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Freshman Caitlyn Perkey will be competing at the 2020 TISCA High School State Championship Swim Meet this Friday and Saturday (Feb 7 & 8) at UT’s Allan Jones Aquatic Center. Swimmers have to achieve state qualifying times in order to attend this meet.
Caitlyn will be swimming the 200 yard Freestyle and the 500 yard Freestyle. GCA has not sent a swimmer to the state meet since 2014. Congratulations on this noteworthy achievement, Caitlyn!
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Congratulations to the GCA Middle and Upper School Swim Teams who ended their season with strong performances in the pool! One swimmer, Caitlyn Perkey, will compete at the state meet on Feb. 7-8. GCA diver, 8th grader Alex Sponcia, came in first place in the middle school diving portion and will continue competing at the regional level May 1-3. His next diving competition will be with USA Diving.
Read the full story at www.gcarams.org. Congratulations, Rams! We're so proud of your fantastic effort!
The swim and dive regular season concluded this weekend for all but one GCA swimmer, Caitlyn Perkey, in the KISL and KMSSL Swimming and Diving Championship Meets held at UT.
UPPER SCHOOL Swim Team Results:
There were 36 high school teams from across east Tennessee in attendance. All 5 GCA Upper School swimmers collected a season best time during the meet. Freshman Caitlyn Perkey made it to the Finals session in both the 200 yd Freestyle and 500 yd Freestyle event. She finished 15th place in the 200 Free, moving up one spot from the preliminary session. She finished 7th in the 500 Freestyle moving up 3 spots from her seed time. Caitlyn will swim these same two events at the State Meet to be held on Feb. 7-8. The 200 yd Free Relay team of Olivia Farmer, Emily Morgan, Briley Bube and Caitlyn Perkey made it back to Finals as an alternate in 17th place.
MIDDLE SCHOOL Swim Team Results:
There were 22 middle school teams from across east Tennessee in attendance. 8th grader Alex Sponcia finished 1st in the middle school diving portion of the meet. All 6 GCA Middle School swimmers collected a season best time during the meet and showed significant improvements over the season. The 200 yd Mixed Free Relay team of Kalynna Downward, Winston Woodard, Ella Greene & Noah Taylor finished in 13th place. The 200 yd Free Relay team of Wyatt Noe, Colin Willis, Noah Taylor & Winston Woodard finished in 15th place.
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The middle school and upper school swimmers competed on Saturday at the Ray Bussard Invitational.
The swim team returned to competition this weekend at the Ray Bussard Invitational held at the Allan Jones Aquatic Center on the University of Tennessee campus. This is a large meet as there were over 30 high school teams and over 15 middle school teams competing – including some from out of the area and even out of state. This was the first meet for the GCA swimmers in a month.
Almost all swimmers picked up some personal best times. Top (scoring) finishers for GCA were:
Upper School:
Caitlyn Perkey – 6th in 200 Freestyle
Middle School:
Alex Sponcia – 2nd in Diving
The swimmers return to competition on January 18 in Cocke County.
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The swim team traveled to Clinton last Thursday for a dual meet.
The swim team competed against Clinton High School on Thursday night. Top 3 finishers were:
Upper School:
Briley Bube – 2nd in 50yd Freestyle, 2nd in 100yd Backstroke
Ria Eda – 1st in 100yd Breaststroke, 2nd in 200yd IM
Senior Olivia Farmer – 1st in 200yd IM AND 100yd Butterfly
Junior Emily Morgan – 2nd in 200yd Freestyle, 2nd in 100 Butterfly
These 4 girls finished 1st in the 200yd Medley Relay and 2nd in the 200yd Freestyle Relay.
Middle School:
Ella Greene – 3rd in 100yd IM, 3rd in 50yd Backstroke
Wyatt Noe – 3rd in 100yd IM, 3rd in 50yd Butterfly
Noah Taylor – 3rd in 50yd Backstroke
Colin Willis – 2nd in 50yd Backstroke
Winston Woodard – 2nd in 100yd IM, 2nd in 50yd Freestyle
Noah Taylor, Wyatt Noe, Winston Woodard & Colin Willis placed 2nd in 200yd Medley Relay
The swim team will be back in action on Saturday, December 14 in the Ray Bussard Invitational at UT's Allan Jones Aquatic Center.
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The swim team was in action this weekend against Concord Christian and Christian Academy of Knoxville.
The swim team was back in action this weekend at the Student Aquatic Center on the University of Tennessee campus. Top 3 finishers in the meet are as follows:
Upper School:
Briley Bube (9) – 2nd in 100yd Butterfly AND 100yd Breaststroke
Olivia Farmer (12) – 3rd in 100yd Freestyle
Emily Morgan (11) – 2nd in 200yd Individual Medley
Caitlyn Perkey (9) – 1st in 200yd Freestyle and 2nd in 100yd Backstroke
The 200yd Medley Relay of Emily Morgan, Briley Bube, Caitlyn Perkey & Olivia Farmer finished 2nd.
The 200yd Freestyle Relay of Briley Bube, Ria Eda, Olivia Farmer & Caitlyn Perkey finished 2nd.
Middle School:
Alex Sponcia (8) – 1st in 1M Diving
Noah Taylor (7) – 3rd in 50yd Freestyle
Wyatt Noe (7) – 1st in 50yd Butterfly, 2nd in 50yd Backstroke, & 3rd in 100yd Freestyle
Colin Willis (8) – 3rd in 50yd Backstroke
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