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Page 6B, The Lee County Ledger, Wednesday, December 20,2023
Coffee Troj an Christmas Invitational
Give Safe Driving
for Christmas!
Special to the Ledger
By Jen Perkins
The Lee County High
School Swim team com
peted at the Coffee Tro
jan Christmas Invitation
al on December 2, 2023.
Coffee High School’s
meets are always highly
competitive and attract
schools from different
areas of South Georgia.
The Lee County Trojans
are taking advantage of
every meet to practice
relay starts, technical as
pects of strokes, pacing,
and learning to swim
efficiently while pushing
at max effort.
The top ten individual
finishers for Lee Coun
ty are as follows: Eva
Wessels - (5th, 200-Yard
Freestyle, 8th, 100-
Yard Backstroke), Sean
Hoover - (2nd, 500-Yard
Freestyle), Stephen Mc
Donald - (5th, 500-Yard
Freestyle), Noelia Ber
mudez - (2nd, 500-Yard
Freestyle, 6th, 100-Yard
Backstroke), Olivia
Yawn - (7th, 100-Yard
Backstroke), Tamara
Jackson - (6th, 100-Yard
Breaststroke).
A continued thanks to
all who travel to support
and cheer for the Lee
County Swim team!
Varsity Results: Lee
County High School
Swim Team
Boys 200 Yard Medley
Relay Varsity
1st Stroke - Back
2nd Stroke-Breast
3rd Stroke- Butterfly
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4th Stroke-Freestyle
4th Place-LCHS
Time: 2:11.42
(1st: Cody Kelly 2nd:
Sean Hoover
3rd: Josh Strickland
4th: Gavin Morey)
9th Place-LCHS
Time: 2:28.80
(1st: Caleb Dupree 2nd:
Stephen McDonald
3rd: Liam Wessels 4th:
Blake Edwards)
Girls 200 Yard Medley
Relay Varsity
1st Stroke - Back
2nd Stroke-Breast
3rd Stroke- Butterfly
4th Stroke-Freestyle
5th Place - LCHS
Time: 2:29.31
(1st: Noelia Bermudez
2nd: Sophia Bermudez
3rd: Olivia Yawn 4th:
Eva Wessels)
Girls 200 Yard Free
style Varsity
5th Place- Eva Wessels
Time: 2:27.64
Boys 50 Yard Freestyle
Varsity
11th Place - Josh
Strickland Time: 29.85
12th Place - Gavin
Morey Time: 30.09
14th Place - Stephen
McDonald Time: 31.16
18th Place - Liam Wes
sels Time 32.02
21st Place - Blake Ed
wards Time: 33.00
22nd Place - Caleb
Dupree Time: 33.31
Girls 50 Yard Freestyle
Varsity
13th Place - Tamara
Jackson Time: 30.51
29th Place - Sofia Ber
mudez Time: 34.92
30th Place - Eva Pau-
del Time: 34.93
Girls 100 Yard Butter
fly Varsity
3rd Place - Olivia
Yawn Time: 1:19.91
Boys 100 Yard Free
style Varsity
12th Place - Josh
Strickland Time: 1:06.36
15th Place - Gavin
Morey Time: 1:07.50
16th Place - Cody Kel
ley Time: 1:07.50
18th Place - Blake Ed
wards Time: 1:15.78
23rd Place - Caleb
Dupree Time: 1:20.08
Girls 100 Yard Free
style Varsity
24th Place - Erin Mey
er Time: 1:25.36
29th Place - Eva Pau-
del Time: 1:38.97
Boys 500 Freestyle
Varsity
2nd Place - Sean
Hoover Time: 7:01.62
5th Place - Steven Mc
Donald Time: 8:25.62
Girls 500 Freestyle
Varsity
2nd Place - Noelia
Bermudez Time: 6:38.28
Boys 200 Yard Free
style Relay Varsity
6th Place- LCHS Time:
1:54.79
(1st - Josh Strickland
2nd - Cody Kelley
3rd - Gavin Moree 4th
- Sean Hoover)
7th Place- LCHS Time:
2:08.55
(1st - Blake Edwards
2nd - Liam Wessels
3rd - Caleb Dupree 4th
- Stephen McDonald)
Girls 200 Yard Free
style Relay Varsity
6th Place-LCHS
Time: 2:00.90
(1st - Eva Wessels 2nd
- Noelia Bermudez
3rd - Olivia Yawn 4th
- Tamara Jackson)
13th Place - LCHS
Time: 2:53.41
(1st - Alison Millsaps
2nd - Izzy Alkayali
3rd - Chauntel Butler
4th - Erin Meyer)
Girls 100 Yard Back-
stroke Varsity
6th Place - Noelia Ber
mudez Time: 1:19.68
7th Place - Olivia
Yawn Time: 1:21.66
8th Place - Eva Wes
sels Time: 1:22.08
17th Place - Alison
Millsaps Time: 1:43.71
19th Place - Izzy
Alkayali Time: 1:53.49
21st Place - Sofia Ber
mudez Time: 2:08.63
Boys 100 Yard Breast
stroke Varsity
3rd Place - Sean
Hoover Time: 1:15.90
11th Place - Liam Wes
sels Time: 1:41.67
Girls 100 Yard Breast
stroke Varsity
6th Place - Tamara
Jackson Time: 1:35.49
Middle School Swimmers Compete In Douglas
Special to the Ledger
By Jen Perkins
The Lee County Mid
dle School Swim team
traveled to the Coffee
Middle School Christ
mas Invitational on Fri
day, December 1, 2023.
Hosted at South Georgia
State College, the eight
teams had a successful
evening of competition.
Middle School swim is
a constant and dynamic
learning environment
for the young athletes.
Many times swimming
is considered an indi
vidual sport because the
contestant is swimming
in their own lane and
the finishing time is
attributed to that specif
ic athlete. Relay events
are a little different and
have a magic of their
own. Relays help quan
tify the team aspect of
swimming, because four
swimmers are striving
and competing to the
best of their abilities for
each other while pursu
ing the highest number
of points for the team.
At the end of a meet,
both individual and re
lay points are combined
to produce the team
score. In swimming the
highest number of points
wins.
In middle school
competitions, due to the
learning curve of tech
nical swimming and the
time required to build
endurance and strength
in the pool, a modified
event list can be used.
This includes the specif
ic stroke events, such as
Breaststroke, Butterfly,
and Backstroke, the
competition distance is a
50-Yard vise the stan
dard 100-Yard distance.
The Coffee Christmas
Invitational used a stan
dard event list giving the
middle school athletes a
chance to test their skills
and endurance.
The overall men’s and
women’s team was the
Tift County Swim team.
Lee County’s Men’s
team finished in 8th
place and the Women’s
team placed 4th. The
overall top ten individ
ual finishers were as
follows: Elena Wes
sels - (3rd, 200-Yard
Freestyle, 6th, 100-Yard
Breaststroke), Caden Es-
chmann - (3rd, 50-Yard
Freestyle, 7th, 100-Yard
Freestyle), Dutch Owens
- (6th, 100-Yard But
terfly), Sarah Ofodile -
(1st, 100-Yard Butterfly,
1st, 100-Yard Freestyle),
Leila Perkins - (10th,
100-Yard Breaststroke).
Thank you to all the
parents and supporters
of Lee County Middle
School swimming!
Junior Varsity Results:
Lee County Middle
School Swim Team
Girls 200 Yard Medley
Relay Junior Varsity
1st Stroke - Back
2nd Stroke-Breast
3rd Stroke- Butterfly
4th Stroke-Freestyle
4th Place- LCMS
Time: 2:33.67
(1st: Emma Claxton
2nd: Leila Perkins
3rd: Sarah Ofodile 4th:
Elena Wessels)
Girls 200 Yard Free
style Junior Varsity
3rd Place - Elena Wes
sels Time: 2:39.58
11th Place - Leila Per
kins Time: 3:00.42
Boys 50 Yard Freestyle
Junior Varsity
7th Place - Caden Es-
chmannTime: 31.13
24th Place - Maddox
Pafford Time: 44.39
30th Place - Arnov
Paudel Time: 53.70
34th Place - Arvinth
Bentil Time: 1:05.55
Girls 50 Yard Freestyle
Junior Varsity
31st Place - Emma
Claxton Time: 39.54
44th Place - Natalie
Layfield Time: 42.02
64th Place - Kaleah
Johnson Time: 1:16.17
Boys 100 Yard Butter
fly Junior Varsity
6th Place Dutch Ow
ens Time: 1:57.04
Girls 100 Yard Butter
fly Junior Varsity
1st Place - Sarah Ofo
dile Time: 1:28.35
Boys 100 Yard Free
style Junior Varsity
7th Place - Caden Es-
chmannTime: 1:12.01
22nd Place - Dutch
Owens Time: 1:32.18
26th Place - Eli Es-
chmannTime: 1:36.49
29th Place - Wyatt
Odom Time: 1:39.67
32nd Place - Maddox
Pafford Time: 1:44.92
43rd Place - Arvinth
Bentil Time: 2:38.15
Girls 100 Yard Free
style Junior Varsity
1st Place - Sarah Ofo
dile Time: 1:09.03
32th Place - Ariel Ofo
dile Time: 1:29.94
41st Place - Emma
Claxton Time: 1:34.50
43rd Place - Savannah
Rash Time: 1:37.55
44th Place - Natalie
Layfield Time: 1:39.04
57th Place - Kaleah
Johnson Time: 4:07.74
Boys 200 Yard Free
style Relay Junior
Varsity
8th Place- LCMS
Time: 3:28.43
(1st- Arnov Paudel 2nd
Maddox Pafford
3rd - Arvinth Bentil
4th- Wyatt)
Girls 200 Yard Free
style Relay Junior
Varsity
20th Place - LCMS
Time: 3:26.60
(1st - Savannah Rash
2nd - Kaleah Johnson
3rd - Natalie Layfield
4th - Ariel Ofodile)
Boys 100 Yard Back-
stroke Junior Varsity
20th Place - Arvinth
Bentil Time: 3:26.60
Boys 100 Yard Breast
stroke Junior Varsity
12th Place - Wyatt
Odom Time: 2:03.79
Girls 100 Yard Breast
stroke Junior Varsity
6th Place - Elena Wes
sels Time: 1:35.84
10th Place - Leila Per
kins Time: 1:37.84
19th Place - Ariel Ofo
dile Time: 1:53.04
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