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MOR Swims to 2nd place at State Age Group Championships!
For Immediate Release:
MOR Swims to 2nd place at State Age Group Championships!
Charlotte, NC: The Marlins Of Raleigh-Wolfpack Aquatics (MOR) swam to 2nd place at the NC Age Group Swimming Championships for the 3rd consecutive year behind host Mac. MOR was the highest scoring team from the Triangle Area. The meet was held at the Mecklenburg Aquatic Center July 15-18 and included the top 750 14-Under swimmers in North Carolina.
Team Scores:
1-Mac 3006.5
2-MOR 1882
3-Wave 1631.5
4-Rsa 1464
5-Yota 1454.5
6-Ncac 1099
MOR swimmers broke 1 State Record, won 15 individual events, 1 relay, 1 High Point Award and placed 4 swimmers out of 28 on the North Carolina Zone All-Star Team which will compete July 27-31 at the Ga. Tech Olympic Pool.
"This was truly a team effort as 35 of our 58 swimmers scored in individual events and another 19 scored points on relays so almost everyone at the meet contributed! We also had some real quality swims with 15 victories and a state record. Our swimmers and coaches have been pointing towards this State Championship and it was a great to see the goal setting and hard work pay off." Said MOR head Coach Paul Silver.
The 4 swimmers who were chosen for the NC Zone All-Star Team were 11-12's Will Countie, Justin Ress, and Tyler Silver. Kelsey Lawton was selected in the 13-14 age group to compete for NC against 11 other states and the top age group swimmers in the entire Southern United States.
Tyler Silver won the 11-12 Boys High Point Award with his 8 victories that included him breaking his own State Record in the 50 Fly with a time of 28.22. Meagan Johnson won the 11-12 girls 200 Fly. Grace Countie won the 10-Under 50 Free, 100 Free, 50 Bk, 100 Bk. Scott Johnson won the 13-14 boys 50 Free. Christopher Silver won the 10-Under 50 Fly.
MOR 1st Place Finishers
10-Under
Grace Countie Raleigh
50 Free 30.53
100 Free 1:08.86
50 Back 35.19
100 Back 1:19.99
Christopher Silver Cary
50 Fly 33.19
10-Under Girls (Countie, Ashley McCauley, Lily Morrell, Mary Jean Hipp)
200 Medley Relay 2:30.97.
11-12
Tyler Silver Cary
50 Free 26.69
100 Free 58.42
100 Back 1:07.49
50 Fly 28.22 ***State Record
100 Fly 1:03.19
200 Fly 2:23.64
200 IM 2:21.20
400 IM 5:10.22
Meagan Johnson Raleigh
200 Fly 2:39.48
13-14
Scott Johnson Raleigh
50 Free 25.51
MOR had 30 swimmers place in the top 16 and thus score individual points for the team including:
10-Under
Zach Brown, Tucker Cera, Caroline Keever, Nick Lawton, Ashley McCauley, Lily Morrell, Madeline Ross,
11-12
Elena Adcock, Connor Blandford, Collier Cobb, Will Countie, Emily Dykstra, Zack Leischner, Zach Nichol, Dominique Quintero, Justin Ress, Jackie Schoening, Ashlea White.
13-14
Delaney Boulo, Carli Brown, Michaela Carter, Will Close, Steven Craig, Connor Hale, Kiko Lamb, Kelsey Lawton, Adam Linker, Geoffrey Oyler, Henry Plaskonos, Erin McCauley.
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