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SPORTS
THE CHAMPION, THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 8 - 14, 2024 • PAGE 9
STAR
Continued From Page 1
Gordon on Atlanta United
2—which is a reserve
team and will slate him
against other Major
League Soccer (MLS)
teams next season—until
he makes the jump to the
Atlanta United First Team
on a Homegrown Player
contract in 2025.
Gordon has also
made four appearances
and recorded one goal
for Jamaica's under
17 national team, all
of which came at the
2023 championship in
Guatemala. The goal
Gordon scored for the
national team came on
Feb. 12, 2023, in a 4-2
win against Cuba.
The schedule for the
2024 MLS NEXT Pro-
the league Gordon will
play in—had not been
released at press time.
A former Tucker High School student from Decatur was signed by Atlanta United at the age of 16. Photo provided by Atlanta United
Chamblee surges for county swim title
BY MARK BROCK
Chamblee High School's Lady
Bulldogs swim team collected 13
top-three finishes Feb. 2 - 3 to win a
Dekalb County School District (DCSD)
Swimming and Diving Championship
over defending champion Lakeside
High School by a score of 239-219.
The win marked Chamblee's
fourth country championship in six
seasons, and it combined with the
Bulldogs victory on the boys' side to
give Chamblee its first-ever sweep of
the county swim meet.
Emily Myers got Chamblee
started by winning the one-meter
diving gold with a score of 374.60. It
was Myers' second consecutive win
in the event after finishing third in
2022. The win also qualified her for
state.
Mena Alexandrova (5:23.24)
won the 500-yard freestyle gold;
teammate Hailey Hamilton (5:28.32)
finished second in a one-two finish
for Chamblee. Both swimmers scored
state qualifying times.
L.C. Smith grabbed the third
individual gold for Chamblee with a
state qualifying time of 1:00.61 in her
second consecutive win in the 100
backstroke. The win gave Chamblee
another one-two finish as Sonia
L.C. Smith won an individual gold in the 100-meter backstroke and in the 200-yard relay.
Peters finished second in 1:02.82 to
also qualify for state.
Chamblee picked up the gold
in the 200-yard medley relay as
the team of Smith, Mina Overway,
Caroline Johnson, and Alexandrova
swam a time of 1:55.40. It was
Chamblee's third consecutive
gold in the event at the county
championships.
Lakeside swam to 10 top-three
finishes including six gold medals
as the Lady Vikings came close to
a repeat in the championships.
Katelyn McClintock and Sophia Hook
doubled on individual golds to lead
the Lakeside charge.
Hook became a six-time county
champion by sweeping the 50-yard
and 100-yard freestyle races for the
third consecutive season. She swam
state qualifying times of 24.69 in the
50 and 54.96 in the 100.
McClintock won her fourth
and fifth county gold medals as she
racked up state qualifying times in
the second consecutive sweep of the
200-yard freestyle (1:58.56) and the
100-yard butterfly (1:00.28). She also
won the 100 backstroke in 2021.
Lyla Richards swam to gold in
the 200 individual medley (2:15.00)
while also qualifying for state to
round out the individual golds for
SEE SWIMMING ON PAGE 10
