Tift swim teams excel during meets

TIFTON – The Tift County swim program enjoyed a strong week in the pool, highlighted by the middle school’s dominance at home on Tuesday. Tift County’s middle school girls and boys teams won their divisions with 231 and 256 points respectively. Tift defeated Coffee Middle, Appling County Middle, Colquitt County Middle, Tiftarea Academy, Lee County and Ware County. Tift’s top swimmers included Callen Burke. He won the 200 freestyle in 2:05.48, nearly 12 seconds ahead of the rest of the field. Burke also won the 50 butterfly, winning by half a second. Burke was also part of the first-place 200 medley relay team, along with John Michael Dove, Zachary Brown and Brady Benton. The team won by nearly 22 seconds. Brown also won the 100 individual medley (IM), winning by more than 16 seconds. He also won the 50 breaststroke by more than a second. Dove placed second in the 50 free, just ahead of teammate Brady Benton. Dove also won the 50 backstroke.

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