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Murphy – The Cherokee County Aquatic Club competed in the Mountain Swim League Conference Meet on July 15. The team competed in its final meet of the season, the league’s All-Star meet, on Saturday.
Below are finishers who placed in the top six of their events at the conference meet:
- Loreli Whitney in the girls 8 & under age group placed first in the 25 backstroke, second in the 25 and 50 freestyle and third in the 25 breaststroke.
- Natalie Lowrance in the girls 9-10 age group placed fifth in the 50 freestyle and sixth in the 100 breaststroke.
- Sophie Evans in the girls 13-14 age group placed third in the 100 freestyle and 200 individual medley and fourth in the 50 freestyle.
- Beth Beasley in the girls 13-14 age group placed fifth in the 50 and 100 freestyle and sixth in the 100 backstroke.
- Ansley Roper, Beasley, Evans and Lowrance teamed up to place third in both the girls 13-14 200 freestyle relay and 200 medley relay.
- Ariana Rivas in the girls 15-18 age group placed first in the 100 freestyle and 100 backstroke and second in the 100 fly and 200 IM.
- Fern Crayton in the girls 15-18 age group placed second in the 100 breaststroke, third in the 100 freestyle and 200 IM and fourth in the 50 freestyle.
- Kirra Talent in the girls 15-18 age group placed fifth in the 100 breaststroke.
- Tori Jimenez, Crayton, Rivas and Talent teamed up to place fourth in the girls 15-18 200 medley relay.
- Jimenez, Iris Diaz-Menchu, Tina Trigueros and Talent teamed up to place fifth in the girls 15-18 200 freestyle relay.
- Elijah Whitney in the boys 8 & under age group placed third in the 25 freestyle and fifth in the 25 backstroke and 25 breaststroke.
- Jasher Godsey in the boys 9-10 age group placed first in the 50 freestyle and 50 butterfly, second in the 50 freestyle and fourth in the 50 backstroke.
- Daniel Vaught in the boys 9-10 age group placed fifth in the 50 butterfly and sixth in the 100 freestyle.
- Connor Whitney in the boys 11-12 age group placed first in the 50 backstroke and 50 butterfly (new team record) and second in the 100 freestyle.
- Matteo Colandrea in the boys 11-12 age group placed fourth in the 100 freestyle, fifth in the 50 breaststroke and sixth in the 50 freestyle.
- Alex Malinowski in the boys 13-14 age group placed fourth in the 100 backstroke and sixth in the 50 freestyle.
- Isaac Vaught in the boys 13-14 age group placed fifth in the 50 freestyle and sixth in the 100 freestyle.
- Colandrea, Malinowski, Vaught and Whitney teamed up to place second in the boys 13-14 200 freestyle relay.