Swim Team News

Swim Update from 9/21 

Newberry Swimming was on the road last night and will be on the road again this Sunday.  Yesterday we competed against: Brookland Cayce, Lexington HS, Westwood, White Knoll, and Airport HS.  The following are the team scores for each dual match.  

Combined Team Scores 

NEW 178 vs BCHS 48

LHS 187 vs NEW 113

NEW 157 vs Westwood 74

NEW 178 vs White Knoll 72

NEW 165 vs Airport 89 

Women's Division Scores

NEW 91 vs Airport 40

NEW 87 vs BCHS 41

LHS 88 vs NEW 62

NEW 92 vs Westwood 6

NEW 88 vs White Knoll 46 

Men's Division Scores

NEW 91 vs BCHS 7

Lexington 99 vs NEW 51

Westwood 68 vs NEW 65

NEW 90 vs White Knoll 26

NEW 74 vs Airport 49 

The bulldogs individually and in combined effort swam in ALL 22 events and accomplished the following:

2 Automatic State Cut Time individual events, 

4 State Consideration Time relay, 

10 State Consideration Time individual events.  

3 First Places, 

10 Second Places,

3 Third Places

4 Fourth Places 

Event Result Break Down (Odd events = Women's; Even Events = Men's)

Event 1 - 200 Medley Relay 

1st Place - Sami Curry, Jenna Burge, Kindel Jaeger, Kaley Burge - with a HUGE 8 second drop- Consideration Time

4th Place - Cassidy Price, Ellis Kemper, Piper Haskett, Kaylen Wofford - for their best HS time

 Event 2 - 200 Medley Relay  

3rd  Place - Braedon Connelly, Rhett Smith, Grant Smith, Seth Beebe - with a HUGE Drop improving their Consideration Time 

Event 3 - 200 Freestyle

2nd Place - Kaley Burge - Consideration Time

5th Place - Ellis Kemper  

Event 4 - 200 Freestyle

5th Place- Braedon Connelly - Consideration Time

9th Place - Aarush Kumar- 9 second drop from his best time!! 

 Event 5 - 200 Individual Medley

2nd Place  - Kindle Jaeger - Consideration Time 

4th Place - Piper Haskett 

Event 6 - 200 Individual Medley

2nd Place - Grant Smith -  Automatic State cut time

Event 7 - 50 Freestyle

1st Place - Kaley Burge - Automatic State cut time

2nd Place - Jenna Burge - 3 second drop for her best HS time- Consideration Time 

11th Place - Sami Curry 

18th Place - Ellis Kemper 

Event 8 - 50 Freestyle

4th Place - Rhett Smith - 1st time swimming this event for HS - Consideration Time 

11th Place - Jack Hammond - 2 second drop for his best HS time

18th Place - Seth Beebe - 2.2 second drop for his best HS time

19th Place -  Drew Washabau 

Event 9 100 Butterfly

2nd Place - Piper Haskett - 1 second drop 

Event 10 100 Butterfly 

2nd Place - Braedon Connelly -Consideration Time 

 Event 11 - 100 Freestyle

5th Place - Cassidy Price - 1 second drop

6th Place - Sami Curry - 0.3 second drop for her best HS time

7th Place - Kaylen Wofford - 1 second drop 

Event 12 - 100 Freestyle

9th Place - Tristan Chaplin

13th Place - Drew Washabau - 3 second drop 

Event 13 - 400 Freestyle

3rd Place -Kindel Jaeger 

Event 14 - 400 Freestyle

5th Place - Jack Hammond - 4 second drop 

Event 15 - 200 Freestyle Relay 

2nd Place - Kaylen Wofford, Cassidy Price, Ellis Kemper, Sami Curry - 0.4 second drop 

Event 16 - 200 Freestyle Relay

2nd Place - Braedon Connelly, Jack Hammond, Rhett Smith, Grant Smith - dropping 6 seconds for a Consideration Time

5th Place - Seth Beebe, Drew Washabau, Aarush Kumar, Jack Hammond 

Event 17 - 100 Backstroke

1st Place - Jenna Burge - Consideration Time 

Event 18 - 100 Backstroke

7th Place - Tristan Chaplin - 1st time swimming this event

8th Place - Aarush Kumar - with a 2 second drop

 Event 19 - 100 Breaststroke 

5th Place - Cassidy Price 

9th Place - Kaylen Wofford 

Event 20 - 100 Breaststroke 

3rd Place - Grant Smith - Consideration Time 

4th Place  - Rhett Smith - Consideration Time  

Event 21- 400 Freestyle Relay

2nd Place - Kindel Jaeger, Piper Haskett, Jenna Burge, Kaley Burge - Dropping 3 seconds for a Consideration Time  

Event 22 - 400 Freestyle Relay

5th Place - Tristan Chaplin, Drew Washabau, Jack Hammond, Aarush Kumar 

We are on the road for the rest of the season:

  • Sunday 9/24 - Dreher Invitational at USC's Blatt Natatorium - Girls will start at 11 AM, Boys at 3:30PM (estimated times based on warmups and dual meet set up)
  • Wednesday 9/27 - North Augusta - Hammond Hills Swim Club
  • Saturday 9/30 - Region Meet at the Greenville Aquatic Complex
  • AAA STATE Saturday 10/14 11AM Women's Division, Monday 10/16 11AM Men's Division

And of course, none of this would even be possible without our FANTASTIC parents!  The following volunteers helped White Knoll run their meet and make sure we got started and ended before the lighting was too low.  Know that we love and appreciate each of your commitment to our team: 

Timers:  Jen and Cole Beebe, Julie Smith and Jessica Washabau,  

Meet Referee: Chad Hawkins(Coach Kelly’s husband)  

Thank you everyone! 

With pride, 

Coaches Leslie McDuffie and Kelly Hawkins