MBJH swim, dive teams compete in state meet

The  Alabama High School Athletic Association state swim and dive meet was held Dec. 3-4 at Auburn University. The boys came in second in the state competition.

The swim and dive meet was held at the Auburn athletic pool on campus. 

In the boys category, Hughes Thomas finished sixth overall with a score of 261.30.

Wills Black finished ninth overall with a score of 240.85. 

In the girls category, Hannon Taterek and Lilly Martin finished 18th and 19th, respectively, overall.

For the swimming category, the girls 200 medley relay finished 17th (Emily Bolvig, Liz Vandevelde [ninth grade], Hannah Elliott and Frances Conner). Lauren Crabtree finished eighth in the 200 freestyle and 10th in the 500 freestyle. Hannah Elliott finished 12th in the 100 butterfly and 17th in the 500 freestyle.

William Bloodworth finished 17th in the 100 backstroke. Emily Bolvig finished 18th in the 100 backstroke. Gaston Petznick (ninth grade) finished 15th in the 200 IM and 14th in the 100 breaststroke.

The boys 400 freestyle relay finished 15th (Gaston Petznick [ninth grade], Jack Martin, Jack Tucker and Ryan Kirk).

The girls 400 freestyle relay finished 12th and dropped 4 seconds from the preliminaries to finals (Hannah Elliott, Elizabeth Hamilton [ninth grade], Sarah Petznick [seventh grade] and Lauren Crabtree).