Highlands School Varsity Swim Team traveled to Rabun Gap Nagoochee School (RGNS) on Jan. 25 for a 4-way swim meet with Carolina Day School, Tri-County Early College, and host RGNS.
Represented only by freshman Finneaus Garner, who won the 50m Freestyle and the 100m Freestyle, the team finished 3rd.
Garner will swim at approximately 5:29 p.m. and 6:07 p.m. today Feb. 4) in Regionals at the Mecklenburg Aquatics Center.
The meet will be live streamed HERE.
Garner set two Personal Records (PRs) and qualified for 1A & 2A West NC High School Regional Championships in both events — quite an accomplishment for a freshman.
Regionals will be at the Mecklenburg Aquatics Center, this Friday, February 4.
Garner is seated 14th in the 50 and 21st in the 100.
Twenty-four swimmers will be selected in each event to go to the 1A & 2A NC High School State Championships the following weekend — six from each of the three regions and the six fastest swimmers at large who did not finish in the top six of their regions.
So, to have a chance to go to States, Garner must finish in the top 12 or higher in the West Regionals in one or both of his events.
By Steve Hott, HS Swim Coach