Sports
AJC’s top high school student-athletes for 2016-17
Emma Cole (right) and her head coach Sharon Loughran at the Mountain View Aquatic Center in Marietta on May 10, 2017. In addition to her swim team taking first place in the 400m freestyle relay at the state championships, beating their previous record, Cole won first in both the 100 free and 200 free. She will attend the University of North Carolina in the fall after swimming year-round since she was 8 years old. (Henry Taylor / Henry.Taylor@AJC.com)
Here’s the latest in a series profiling the top high school athletes in the state for the 2016-17 school year. Check back each day this week for more profiles on the state’s top student-athletes.
Girls swimming: Emma Cole, Walton
Achievements: Led Walton girls swimming to the 2016 team state title, the program's first state crown in 30 years. Won individual state titles in the 100-meter and 200 freestyle races in automatic All-American times of 49.45 in the 100 and 1:46.73 in the 200.
Height: 5-foot-6
Class: Senior
College choice: Signed with North Carolina
Read more on Emma Cole here and see the complete list of student-athletes profiled thus far by clicking here.
