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Season Recap: MS Swim

For a second time in a row, Tallulah Falls MS takes the combined GIAA State Championship. It was the culmination of a season in which the swimmers as individuals and as a team saw progression in each meet.

It began with the season-opening Fall Frenzy prior to the home-opener meet, The Hawaiian Luau. The Lady Indians won the meet while the boys were second. The Jingle Jam and Holiday Invite proved as tuneups for the squads, and set the stage for the last three meets. In the 'Ahoy Me Hearties' home meet, the boys came in first and the girls fourth. 

At the Habersham Championships, the swim teams combined to take gold, with nearly every swimmer posting a PR. Then came the finale, the GIAA State Championship. The girls were runner-up, as were the boys, though TFS combined for the overall state title. The girls featured a pair of relays that won gold - 200 Medley and 200 Free, while Henry Dumas led the boys with an individual state title in the 50 Breast.

Throughout the season, Dumas was sensational for the boys, recording seven 1st-place finishes and 10 top-5 swims. Logan Thompson, Thatcher Tatum, and Sebastian York individually were in the top-5 often. The boys 200 Medley Relay (Sam Belk, Thompson, Dumas, Brody Irvin) had consistent success, as did the boys 200 Free Relay (Thompson, Belk, Irvin, Dumas).

Ida Patterson was always showing up in the top-5, and finished first in eight meets. Veronica VerBerkmoes, Elizabeth Stafford, and Lexi Gibson also had multiple top finishes. The girls state-title relay teams consisted of VerBerkmoes, Patterson, Stafford, and Gibson.

The swim teams have six boys and seven girls that will move up to the high school level next year, though of the aforementioned swimmers, Dumas, Thompson, and York will return for the boys, and Gibson returns for the girls.