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The Jefferson Sea Dragons have finished the 2008 season with a 12th place finish.

The state swimmers include Lindsey Kelly, Haley Bartoletta, Joshua Joransen, Camille Porter, Heather Perry, Ryan Childress, Abby Richardson, Ben Goocher, Gabrielle Joransen, Andrew Bartek, and Jeremy Deremer.

The Sea Dragons traveled to the state meet in Tifton where, according to coach Chad Klinck, each of the swimmers qualified and scored points for the Jefferson team.

This season had the swimmers showing marked improvement for the young team.

For more on this story see Wednesday's edition of The Jackson Herald .

The Jefferson Sea Dragons traveled north to Habersham County this past weekend to compete in the North Georgia Swim League Championship.

The NGSL meet was a little different than what the swimmers are accustomed due to the meet being more of a team effort than individual scores.

Jefferson snagged a respectable fourth place improving from last year’s finish in sixth.

Out of the 12 teams in the league, Jefferson is on the smaller side with 81 swimmers compared to the nearly 200 swimmers other teams brought.

Head coach Matthew Grant and recreation director Ben Dillard have both been credited with the success of the team this season.

The swimmers had a good meet at Habersham, with four first place finishes from Joshua Joransen, Gabrielle Joransen, and McKenzie Klinck.

Klinck also was one of 12 swimmers that won a high point award out of the 600 plus swimmers at the meet.

The Sea Dragons will be sending 17 swimmers to compete in the GPRA state meet this weekend in Tifton.
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Head coach Matt Grant, for the Jefferson city rec swim team, had a surprise for the young swimmers Thursday night.

Grant brought guests UGA assistant swim coach Harvey Humphries and two of the university’s champion swimmers. [ Full Story » ] 

The Jefferson Sea Dragons traveled north to Habersham County this past weekend to compete in the North Georgia Swim League Championship.

The NGSL meet was a little different than what the swimmers are accustomed due to the meet being more of a team effort than individual scores.

Jefferson snagged a respectable fourth place improving from last year’s finish in sixth.

For more see the Wednesday edition of The Jackson Herald.

The Jefferson Sea Dragons made quite a showing at the GPRA district swim meet at the Habersham Aquatic Center, Saturday.

The Sea Dragons qualified 17 swimmers for the state meet and set 45 personal records. The swimmers also had 15 fourth place finishes.

Coach Chad Klinck said, in his Sea Dragon Talk press release, “We are in the toughest region by far. Last year our district took 41 percent of the points for the entire state. A fourth place finish in our district is likely a top five at state.”
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The Jefferson Sea Dragons have been showing spirit at the past few swim meets.

At the June 14 NGSL Pentathlon in Winder, only the best swimmers participated.

The Sea Dragons had 17 swimmers attend and eight finished in the top 10 of their age group. [ Full Story » ] 

The Sea Dragons hosted a dual meet against Winder June 5. Jefferson City Recreation Department started the team two years ago.

Some of the fastest Sea Dragon times, by event, include: [ Full Story » ]