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Lincoln Charter sqauds sweep swimming regionals


Lincoln Charter’s boys and girls won the 1A/2A West Regional Championships. File photo

The Lincoln Charter boys and girls swim teams won the 1A/2A West Regional Championships Feb. 1.

Chloe Harris was part of all four of the girls’ championship performances, including the 100-yard butterfly and 100 backstroke. Madeline Carey was on the winning 200 medley relay team, the second-place 200 freestyle relay then took third in the 50 freestyle and 100 butterfly.

The boys got big days in the pool by Zack Whipple, Neal Stratton and Blake Nelson. Whipple won the 50 freestyle and 100 butterfly and was part of the 400 freestyle relay with Nelson, Stratton Nelson and Mitchell Swicegood.

Alex Givens won the 1-meter diving competition with 437.1 points.

East Lincoln’s Devin Poteat turned in two third-place finishes in the 100 freestyle and 100 breaststroke.

Lincoln Charter girls

1st place

200 medley relay: Brooklyn DeCann, Chloe Harris, Madeline Carey, Jade Chamblee (1:51.42)

100 butterfly: Harris (56.23)

100 backstroke: Harris (58.23)

400 freestyle relay: Gabriella Malta, Abby DeCann, Grace Wilson, Harris

2nd place

200 freestyle: Wilson (1:59.34)

200 IM: DeCann (2:19.57)

200 freestyle relay: Chamblee, Malta, Carey, Wilson (1:43.55)

3rd place

50 freestyle: Carey (25.59)

1-meter diving: Emily Lesniak (269.05)

100 butterfly: Carey (1:00.76)

Lincoln Charter boys

1st place

50 freestyle: Zack Whipple (21.52)

1-meter diving: Alex Givens (437.10)

100 butterfly: Whipple (50.17)

100 backstroke: Neal Stratton (53.13)

400 freestyle relay: Stratton, Mitchell Swicegood, Blake Nelson, Whipple (3:21.89)

2nd place

50 freestyle: Nelson (22.04)

1-meter diving: Davis Hutchinson (417)

200 freestyle relay: Mitchell Swicegood, Russell Chamblee, Nelson, Stratton (1:31.83)

3rd place

200 freestyle: Stratton (1:48.57)

East Lincoln girls

3rd place

100 freestyle: Devin Poteat (54.79)

100 breaststroke: Poteat (1:11.50)

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