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DEL.ICIO.USFayette swim championships… where?
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
This afternoon, the high school swimming event of the year in Fayette County will convene with state qualifiers from multiple schools hitting the pool.
It’s the Fayette County championships because only county schools will be present, which is just a little weird, since the meet will be held at the Lundquist pool in Jonesboro. There is no place in Fayette that is suitable for hosting a six-team meet. The Kedron pool has its place in the county’s recreation community, but the community has long since outgrown what that facility was intended to do. Attempts have been made to bring a competition-worthy pool to the county, but they’ve been fruitless thus far.
So, like some computer help desk operation, the county championships are outsourced. Good thing they don’t have to go to India.
What you’ll miss if you find the drive to Jonesboro too daunting is state-class head-to-head competition, primarily between Starr’s Mill and McIntosh, who have both qualified for state in most events. (Starr’s Mill has finished first or second in every meet it has entered.) No, driving to Clayton County is not that great of an imposition, really, just the dysfunction of holding a county championship somewhere else.
OK, enough rant.
McIntosh brings school record-holders Adam Otaki and Ari Berg to the meet. Otaki has qualified in the 200-yard individual medley and the 100 breaststroke, setting new marks in both events. Berg, a freshman, swims the girls 500 freestyle and the 100 breaststroke, where her best time of 1:08.28 would suggest a hotly contested race with Starr’s Mill’s Kristen Bates (1:07.82).
Bates, and teammates Lauren Beatty, Katie Haycraft, Sarah Larson and Lauren Scot heave each qualified in three events, and the county meet should be a showcase for all of them.
On the court: Boys
The McIntosh boys have gone 3-1 over their past four games, keyed by junior Jeremy Lampkin, who has averaged 16 points per game over that stretch, and Robert Chubb, a 6-foot-8 junior who has committed to Auburn and has averaged triple doubles in those four games … Whitewater’s boys are getting 10 points per game from freshman Renaldo Jenkins … The Sandy Creek boys are 8-0 in Region 6-AAA but 4-7 otherwise … Fayette County’s Brandon Boykin seems to be letting off some steam from the rigors of the football recruiting process by rattling the rims in basketball. He’s averaging two dunks per game according to Fayette coach Andre Flynn, who said Quincy Carruthers’ defensive intensity has sparked the team on a strong run since Christmas.
On the court: Girls
The Starr’s Mill girls hit 88 percent from the free throw line in a 51-33 win over Our Lady of Mercy Tuesday, the Lady Panthers’ third straight win. Melissa Ring made all seven of her shots and scored 14 points … In Sandy Creek’s win over Cartersville, Jaquaye Okai scored 21 points, collected eight rebounds, made eight steals and shot 44 percent from the field.
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