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CARY – The best swimmer in the state in 1A/2A this season in the 500-yard freestyle and 100-yard backstroke, junior Ross Dant of Newton-Conover, got there in record-setting fashion.
Dant won both freestyle events with the best times ever recorded at the 1A/2A state championships, helping the Red Devils finish 14th on Friday at the Triangle Aquatic Center. He won the Most Outstanding Performer award.
Paul Karre, a Newton-Conover junior, added a fourth-place finish in the 500 freestyle and he was sixth in the 200 freestyle.
Raleigh Charter won the team title 203.5-201 over Croatan.
Dant bested the previous best time in the 500 freestyle in a state 1A/2A title meet by 11 seconds. He finished in four minutes, 26.97 seconds, beating a mark set by Ethan Knorr of Salisbury.
In the 100 backstroke, Dant closed in 49.35. The previous record holder (50.14) was Thomas Hamlet of Bishop McGuinness.
Karre’s fourth-place time in the 500 freestyle was 4:48.38 and his time of 1:47.25 was good for sixth place in the 200 freestyle.
Click on the link for complete results: https://www.nchsaa.org/sites/default/files/2018%201A%3A2A%20Swimming%20and%20Diving%20State%20Championship%20Results.pdf
TOP 10 FINISHES BY AREA SWIMMERS
GIRLS
200 medley relay
Lake Norman Charter, first, 1:49.44
Lincoln Charter, fourth, 1:53.20
200 freestyle
Chloe Harris, Lincoln Charter, third, 1:52.44
200 IM
Riggan Niebel, Lake Norman Charter, fourth, 2:10.82
1-meter diving
Claire Guittard, E. Burke, 297.05
Emily Lesniak, Lincoln Charter, 274.25
100 butterfly
Chloe Harris, Lincoln Charter, fifth, 56.89
Mattie Luther, Lake Norman Charter, seventh, 59.51
Madeline Cary, Lincoln Charter, eighth, 1:00.57
100 freestyle
Ariel Hopper, Lake Norman Charter, sixth, 54.07
Anna Rubel, Lake Norman Charter, seventh, 55.97
500 freestyle
Jennifer Schimoller, Lake Norman Charter, sixth, 5:20.20
200 freestyle relay
Lake Norman Charter, third, 1:42.35
Lincoln Charter, sixth, 1:43.45
100 freestyle
Ariel Hopper, Lake Norman Charter, third, 58.37
Anna Rubel, Lake Norman Charter, fifth, 59.77
100 breaststroke
Riggan Ayscue, Lake Norman Charter, third, 1:06.95
Mikaela McCarter, Lake Norman Charter, sixth, 1:09.08
400 freestyle relay
Lake Norman Charter, third, 3:39.84
Lincoln Charter, sixth, 3:51.16
BOYS
200 medley relay
Lincoln Charter, second, 1:38.21
Lake Norman Charter, fourth, 1:41.74
200 freestyle
Neal Stratton, Lincoln Charter, fifth, 1:45.43
Paul Karre, Newton-Conover, sixth, 1:47.25
200 IM
Zach Wipple, Lake Norman Charter, second, 1:53.22
50 freestyle
Grant Swicegood, Lincoln Charter, eighth, 22.69
1-meter diving
Davis Hutchinson, Lincoln Charter, fifth, 314.70
Matt Uteck, Lincoln Charter, 10th, 230.20
100 butterfly
Zach Whipple, Lake Norman Charter, second, 51.48
Ethan McCosh, Fred T. Foard, fourth, 52.41
100 freestyle
Cade O’Connell, Lake Norman Charter, second, 48.49
Neal Stratton, Lincoln Charter, fourth, 49.01
Harrison Powe, Lake Norman Charter, fifth, 49.19
500 freestyle
Ross Dant, Newton-Conover, first, 4:26.97 (broke record for best time in 1A/2A championship meet)
Paul Karre, Newton-Conover, fourth, 4:48.38
Ethan McCosh, Fred T. Foard, seventh, 4:51.79
200 freestyle relay
Lincoln Charter, first, 1:28.87
Lake Norman Charter, third, 1:31.04
100 backstroke
Ross Dant, Newton-Conover, first, 49.35 (broke record for best time in 1A/2A championship meet)
Jackson Law, Lincoln Charter, fourth, 53.52
400 freestyle relay
Lake Norman Charter, ninth, 3:30.25