The Metro Meet
- January 19-20, 2024
- Westminster College, Atlanta, Georgia
- Quick Course Yards (25 yards)
- Meet Cell: 53rd Metro Swimming and Diving Invitational
The annual Metro Meet hosted by The Westminster College is among the final possibilities for Georgia highschool swimmers to throw down some quick occasions forward of the State Championship in February.
UVA commit and Westminster senior Katie Christopherson simply received each of her particular person occasions, punching a time of 1:58.33 within the 200 IM and 1:02.51 within the 100 breast. Christopherson is the three-time defending 1-5A state champion within the 100 breast. She additionally received the 200 IM in 2022, however opted for the 100 fly in 2023, the place she additionally picked up a state title. She holds finest occasions of 1:55.49 within the 200 IM and 59.91 within the 100 breast.
Christopherson, who’s SwimSwam’s #12 ranked recruit within the class of 2024, additionally helped Westminster to 2 relay wins at this meet. Within the 200 medley relay, Sadie Clayton (28.17), Christopherson (28.96), Greta Myers (25.67), and Lauren Foglesong (25.77) mixed for 1:48.57, ending almost three seconds forward of the runner-ups. Christopherson’s breaststroke cut up was the quickest within the discipline. Within the 400 free relay, Myers (52.75), Caroline Anderson (56.10), Ansley Sgrosso (55.77) and Christopherson (49.84) as soon as once more topped the sector (3:44.46), this time by over 4 seconds.
Whereas Westminster received the 200 medley and 400 free relays, freshman Sarah Paisley Owen of Midtown Excessive College dropped some monster splits to raise her staff to podium finishes. After the butterfly leg, Midtown was trailing in 4th place behind Westminster, Marist, and Lovett, however Owen scorched a 21.88 to deliver her staff into 2nd total (1:51.43). That seems to be the quickest relay efficiency of her profession. For sure, that cut up led the sector by a big margin, as no different anchor swimmer broke 25 seconds. Within the 400 free, Owen dropped one other field-best cut up of 48.94 as Midtown completed third total (3:38.94), simply four-tenths behind 2nd place Marist.
Owen additionally swept her particular person occasions, swimming 1:52.72 within the 200 free and 50.02 within the 100 free to win by over three seconds in each. Her finest time of 49.48 within the 100 free ranks her twenty third all-time amongst 13-14 12 months previous women, although she lately aged as much as the 15-16 age group.
Within the boys’ meet, Marist College sophomore Cannon Martenson additionally accomplished the 200 IM (1:53.53) and 100 breast (58.68) sweep, hitting a private finest within the former. He lowered his time from the 1:54.85 he swam on the 2023 GHSA 6A Championship, the place he recorded a runner-up end as a freshman by simply one-hundredth of a second.
Marist senior Alex Wiegand additionally received a pair of occasions, clocking a finest time of 51.73 within the 100 fly and 52.24 within the 100 again.
Wiegand (24.69) and Martenson (26.24) teamed up with Grogan Phillips (25.54) and Wyatt Santy (22.38) within the 200 medley relay to offer Marist the win (1:38.85). Martenson additionally anchored Marist’s profitable 200 free relay (1:28.04), dropping an anchor of 21.07 alongside teammates Jack Tharp (22.42), Wiegand (22.06), and Santy (22.49).
Freshman Connor Christopherson, the youthful brother of Katie Christopherson, continued his breakout season. He was simply off his finest time of 21.43 within the 50 free, clocking 21.56 for 2nd behind Wesleyan junior Max Perry (21.52). Christopherson bought his hand to the wall first within the 100 free (46.72), 1.3-seconds off his finest time of 45.42 set in December. That point ranks him seventeenth all-time within the 13-14 boys age group within the 100 free.
The Westminster boys closed out the meet with a win within the 400 free (3:17.78), with Jake Scott (50.48), Max Rodbell (50.35), Alex Wa (50.03), and Connor Christopherson (46.92) combining to the touch almost three seconds forward of runner-ups Wesleyan.
The Westminster women and Marist boys topped the general staff standings. The Georgia Excessive College Affiliation (GHSA) State Championship kicks off with the 1-3A and 4-5A division on February 7, adopted by 6A on February 9 and 7A on February 10.
Prime 5 Groups – Women
- Westminster – 177.5
- Marist – 163
- Midtown – 113
- Riverwood – 101
- Blessed Trinity – 97
Prime 5 Groups – Boys
- Marist – 190
- Westminster – 176
- Blessed Trinity – 109
- Lovett – 85
- Wesleyan – 84
Different Highlights:
- Andrew Olsen (Holy Spirit Prep) received the boys’ 200 free (1:43.75), simply off his finest time from final 12 months (1:42.31).
- Kenzie Robinson (Riverwood Excessive College) received the women’ 50 free in an enormous finest time (22.84), dropping almost a second. She additionally helped Riverwood seize the win within the 200 free relay, anchoring (23.54) the staff of Katie Kessell (25.24), Hannah Gosch (25.51) and Emma Freer (25.46) who mixed for 1:39.75.
- Greta Myers (Westminster College) clipped her finest time within the women’ 100 fly by eight-hundredths of a second to take the win (56.41).
- Freshman Katelyn Borland (Roswell Excessive College) out-dueled sophomore Kelci Walsh (Blessed Trinity Catholic Excessive College) within the women’ 500 free, touching in 5:05.24 to five:05.27.
- Matthew Grey (Blessed Trinity) was the one athlete to interrupt 5:00 within the boys’ 500 free, clocking 4:44.44.
- Hattie Wasmuth (Wesleyan) lowered her finest time within the 100 again by eight-hundredths of a second (57.71) to take the win.
