SOUTH CAROLINA HIGH SCHOOL SWIM LEAGUE (SCHSL) STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS 5A
- October 17-19, 2024
- Columbia, South Carolina
- SCY (25 yards)
- Outcomes
The 2024 South Carolina Excessive College 5A State Championship wrapped up earlier this month in Columbia, South Carolina. Class 5A colleges, which means the biggest public colleges throughout the state, gathered to combat for the title. Wando and JL Mann Excessive College battled for first, because the Wando ladies secured 1st and JL Mann completed 2nd, and boys’ groups positioned within the reverse order. This marks JL Mann’s first state victory since getting into class 5A in 2016. Whereas in school 4A the varsity typically completed within the high 3, however struggled to take residence the gold.
Lady’s Recap
Prime 5 Groups:
- Wando Excessive College – 354
- JL Mann Excessive College – 331.5
- James F Byrnes Excessive College – 247
- Clover Excessive College – 235
- Spartanburg Excessive College – 222.5
Although they by no means took 1st in a race, Wando Excessive College’s lady’s group nonetheless received the state title because of a stack of silver medals that scored them 354 factors. JL Mann adopted carefully behind, successful a number of golds on the meet. Wando’s bigger group and extra entries allowed them to select up extra factors, placing them forward by 22.5 factors.
Senior Julia Reed scored essentially the most factors on Wando, bringing residence three silver medals. She swam a private finest time of 52.89 within the 100 free, placing her simply .81 seconds behind first-place finisher Emma Durham. Her 200 free time of 1:55.66 positioned her 4th, which means she didn’t win a medal however nonetheless scored 19 factors from the occasion. Her finest time of 1:55.02 would have put her in third. Reed helped her group’s 200 free relay and 400 free relay declare 2nd, and was .52 seconds away from ending third within the 200 free. Reed has swam within the state meet all 4 years of school.
Reed’s teammate senior Ciara Twomey took residence two silvers, swimming to 2nd within the 100 fly at 58:07. She joined Reed within the 400 free relay, and swam a brand new private finest in her 50 fly cut up of 26.60 within the 200 medley relay.
Senior Maecy Wells of River Bluff Excessive College held on to her 100 fly state title for the third 12 months in a row, swimming a private finest time of 55.60. Wells has been the reigning champ of the occasion since her sophomore 12 months after inserting fifth as a freshman. She additionally took 1st within the 100 again for the second 12 months in a row, hitting a brand new private better of 55.85. The time is sort of a second sooner than what she swam on the 2023 state meet.
At her debut state championship meet, freshman Claire Burns of JL Mann Excessive College made a powerful impression. She swam a private finest of two:07.25 within the 200 IM, incomes her third and ending 5.1 seconds forward of 4th. She additionally positioned third within the 100 breast at 1:06.67, and swam on her group’s gold-medal successful 400 free relay and silver-medal successful 200 medley relay. Burns’s standout efficiency positioned her on the record of names to look at within the upcoming years.
Auburn College commit Lilly Gault Abdella of JL Mann Excessive College dominated the space occasions, taking 1st within the 500 free with a time of 4:59.84 and 1st within the 200 free at 1:51.56. Abdella has taken the state title within the 500 free annually all through highschool and took residence 1st within the 200 free yearly since she was a sophomore, opening up a spot for a brand new high performer after she graduates on the finish of this season.
Boys Recap
Prime 5 Groups:
- JL Mann Excessive College – 459.5
- Wando Excessive College – 309
- Ashley Ridge Excessive College – 255.5
- Mauldin Excessive College – 213
- West Ashley Excessive College – 212
College of Arizona recruit Wells Cloud went out with a bang at his ultimate state championship meet, swimming 5 new private finest instances. The senior took 1st within the 200 free at 1:37.62, the one male to interrupt 1:40. He broke 49.00 within the 100 fly for the primary time, decreasing his finest time from 49.50 to 48.05, touchdown him in 1st as soon as once more. His 100 fly was so fast that he broke a finest 50 fly time with a cut up of twenty-two.60. Cloud led off each his 200 and 400 free relay groups, swimming a finest time of 20.68 and 44.99, respectively. Whereas his 200 relay group positioned eighth, Cloud was the one male competitor to swim beneath 21.00 within the 50 free cut up.
Junior Luke Inexperienced of Wando Excessive College took residence essentially the most gold medals among the many boys. He secured gold within the 100 free at a private finest time of 46.23, and within the IM at one other private better of 1:51.63. He led his 200 free relay to 1st and the 200 medley relay to 2nd, placing up a finest 50 again time of 23.55. With one other 12 months of highschool to go, Inexperienced stays a high menace for rivals on the subsequent state championship.
Ivan Wilson of Summerville Excessive College climbed the ladder to 1st place within the 50 free, with a brand new private finest time of 21.30. The senior didn’t compete within the state meet his freshman 12 months, then positioned fifth within the 50 free his sophomore and junior years earlier than lastly claiming 1st. His 100 free time of 47.70 was a season-best, touchdown him in 4th with simply 0.63 seconds separating him from 2nd.
One other notable win contains Oliver Stull’s 500 free. The Mauldin Excessive College senior put down a 4:34.87, practically 13 seconds forward of 2nd place. Since final 12 months’s state championship, Stull has dropped slightly below 12 seconds within the occasion. He took 2nd within the 200 free touching in 1:40.29, barely above his finest time of 1:39.69.
Senior Shay Brunmeier of Clover Excessive College set a private better of 53.25 within the 100 again, out-touching Cade Taylor for 1st place by .20. Brunmeier broke a brand new private finest within the 100 fly as properly, swimming to 51.80 in third place. Whereas he’s swum within the state championship meet yearly since he was a sophomore, this 12 months marks the primary time he walked away with a medal.
