Swimming Wins Conference Tournament Titles

Lulu Brase
The varsity boys and girls swim teams made quite the splash at Friday’s Tri-TAC Conference Meet at the Triangle Aquatics Center in Cary.  From relays to individual events, the Falcons saw PRs and first place finishes throughout the meet. In the end, the Falcons left no doubt winning both the Boys and Girls Conference Championships by close to 100 points per team. The championships mark the first time since 2015 that both teams brought home conference championships in the same season.

The Tri-TAC conference meet featured fellow conference schools Trinity Academy, Trinity School, Burlington Christian, and Carolina Friends. The Falcons kicked off the meet with victories in both the Boys and Girls 200-yard medley relays. Joining the relay victories were the Girls 200-yard freestyle relay and the Boys 400 freestyle relay. Individually, the Falcons saw multiple first-place finishes including senior Molly Kuzma’s victory in the 100-yard butterfly, 9th grader Alexis Coates’ first place finishes in the 200-yard IM, and 100-yard backstroke, and senior Tim Richardson winning the 100-yard freestyle and 100-yard breaststroke.
In addition, the Falcons placed eight swimmers on the Tri-TAC All-Conference team: Jace Brown, Alexis Coates, Alex Grimshaw, Molly Kuzma, Jordin Reed, Tim Richardson, John Shepherd, and Michaela Stone. Head Coach, Jen Schmitz was voted Tri-TAC Conference Coach of the Meet.

Reflecting on the meet, Head Coach Jen Schmitz shared, “Coach Daniel and I are so impressed with the O'Neal Falcon swim team's ability to deal with adversity, Covid-19 restrictions and still persevere under the most unusual circumstances. The team is looking forward to the NCISAA State Meet on Wednesday, February 10, and some fast swimming!”

The NCISAA Division 1 State Meet will be held at the Greensboro Aquatic Center. Due to COVID restrictions, each division will swim their Boys and Girls in separate sessions on Wednesday morning and afternoon. The Falcons look forward to a strong state meet with fast swims all around!
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