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
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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
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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,
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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.
