TALLULAH FALLS, Ga. - The Mount Vernon Varsity Swim team was in action over the weekend, competing in the 1A Championships at Tallulah Falls School on Saturday, Jan. 21.
Both squads each posted a third place finish in the meet.
Laney Whiting qualified for State in the Girls 100 Breast with a time of 1:14.33
The Girls 400 Free Relay team of Mary Fuentes, Nina Brooks, Sydney Morton and Chloe Cappola qualified for State as well with a time of 4:04.88.
Below are the other top finishers for Mount Vernon:
Girls 200 Medley Relay - 1st place - 2:02.66
Boys 200 Free - Christian Foster - 1st place - 2:13.84
Girls 200 IM - Sydney Morton - 2nd place - 2:35.97
Girls 50 Free - Laney Whiting - 2nd place - 27.46
Girls 100 Fly - Chloe Cappola - 1st place - 1:04.92
Boys 100 Free - Christian Foster - 2nd place - 59.10
Girls 100 Free - Sydney Morton - 2nd place - 1:01.82
Girls 500 Free - Mary Fuentes - 1st place - 6:46.06
Girls 500 Free - Grace Gilmour - 2nd place - 6:49.43
Girls 100 Breast - Laney Whiting - 1st place - 1:14.33
The Mustangs return to the water this week with the divers competing at the Marist Last Chance Meet on Tuesday, Jan. 24 at 5 p.m.
The swimmers will take on Holy Innocents (at Westminster) on Tuesday night at 6:45 p.m.
Established in 1972, The Mount Vernon School, serves over 1,200 students in preschool through grade 12 on our 40-acre Atlanta campus. As a leading visionary independent school, Mount Vernon’s brand of innovation and entrepreneurship has emerged over the last decade, impacting schools in the US and across the globe through Mount Vernon Ventures, a research, strategy, and consulting division of the School. In addition, in 2021 the School launched a global online program for grade 9-12 to meet the needs of today’s flexible family. Through established partnerships with Fortune 500 companies, non-profits, and civic environments, our mission is to design a better world...together.
