Virginia commit Caitlin Cooper has broken the Georgia State High School record in the 50 free this morning in prelims of the 2014 1A-5A State Championship meet with a 22.75 to take the top seed by .99 seconds. That breaks three-time Olympic medalist Amanda Weir’s overall state record set in 2003 at 22.91 when she swam for Brookwood High School.
Cooper, a senior at Woodward Academy in Atlanta, had never broken 23.00 until Friday morning’s swim.
The 6A (big school) finals will be swum this afternoon, with final sessions of both meets coming on Saturday. We will check back with a full report after the prelims of this meet are completed. Other notable news so far is that Michigan commit Paul Powers, who has a shot at taking a run at the National High School Record, did not swim the 50 free individually; his brother, junior Ty Powers, is the top seed there in 20.51.
Paul will swim the 100 free and 100 back individually, and led off the team’s 200 medley relay in a 22.45 so far.
The full record history in the state of Georgia, thanks to the Georgia High School Swim Coaches Association:
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| 1953 | 28.40 | Northside | Penelope Barnett | ||||
| 1957 | 28.40 | North Fulton | Dot Davis | ||||
| 1962 | 27.90 | Westminster | Nancy Barwick | ||||
| 1963 | 27.80 | Westminster | Nancy Barwick | ||||
| 1964 | 27.40 | Westminster | Susan West | ||||
| 1966 | 26.44 | Lakeside | Pat Shanahan | ||||
| 1974 | 26.44 | Westminster | Kathryn Bridges | ||||
| 1975 | 25.61 | Dunwoody | Jerri Hubsch | ||||
| 1976 | 25.59 | Dunwoody | Jerri Hubsch | ||||
| 1977 | 25.45 | Campbell – Smyrna | Blynn Higgins | ||||
| 1978 | 25.01 | Peachtree | Callie Emery | ||||
| 1979 | 24.65 | Peachtree | Callie Emery | ||||
| 1984 | 24.49 | Henderson | Valerie Williams | ||||
| 1985 | 24.16 | Tucker | Karla Mosdell | ||||
| 1987 | 23.88 | Lassiter | Debbie Kinsley | ||||
| 1995 | 23.72 | Westminster | Ashley Chandler | ||||
| 1996 | 23.57 | Westminster | Ashley Chandler | ||||
| 2003 | 22.91 | Brookwood | Amanda Weir | ||||
NC has their 4A (big school) HS championships today. Prelims had W.A. Hough’s 200 medley relay (Heather Merritt, Jessica Merritt, Margaret Higgs, and Emily Allen) go 1:44.37 to break NC state record by over a second (old record was 1:45.52).
Jessica Merritt has top seed in 200 free with 1:48.9, Heather Merritt has top seed in 100 fly with 55.3, and Emily Allen has top seed in 100 free with 50.2.
J.H. Rose’s men’s 200 free relay (Eyan Eagle, Kelly Barnhill, JT Casey, and Philip Perdue) went 1:25.00 for top seed, just .22 from state record. Perdue came home in 20.34. Eagle has top seed in 200 free with 1:39.9 and Perdue has top seed in 100 free… Read more »
Good review Swimfan, thanks for sharing. We’ll follow finals tonight.
Most notable finals swim was definitely Hannah Moore’s 500 free. 4:40.98, drops 2.06 seconds from her 500 win at Junior Nats. Won the event by almost 11 seconds. Sean Yeh was 55.5 to win 100 breast, Nora McCullagh won 100 back in 53.5 and the 50 free in 22.8.
JH Rose’s men’s 200 free relay (Eyan Eagle, Kelly Barnhill, JT Casey, Philip Perdue) with 1:23.66, new state record by over a second. Splits: 20.91, 21.58, 21.06, 20.11.
http://www.atlantaswimming.com/liveresults/5a/index.htm
meet is divided …big schools and smaller schools
Anyone have link to results
tamann – haven’t seen any online, but Meet Mobile has them.
1-5A
http://www.atlantaswimming.com/liveresults/5a/index.htm
6A
http://www.atlantaswimming.com/liveresults/6a/index.htm
Thanks!
Powers leads off the 200 free relay in 19.63.
G. Bentz goes 48.60 in the 100 fly
P. Powers goes 43.66 in the 100 free