Five Draughn swimmers gain automatic qualifier times in Last Chance meet

Valdese- In the Cavalier Last Chance meet conducted Friday at the Valdese Aquatic Center, it was five Draughn swimmers that gained automatic 1A/2A regional qualifying times or at least improved upon their registered best time this season.

Georgia Goulding (200 Ind Medley - 2:30.04, 100 free - 57.77) and GiGi Smith (50 free - 27.17, 100 free - 1:00.44) each gained two automatic qualifying times for the Lady Wildcats with Magdolyn Reasoner gaining an automatic qualifying time in the 100 backstroke (1:12.71).

Reasoner also swam a consideration qualifier time in the 100 freestyle.

Gunnar Hudson (200 IM, 100 free), Rhyannon Reasoner (50 free, 500 free), Rachel Wood (50 free, 100 fly), Abby Wood (50 free, 100 fly), and Sarah Mull (200 free) were other Lady Wildcats to have consideration regional qualifying times.

Tommy Blackwell led the Draughn boys with automatic qualifying times in the 200 freestyle (2:04.75) and 100 butterfly (1:02.34).

Jaxon Smith, already setting many school records this season, swam an automatic time of 58.13 in the 100 butterfly.

Other Draughn consideration swimmers included Trey Jensen (50 free, 100 breast), Sean Owens (200 free), and Brady Carswell (100 breast).

East Burke was represented with consideration qualifying times by Robbie Stringfield (boys 200 free, 500 free), Landon Lennex (boys 200 IM, 100 fly), Desiree Gray (girls 200 free), Emma Oxentine (girls 100 fly), boys & girls 200 medley relay, and girls 200 freestyle relay.

Other schools in attendance included Burns, East Lincoln, East Wilkes, Foard, Patton, West Iredell, West Wilkes, and Wilkes Central.