 53.26; 5. Adele Sankowskis, Dason County, 53.45

500-yard freestyle: 1. Decker Stedman, Lovett, 4:59.89; 2. Madeline House, Greater Atlanta Christian, 5:02.97; Hattie Wasmuth, Wesleyan, 5:08.26; 4. Katherine Dunagan, Jefferson, 5:19.39; 5. Zoey Zellner, Commerce, 5:52.48

200-yard freestyle relay: 1. Greater Atlanta Christian (Abby Sutter, Kathryn Tarpley, Darsey Patterson, Abigail Heizer), 1:36.83; 2. Jefferson, 1:39.91; 3. Mount Vernon, 1:40.03; 4. Lovett, 1:40.70; 5. Calhoun, 1:41.50

100-yard backstroke: 1. Chloe Cappola, Mount Vernon, 56.02; 2. Michaela Miller, Columbus, 56.71; 3. Morgan Farmer, Whitefield Academy, 57.34; 4. Jocelyn Towns, Mount Vernon, 59.56; 5. Aubree-Clare Alewine-Flores, Jefferson, 1:00.19

100-yard breaststroke: Alexis Dalton, Lovett, 1:03.83; 2. Alexandra Mackowiak, Savannah Arts, 1:06.50; 3. Caroline Parker, Greater Atlanta Christian, 1:06.69; 4. Kathryn Tarpley, Greater Atlanta Christian, 1:07.24; 5. Hannah Burke, Spalding, 1:07.56

400-yard freestyle relay: 1. Lovett (Virginia Jane Hultgren, Decker Stedman, Lyla Nelson, Alexis Dalton), 3:34.28; 2. Greater Atlanta Christian, 3:39.89; 3. Mount Pisgah Christian, 3:42.41; 4. Wesleyan, 3:47.51; 5. Whitefield Academy, 3:48.52