For the first time in school history, the Pope girls swimming team has won a state championship.
The Greyhounds edged Johns Creek, 349 points to 338 points, to win the Georgia High School Association Class 6A title at Georgia Tech on Saturday.
Pope swimmer Sarah Sorensen won individual state crowns in the 100-yard freestyle and 100-yard backstroke, and her teammate Mady Bragg won the girls 200-yard freestyle.
Sorensen, Bragg, Julia Keith and Anna Prestel took the 6A championship in the 400-yard freestyle relay event.
The Walton girls were attempting a second consecutive state championship in Class 7A, but placed third with 282 points, behind Brookwood and Lambert. The Lassiter girls were sixth, with 213 points.
The Raiders’ 200-yard freestyle relay team of Jasmin Hoffman, Abby Belinski, Jami Williams and Melissa Cox won the 7A state title. Hoffman and Cox finished 1-2 in the 50-yard freestyle finals and they were 2-3, respectively, in the 100-yard freestyle.
Williams was second in the 100-yard backstroke, and Walton diver Mackenna Buchanan won the 1-meter springboard event.
In the boys competition, Lassiter finished second in the Class 7A team results with 304.5 points, which Brookwood won easily with 404 points. The Pope boys were fourth in Class 6A with 283 points.
Sprayberry’s Ananda Lin won the state championship in the Class 6A 100-yard freestyle event with a time of 44.66. He also was second in the 200-yard finals. Other top finishers from East Cobb schools in their respective classifications:
- Boys 200-yard medley relay: Pope, 2nd (Mitchell Hunt, Langston Weddington, Ben Prestel, Gabe Lacasella);
- Boys 1-meter diving: Casey Harrison, Pope, 2nd;
- Boys 200-yard freestyle: Parker Ciaramella, Lassiter, 3rd;
- Boys 50-yard freestyle: Jordan Dunn, Lassiter, 3rd;
- Girls 100-yard butterfly: Sophie Taylor, Lassiter, 2nd;
- Boys 100-yard freestyle: Brendan Hausdorf, Lassiter, 2nd;
- Girls 200-yard freestyle relay: Pope, 2nd (Rachel Geller, Britheny Joassaint, Julia Keith, Mady Bragg);
- Boys 100-yard backstroke: Zach Franklin, Lassiter, 3rd;
- Girls 200-yard individual medley: Anna Prestel, Pope, 2nd;
- Boys 100-yard breastsroke: Jordan Dunn, Lassiter, 3rd;
- Girls 100-yard breaststroke: Bailey Dopfel, Pope, 3rd;
- Girls 400-yard freestyle relay: Walton, 2nd (Melissa Cox, Caroline Current, Abby Belinski, Jasmin Hoffman).
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