School records fall at recent WBHS meet

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Chris Bridges
Thursday, December 17. 2009
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School records were broken and state qualifying times were recorded during the recent meet for the Winder-Barrow High School swim program.

The 200 free relay team of Mitchell Buttler, Daniel Dean, Ryan Weathers and Billy Hentennaar set a school record in 1:40.97 and also qualified for state. The state mark is 1:41.50. Butler also swam under the required 1:00 time for the 100-meter backstroke (59.58) to set a school record and qualify for state.
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Sea Dragons place seventh at state

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Brandon Reed
Thursday, July 30. 2009
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It was a strong showing in state competition for the Jefferson Sea Dragons, as the combined boys and girls teams placed seventh out of 28 teams to compete in Tifton.

Out of 33 swimmers to go to state, 13 of 15 relay teams made the medal stand, and 13 out of 14 individuals swimmers made the stand.

Haley Bartoletta was the lone individual state titlist for Jefferson, as she took first in the Girls 7-8 25 Breaststroke. She also placed second in the girls’ 7-5 25 Butterfly. [Full Story »] 

Tiger Sharks Win 3 State Titles

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Justin Poole
Wednesday, July 29. 2009
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Another summer swim season ends on a high note for the Commerce Tiger Sharks. They brought home state titles in three events from Saturday’s meet in Tifton.

Commerce took 22 swimmers to south Georgia to compete in the Georgia Recreation and Park Association State meet. Of those, 20 swimmers qualified to compete in the finals, with five swimmers coming out of the pool with state champion medals.

Kate Massey won the individual medley with a 1:37.59 finish that was three seconds faster than her preliminary time. [Full Story »] 

Sea Dragons take third at league championships

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Brandon Reed
Friday, July 24. 2009
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The Jefferson Sea Dragons competed in the North Georgia Swim League Championships last Friday and Saturday, coming home with a third place finish overall.

The result came despite not having a single swimmer in two out of 12 age groups, including 15-18 girls and 15-18 boys, and only having one swimmer in the 13-14 boys age group.

“Four years ago in our first year we were last out of 14 teams,” said coach Chad Klinck. [Full Story »] 

Swimmers Set Team Record At North GA League Championships

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Justin Poole
Thursday, July 23. 2009
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Commerce’s Tiger Sharks are in the final stretch before the trip to the state swim meet this weekend.

Twenty-two swimmers will travel to Tifton for the state championships on Friday and Saturday. The meet will also signal the end of the swim season for the Tiger Sharks.

Commerce took in some final preparation last week as the team sent 28 swimmers to compete in the North Georgia Swim League Championships in Gainesville. [Full Story »] 

33 Sea Dragons headed for state meet

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Staff Writer
Thursday, July 16. 2009
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Out of 37 Jefferson Sea Dragons that took part in the last weekend’s GPRA District Meet at the Frances Meadows Aquatic Center in Gainesville, 33 will be traveling to state competition later this month.

Fourteen of those swimmers made state in one or two individual events, while the others are part of medley or freestyle relay teams that qualified. Eight swimmers qualified in two individual events and two relays.

By comparison, last year the team took 17 swimmers to state. [Full Story »] 

Tiger Sharks’ Sights Set On State

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Justin Poole
Wednesday, July 15. 2009
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Commerce made a big splash at the North Georgia Swim League district meet last week.

Of the 28 Tiger Sharks that represented Commerce at District, 22 qualified to advance to state. The two-day meet will begin July 24 in Tifton.

Coach Nick Moulton was excited about the success of the team, noting that this is the most Tiger Sharks to qualify for state in at least the past 15 years. [Full Story »] 

Sea Dragons net several firsts at Dacula

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Brandon Reed
Wednesday, July 8. 2009
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The Jefferson Sea Dragons took part in an Invitational Developmental meet at Dacula last week, coming home with several first place results.

Gregory Prozorovskiy placed first in the boys’ 6-under 25 Freestyle and first in the boys’ 6-under 25 Backstroke.

Jackson Lamb took first in the boys’ 8-under 25 Freestyle, first in the boys’ 8-under 25 Backstroke and first in the boys’ 8-under 25 Butterfly. [Full Story »] 

Tiger Sharks To Host Flowery Branch In First Home Meet

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Justin Poole
Thursday, June 25. 2009
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The Commerce Tiger Shark swim team had another busy week in the pool as it traveled to Dacula on Thursday, June 18, for a dual meet and to Gainesville on Saturday for the North Georgia Swim League, Splash swim meet.

Next up is the first home meet of the year. The Tiger Sharks were due to host Flowery Branch today (Wednesday) before traveling back to Dacula Saturday to take part in the Dacula Invitational.

Forty-five Tiger Sharks competed at Dacula last Saturday where bad weather shortened the meet.

For more on the Commerce Tiger Sharks see this week's edition of The Commerce News.

Several Sea Dragons take first at Gainesville meet

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Brandon Reed
Thursday, June 25. 2009
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It was a successful outing for the Jefferson Sea Dragons on Saturday, as they took part in the North Georgia Swim League SPLASH event held at the Francis Meadows Acquatic Center in Gainesville.

Several of Jefferson’s swimmers brought home first place finishes, while several others placed in the top ten, with some events having over 100 swimmers take part.

Ryan Childress took first in the Girls 25 10-under Freestyle. Gregory Prozorovskiy took first in the boys’ 6-under Backstroke. Heather Perry took first in the girls’ 10-under Breaststroke. [Full Story »] 
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