High school swimmers compete in Wiscasset

Wed, 02/01/2023 - 8:45am

The Boothcasset(Boothbay/Wiscasset) High School wwimmers had a home swim meet at the Wiscasset Rec Center on Friday, Jan. 27. The meet was against Gardale and Lincoln Academy.

Boothcasset is coached by Nori Lund and Heather Hills. They have five girls and one boy who all competed in this meet: Caroline Potter of Wiscasset High School, Emily Gilliam of Wiscasset High School, Suzie Edwards of BRHS, London Haedrich of North Yarmouth Academy, Sage Wickline of BRHS and Hannah Hills of BRHS.

As a team they had two relays both placing second, one being a personal best time and the other being less than a second from their best time.

Sage placed first in her 100 butterfly and second in her 100 backstroke.

London placed second in his 100 backstroke and swam exhibition in his 50 freestyle.

Caroline placed fourth in her 200 freestyle and third in her 100 freestyle.

Suzie placed fifth in her 50 freestyle and swam exhibition in her 100 freestyle.

Emily placed first in her 50 freestyle and third in her 500 freestyle.

Hannah placed second in both of her events, the 200 freestyle and 100 freestyle.

Personal best times were set by Sage in both of her events, London in his 50 freestyle, Suzie in her 100 freestyle, Emily in her 500 freestyle, and Hannah in both of her events.

As a team they dropped 8.58 seconds. Sage qualified for states in both of her events, Emily in her 500 freestyle and Hannah in her 200 freestyle.

Their next meet will be at the Wiscasset Rec Center on Friday, Feb. 3 at 6 p.m.