On Wednesday, August 18, the Newberry High and Mid-Carolina High Swim Teams
hosted Emerald, Greenwood, Strom Thurmond, and Newberry Academy at the
Newberry YMCA for the first meet of the season.
The Mid-Carolina team scored ahead of Emerald, Greenwood, and Newberry Academy.
Some highlights from the meet:
These swimmers achieved consideration times for the state 3A swim meet in October,
8th grader Jorja McGee in the 200 yd. Individual Medley
7th grader Grant Smith in the 100 yd. freestyle
Senior Sam Hawkins in the 500 yd. freestyle
Relay team Grant Smith (7th), Will Hawkins (8th), Rhett Smith (8th), Sam Hawkins (Sr.) in
the 200 yd. freestyle relay.
Sam Hawkins swam a time of 23.21 seconds on the 50 yd. freestyle and achieved an
Automatic Qualifying Time for the state meet, and broke the MC Swim Team record of
23.30. This record was held by Sam’s brother, Ben Hawkins, from 2018.
The MC team has away meets the next 2 Wednesdays at South Aiken and at North
Augusta. The next home meet will be on September 8 at 5:30 at the Newberry YMCA
pool. MC and Newberry will be hosting Keenan, Ridgeview, Strom Thurmond, Palmetto
Christian – Greenwood, Emerald and Greenwood. Come out and support the Rebel Swim Team!