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Page 6B, The Lee County Ledger, Wednesday, January 31,2024 Swim Team Hosts Lee County Invitational Special to the Ledger by Jen Perkins The Lee County High School Swim team hosted the Lee County Invitational at the West Campus of Albany State University on January 6, 2024. The athlete waiting area was packed with over a dozen teams from Southern Georgia wait ing for their opportunity to compete for the first time in the new year. Prior to the beginning of the meet, Lee Coun ty’s Head Swim Coach Submitted Photo Lee County Middle School -East December Teacher of the Month - Lindsey Langston Elizabeth Hatcher rec ognized the graduating seniors in front of their home audience. “Erin Meyer is the daughter of Zeb and Les lie Meyer. Erin has been swimming with the Lee County swim program for 7 years. Her favorite swim team memory is definitely not what most would consider a favorite memory. Her favorite memory is from a meet in Thomasville where Erin ran into the wall of Submitted Photo Lee County Middle School-East December Staff Member of the Month - Sheryl Capers the pool and got a con cussion while doing the backstroke. This is her favorite memory because she can look back on it and laugh. Erin plans to attend Troy University and major in nursing. She hopes to one day become a Trauma Surgeon. “Alison Milsapps is the daughter of Patrick and Elizabeth Mil sapps. Alison has been swimming with the Lee County swim program for 5 years. Her favorite memory from her time on the swim team is thinking about going to her first swim meet with the team. Alison will attend a 4-year univer sity and plans to major in computer science and business. Additionally, she is a member of the Beta Club, Art Club, and FCA. She and her twin sister even started an art club for the students with special needs at Lee County High. It is called the Mona Lisa Smile Club. “Josh Strickland is the son of Jennifer Strick land. Josh began swim ming with the Darton AquaDarts when he was five years old. He has swam competitively ever since, including seven years for Lee County. His favorite swim memory is being told during his sophomore year when he was anxious about swimming the 500 free to “have a heart-to-heart with yourself”. He still does that to this day before every swim meet. Josh plans to attend Kennesaw State Univer sity in the fall where he will pursue a degree in nursing. “Olivia is the daughter of Joey and Kelly Yawn. She has been swimming with the Lee County swim program for 7 years. She has been a member of the girl’s state qualifying relay team for the past two seasons. Olivia leads her team as a team captain this season. Olivia is also a member of the Blue Tide Swim Team. One of her favorite swim memories is when her relay team qualified for state last year here at their home pool. She plans on attending the University of Georgia and majoring in Adver tisement. She is also the DECA Vice President of Leadership and is a member of the National Honors Society, Beta Club, and National Tech nical Honors Society. “Eva Wessels is the daughter of Kurt and Erica Wessels. Eva has been swimming for Lee County since 7th grade when she moved to Georgia and also swims with the Blue Tide Club Team. During the 22-23 swim season, Eva served as co-captain and this season she does an excellent job leading the Lee County Trojan Swim Team as their captain. For the past two seasons, she has been a member of the state qualifying state relay team. They are headed back to the State Championship in February! Outside of swimming and academ ics, Eva is very active with FFA. Her achieve ments run from local to State and National involvement. She’s also active in DECA, Beta Club, and National Honor Society. Eva is a mem ber of First Methodist of Albany. She has been accepted to UGA and plans to major in Applied Biotechnology and looks forward to working in the animal pharmaceutical industry.” The Lee County Swim team will miss these seniors for all they con tribute to the team, but it will be exciting to watch them all positively add to our community in their own way. The Lee County Invi tational was a busy and competitive meet. Each event and heat brought a wonderful amount of competition and show cased swimmers doing what they love. The Lee County top ten individual finishers were as follows: No- elia Bermudez - (4th, 200-Yard Freestyle, Learn to rive with DmvnN© Hours Tues.-Fri., 9-5 Closed Pre-Register Online f °i r -iL3o" h www -docodrivingschool.com #933 #7050 #DT628 207 Cedric Street Leesburg 229-420-3590 LEE COUNTY RECREATION 2 0.24 GIRLS YOUTH F^STpITOff SOfT^UL SEASOnt! 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Call Jeremy Morey or Tracy Smith at 229-759-6047 or email us at jmorey@lee.ga.us tracy.smith@lee.ga.us 100-Yard Backstroke), Sean Hoover - (7th, 200-Yard IM, 5th, 100-Yard Breaststroke), Olivia Yawn - (100- Yard Butterfly, 10th, 100-Yard Backstroke), Tanner Rojek - (100- Yard Freestyle), Landry Liston - (2nd, 500-Yard Freestyle, 1st, 100- Yard Breaststroke), Eva Wessels - (9th, 100-Yard Backstroke). Thank you to all of the parents and supporters who cheered and vol unteered for this home event. Lee County Swim parents donated copious amounts of time, food, and effort. Every detail was attended by our vol unteers, from timing the events and setting up a hospitality room to feed all the coaches, officials, and volunteers through out the day, many people helped with collecting money for entrance fees and programs, and the list goes on and on. This event would not be possi ble without this support. Thank you! Varsity Results: Lee County High School Swim Team Boys 200 Yard Medley Relay Varsity 1st Stroke - Back; 2nd Stroke-Breast; 3rd Stroke- Butterfly; 4th Stroke-Freestyle 11th Place-LCHS Time: 2:11.35 (1st: Caleb Dupree 2nd: Sean Hoover 3rd: Josh Strickland 4th: Tanner Rojek) Girls 200 Yard Medley Relay Varsity 1st Stroke - Back; 2nd Stroke-Breast; 3rd Stroke- Butterfly; 4th Stroke-Freestyle 6th Place - LCHS Time: 2:09.35 (1st: Noelia Bermudez 2nd: Landry Liston 3rd: Olivia Yawn 4th: Eva Wessels) 15th Place - LCHS Time: 2:44.60 (1st: Alison Millsaps 2nd: Sophia Bermudez 3rd: Tamara Jackson 4th: Erin Meyer) Girls 200 Yard Free style Varsity 4th Place- Noelia Ber mudez Time: 2:23.84 Boys 200 Yard IM Varsity 7th Place - Sean Hoover Time: 2:42.47 Boys 50 Yard Freestyle Varsity 11th Place - Tanner Ro jek Time: 25.54 38th Place - Gavin Mo rey Time: 29.44 42nd Place - Blake Ed wards Time: 30.17 48th Place - Liam Wes sels Time 32.19 49th Place - Caleb Dupree Time: 32.42 Girls 50 Yard Freestyle Varsity 12th Place - Eva Wessels Time: 29.76 18th Place - Tamara Jackson Time: 30.29 35th Place - Sophia Ber mudez Time: 34.38 41st Place - Erin Meyer Time: 36.07 44th Place - Izzy Alkay- ali Time: 37.07 52nd Place - Eva Paudel Time: 38.94 68th Place - Chauntel Butler Time: 53.08 Boys 100 Yard Butterfly Varsity 12th Place - Josh Strick land Time: 1:14.92 Girls 100 Yard Butter fly Varsity 5th Place - Olivia Yawn Time: 1:18.63 Boys 100 Yard Freestyle Varsity 4th Place — Tanner Rojek Time: 58.11 22nd Place - Gavin Mo rey Time: 1:08.21 30th Place - Caleb Dupree Time: 1:17.20 33rd Place - Blake Ed wards Time: 1:17.83 Girls 100 Yard Free style Varsity 33rd Place - Alison Mil- saps Time: 1:23.35 34th Place - Erin Meyer Time: 1:23.78 39th Place - Izzy Alkay- ali Time: 1:27.78 58th Place - Chauntel Butler Time: 2:12.18 Girls 500 Freestyle Varsity 2rd Place - Landry Lis ton Time: 5:41.85 Boys 200 Yard Free style Relay Varsity 11th Place- LCHS Time: 1:49.49 (1st - Tanner Rojek 2nd - Gavin Morey 3rd - Sean Hoover 4th - Josh Strickland) Girls 200 Yard Free style Relay Varsity 3rd Place - LCHS Time: 1:54.27 (1st - Landry Liston 2nd - Noelia Bermudez 3rd - Olivia Yawn 4th - Eva Wessels) 19th Place - LCHS Time: 2:42.87 (1st - Eva Paudel 2nd - Izzy Alkayali 3rd - Chauntel Butler 4th - Sophia Bermudez) Boys 100 Yard Back- stroke Varsity 16th Place - Josh Strick land Time: 1:20.14 18th Place - Liam Wes sels Time: 1:31.65 Girls 100 Yard Back- stroke Varsity 6th Place — Noelia Ber mudez Time: 1:18.05 9th Place - Eva Wessels Time: 1:21.01 10th Place - Olivia Yawn Time: 1:21.15 20th Place - Alison Mill- saps Time: 1:45.09 Boys 100 Yard Breast stroke Varsity 5th Place - Sean Hoover Time: 1:15.33 Girls 100 Yard Breast stroke Varsity 1st Place - Landry Liston Time: 1:06.26 23rd Place - Sofia Ber mudez Time: 1:49.11 Runners Compete in Hogpeen Races Special to the Ledger Local runners ran in the Vitual 2024 Hogpen 17K/Piglet 5K in Helen, GA on January 20. Virtual Piglet 5K (3.1 miles) results: Danny Wall finished 1st in 43:34 in the Male, 80-Over age group. Brenda Gail Wall finished first in 66:09 in the Female 70-74 years age group. Virtual Hogpen 17K (10.625 miles) results: Brenda Gail Wall fin ished first in 3:44:37 in the Female, 70-74 years age group. Sophia Mattos of Albany Awarded Degree from UA Special to the Ledger Sophia Mattos of Al bany, GA, has received the following degree from The University of Alabama: Bachelor of Arts. A recent economic analysis found that a degree from The Uni versity of Alabama can pay more over time than investments in United States stock market indexes. As the state’s largest higher education institu tion, UA drives econom ic growth in Alabama and beyond.
