The Midstate had a pair of state champs after the first day at the Tennessee High School Swimming and Diving Championships, held at Centennial Sportsplex on Friday.
CPA’s Tatum Wade captured first in the girls 200 individual medley while Station Camp’s Riley Gaines won the girls 100 butterfly.
Brentwood’s Allison Raab had a good day as well. She was second in the 200 freestyle and was part of the Lady Bruins 200 medley relay team that finished third.
Harpeth Hall’s Ella Nelson took second in the 200 IM, and Hillsboro’s Mary Cayt Brakefield was second in the 50 freestyle.
Brentwood’s Timothy Raab placed third in the boys 50 freestyle. Siegel’s Meg Tomayko placed third in the 1-meter diving finals.
The state meet will conclude Saturday with boys and girls competition in the 100 freestyle, 500 free, 200 free relay, 100 backstroke, 100 breaststroke, 400 free relay and boys 1-meter diving finals.
Below are the top three finishers in Friday’s events:
Girls 200 medley relay
1. Saint Mary’s, 1:45.17
2. GPS, 1:47.12
3. Brentwood (Millie Oldham, Allison Raab, Emily Hughes, McKenna Morello), 1:47.12
Boys 200 medley relay
1. Memphis University School, 1:31.27
2. Science Hill, 1:31.65
3. Baylor, 1:31.99
Girls 200 freestyle
1. Erica Laning, Hardin Valley, 1:46.36
2. Allison Raab, Brentwood, 1:48.85
3. Mary Margaret Banick, Knox West, 1:52.23
Boys 200 freestyle
1. Trey Freeman, Baylor, 1:36.70
2. Joshua Walsh, Collierville, 1:38.11
3. Alex Robinson, MUS, 1:40.13
Girls 200 individual medley
1. Tatum Wade, CPA, 1:57.87
2. Ella Nelson, Harpeth Hall, 1:59.45
3. Susanna LaRochelle, GPS, 2:02.08
Boys 200 individual medley
1. Daniel Chang, Science Hill, 1:46.52
2. Alex Hines, Stem Acad., 1:51.31
3. Jon Pat Ransom, McCallie, 1:51.96
Girls 50 freestyle
1. Sarah Thompson, St. George’s, 23.24
2. Mary Cayt Brakefield, Hillsboro, 23.39
3. Heather Kudialis, Science Hill, 23.63
Boys 50 freestyle
1. Christian Berry, MUS, 20.48
2. Henry Keel, MUS, 20.58
3. Timothy Raab, Brentwood, 20.94
Girls 100 butterfly
1. Riley Gaines, Station Camp, 54.59
2. Alison MacQueen, St. Mary’s, 55.37
3. Zoe Whelan, St. Agnes, 56.90
Boys 100 butterfly
1. Caleb Harrington, Bearden, 48.74
2. Jack McCaghren, MUS, 49.20
3. Peter Lochmaier, Baylor, 50.07
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