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SGSC swim teams compete at Sun Coast Conference Swim Meet in Columbus

The South Georgia State College swim teams traveled to Columbus last weekend to participate in the first annual Sun Coast Conference Swim Meet. SGSC’s women placed third in the three-day long event, while the men finished fourth. The new swimming conference is comprised of seven teams, with South Georgia State being the only team in the junior college division. None of these teams have had a conference swim meet in past years.

“These are all big four-year programs and our team placed solidly in both sides of the meet,” commented head swim coach CM Jenkins. “We were not tapered at all for this meet, but still had almost 50% top times and competed very well in the prelim/final format meet.” The meet helped with preparations for the NJCAA national meet which will be held in Fort Pierce, Florida in three weeks. Emanuel College and Keiser College each took first place in the meet.

Leading the women was Carrolton, Ga., sophomore Brittany Herndon. The distance swimmer set new school records in all three of her events. She placed 4^th in the 500 free with a time of 5:18, 3^rd in the 200 free at 1:57 and 2^nd in the 1650 with a time of 18:16. Another Carrolton native, Jessica Dunton also had three podium finishes. Jessica placed 4^th in the 200 fly and 400 IM and 5^th in the 200 IM. Savannah, Ga., freshman Jessilyn Graham placed 4^th in both the 100 and 200 breaststroke and another 4^th in the 50 free. SGSC’s other female distance swimmer also placed in her three events. Tifton, Ga., swimmer Casey Hall placed 5^th in the 1650, 6^th in the 500 and kicked in a 4^th place finish in the 100 backstroke.

On the men’s side, Andrew Brown led the Hawk swimmers. The sophomore captain had two 6^th place finishes in the 100 and 200 breaststroke and one 7^th finish in the 200 IM.