What a phenomenal night for our swimmers! 
Mid-Carolina Swim Team captured the overall meet victory on Thursday, September 4th, with both the boys and girls teams finishing first and thus the overall win as well. Every race showed grit and heart — with big wins, time drops, and state cuts that highlight our progress toward championship season.
The following are the team scores for each dual match:
Combined Team Scores
Mid-Carolina 154 vs 24 Westwood
Mid-Carolina 150 vs 37 Newberry Academy
Mid-Carolina 137 vs 75 Newberry High
Mid-Carolina 160 vs 30 W.J. Keenan
Mid-Carolina 147 vs 57 Strom Thurmond
Women's Division Scores
Mid-Carolina 46 vs 25 Newberry High
Mid-Carolina 46 vs 24 Strom Thurmond
Mid-Carolina 52 vs 17 W.J. Keenan
Mid-Carolina 53 vs 00 Westwood
Mid-Carolina 53 vs 00 Newberry Academy Swim Team
Men's Division Scores
Mid-Carolina 97 vs 37 Newberry Academy
Mid-Carolina 91 vs 50 Newberry High
Mid-Carolina 101 vs 33 Strom Thurmond
Mid-Carolina 108 vs 13 W.J. Keenan
Mid-Carolina 101 vs 24 Westwood
Relay WINS
• Girls 200 Medley Relay – 1st, 2:59.18
(Baylee Willetts, Tailee Followell, Miriam Eshaak, Hannah Kubacz)
• Boys 200 Medley Relay – 1st, 2:06.69
(Ethan Beebe, Grant Smith, Seth Beebe, Drew Washabau)
Holding State Consideration
• Girls 200 Free Relay – 1st, 2:21.25
(Hannah Kubacz,, Baylee Willetts, Olivia Haskett, Tailee Followell)
– Off state cut Consideration by 7.02 sec (2:14.23)
• Boys 400 Free Relay (A) – 1st, 4:13.56
(Seth Beebe, Rhett Smith, Grant Smith, Ethan Beebe)
Holding State Consideration
Relay Highlights
• Boys 400 Free Relay (B) – 2nd, 6:27.62
(Ian Koon, Henry Frazier FR, Drew Washabau FR, Simeon Kubacz)
• Boys 200 Free Relay – 4th, 2:39.51
(Ian Koon, Henry Frazier FR, Rhett Smith SR, Simeon Kubacz)
Individual Results
Grant Smith (JR)• 50 Free – 1st, 22.00 State Automatic
• 100 Breast – 1st, 1:07.88 State Automatic
Rhett Smith (SR)
• 200 Free – 1st, 2:02.59 State Automatic
• 100 Breast – 2nd, 1:11.30– State Consideration - Just outside state automatic(1:10.72)
Seth Beebe (FR)
• 50 Free – 2nd, 27.50 (-0.06 drop!)
State Consideration
• 500 Free – 1st, 6:28.03 State Consideration (-50.41 drop )Biggest time drop: Huge PR
Ethan Beebe (JR)
• 100 Free – 3rd, 1:08.47 (-1.56 drop) Just outside consideration cut
• 100 Back – 4th, 1:23.06
Drew Washabau (FR)
• 100 Free – 4th, 1:08.50
• 100 Back – 3rd, 1:19.31 Just outside consideration cut
Ian Koon
• 200 IM – 4th, 3:30.69 (first time milestone!)
• 100 Free – 8th, 1:28.31 (first time milestone!)
Henry Frazier (FR)
• 50 Free – 11th, 37.28 (-1.10 drop)
• 100 Free – 13th, 1:34.00 (first time milestone!)
Simeon Kubacz
• 50 Free – 19th, 51.13 (-0.19 drop)
Piper Haskett (SO)
• 50 Free – 1st, 30.16 (-0.14 drop) State Consideration
• 100 Fly – 2nd, 1:20.31 State Consideration
Tailee Followell (SO)
• 50 Free – 4th, 34.09 (-0.05 drop) Just outside consideration cut
• 100 Free – 3rd, 1:19.34 (-4.67 * drop )- Huge PR
Baylee Willetts (SO)
• 50 Free – 5th, 34.50 (-0.87 drop)
Harper Templin
• 50 Free – 6th, 34.56 (-3.06 drop) –Huge PR
Hannah Kubacz (JR)
• 50 Free – 9th, 37.03
Miriam Eshaak (SO)
• 50 Free – 11th, 42.91 (-0.14 drop)
• 100 Free – 7th, 1:43.19
This was a complete team effort — from relay dominance to individual breakthroughs to three new state cuts. Every swimmer played a role in this victory, and we couldn’t be prouder.
Congratulations, Mid-Carolina Swim Team — a first-place sweep for the history books!
***A huge thank you to each of our Mid-Carolina team’s volunteers!! — every MC family were volunteering and some also included both spouses and siblings — thank you for stepping in so that we could have a meet, and run the meet smoothly! Your wonderful and joyful willingness to pitch in made all the difference and makes Mid-Carolina proud and grateful.
Thank you again for representing Mid-Carolina so well- Go REBELS!!!!!
