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The 3A South Carolina state championships turned out to be the closest South Carolina public school championships of the weekend as the men’s title was decided by fewer than 40 points. In the end, Bishop England secured 401 points followed by Academic Magnet in 374 and May River with 335. On the girls side, Academic Magnet won with 486 while Bishop England totaled 401 and Christ Church Episcopal was third with 335.5.
Girls’ Meet
Twins Maddie and Sydney Baker combined with Diana Geary and Kailee Morgan (1:51.91) to win the 200 medley relay for Christ Church Episcopal School. Anna Patterson, Caden Hoxworth, Ally Patterson, and Jessica Trayhan (1:54.57) finished second for Greenville Tech Charter. Academic Magnet’s Madeline McQuillan, Julia Zimlich, Emma Ludman, and Simone Kavarana (1:57.06) finished third.
Academic Magnet rose to the top of the podium in the 200 freestyle relay with the team of Campbell Babb, Skyler Ayers, Malia Borg, and Ali DeLambo. Bishop England (1:47.66) was second in the event with Adesuwa Emovon, Megan Dukes, Alex Wojtech, and Emma Pizzo. Rounding out the podium was May River’s Alondra Janicek, Alora Orr, Yael Echeverria, Kaitlyn Pangilinan (1:48.45).
Baker and Baker returned to the top of the podium along with Mollie Folk and Kailee Morgan in the 400 freestyle relay. May River’s Janicek, Orr, Allie Ingram, Pangilinan (3:50.84) were second. Ayers, Zimlich, Borg, and Kavarana brought home bronze for Academic Magnet (3:53.65).
Syndey Baker won the 200 freestyle in 1:50.68 ahead of Greer Middle College’s Kathryn Snover (1:55.86) and May River’s Kaitlyn Pangilinan (1:58.25). In the next event Maddie Baker then topped the podium with a 2:06.49 200 IM. Her teammate Kailee Morgan and Oceanside Collegiate Academy’s Chrisman Rand tied for second in 2:19.77. Maddie picked up her second win of the night with a 56.35 100 butterfly. Ally Patterson of Greenville Tech Charter swam a silver earning 1:00.32. In 1:01.23 Brookland Cayce’s McKenna Cassella finished third.
Snover then out touched Patterson 24.94 to 24.95 for the 50 free title. Governors School’s Tesla Waters (24.99) finished third. In the 100 free it was Patterson on top in 55.36 while Rand (55.90) and Brashier Middle College’s Elizabeth Jensen (56.06) was third.
Pangilnan topped the 500 free in 5:12.14. Waccamaw’s Emma Sullivan (5:17.55) and Borg (5:29.10) were second and third.
Bluffton’s Abby Hess (1:00.24), Patterson (1:02.35), and Greer Middle College’s Ashley Utterback (1:02.82) stood on the 100 backstroke podium. The 100 breaststroke featured Sydney Baker (1:03.07), Morgan (1:07.68), and Academic Magnet’s Julia Zimlich (1:10.69).
Boys’ Meet
May River dominated the opening relay, posting a 1:38.79 mark in the 200 medley relay courtesy of Erek Nelson, Clayton Boyles, Camron Reid, and Samuel Villalobos. In second were Charles Blanc, Zachary Moody, Ryan Troy, and Garrett Smith from Academic Magnet in 1:44.62. Two tenths back was Bishop England’s Noland Griffith, Johnny Busche, Cole Mummert, ad Josh Adams.
Only Bishop England returned to the podium in the 200 medley relay. That squad of Adams, Carter Rose, Joseph Bolchoz, and Addie Laurencelle finished second in 1:32.45. Waccamaw’s John Grey Crosby, Sean King, Jonah Crosby, and Patrick Sullivan (1:30.38) won the event. Leo Gibson , Christian Gillespy, Jack Lonergan, and Liam Walker finished third (1:33.00) for St. Joseph’s Catholic. Waccamaw’s same quartet struck gold again with a 3:21.81 in the 400 freestyle relay. May River’s 200 medley foursome finished in 3:22.46 for silver. Bishop England put Mummert, Bolchoz, Rose, and Laurencelle together for a third place 2:34.61.
Waccaw’s Sullivan took home the 50 free (21.58) and the 100 (48.04). In the 50 he was followed by Nathan Walton of Brookland Cayce (21.75) and teammate John Grey Crosby in 22.18. Crosby was then second in the 100 (48.47) and Christ Church Episcopal’s Rak Hovart (49.53) earned bronze. With a 1:48.24 Horvart was the 200 freestyle champion. He was followed by Troy (1:51.98) and Mid-Carolina’s Ben Hawkins (1:54.06).
Palmetto’s Talmadge Davis posted a winning 1:54.09 in the 200 IM. Joining him under two minutes was Nelson (1:58.83). St. Joseph’s Catholic’s Liam Walker rounded out the podium in 2:01.86. Talmadge was utterly dominant in the 500 freestyle, finishing in 4:38.64. Academic Magnet’s Zachary Moody (4:52.54) had a tight battle with teammate Ryan Troy (4:52.90).
May River’s Reid (52.00) took home the 100 butterfly title. He was followed by Mummert (52.97) and Liam Walker (53.07). May River’s Ekek Nelson (50.47) won the 100 backstroke while Walton (51.61) and Griffith (57.68) were second and third. May River’s Boyles (1:01.52) topped the 100 breaststroke while Rose (1:02.21) and Moody (1:02.47) completed the podium.
Juan Sebastian Enriquez Villamil