{"id":232099,"date":"2016-12-11T19:09:12","date_gmt":"2016-12-12T02:09:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=232099"},"modified":"2018-03-28T07:03:15","modified_gmt":"2018-03-28T14:03:15","slug":"auburn-girls-among-dominant-winners-at-alabama-high-school-state-championship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/auburn-girls-among-dominant-winners-at-alabama-high-school-state-championship\/","title":{"rendered":"Auburn Girls Among Dominant Winners at Alabama High School State Championship"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Fall high school state championship swim meets wrapped up this weekend with the Alabama crowns being handed out on Saturday.<\/p>\n

Girls Meet<\/h2>\n

Westminster Christian Academy took home the 1A-5A state title with just seven more points than St. Paul’s Episcopal while Auburn earned the 6A-7A state crown in dominating fashion.<\/p>\n

Both teams won their opening medley relays. Auburn went onto sweep the relays while Pjp II Catholic High snuck in to snag the 1A-5A 400 freestyle relay crown.<\/p>\n

Auburn went on to win just one event- junior\u00a0Hadley Dowdle\u00a0<\/strong>posted a 1:50.35 to capture the 200 freestyle by .01 over Athens’\u00a0Kobie Melton<\/strong>. Melton later stood atop the podium in the 100 backstroke in 55.99.<\/p>\n

Paige Madden\u00a0<\/strong>of Ums-Wright\u00a0broke through the 23 second barrier with a 22.91 in the 1A-5A 50 freestyle. In 23.25 Huntsville’s\u00a0Regan Weakley\u00a0<\/strong>won the 6A-7A event. She also took the 100 free in 50.59. Madden completed the 50-500 double with a dominating 4:46.98, the only swimmer under five minutes.<\/p>\n

Northridge’s\u00a0Jewels Harris\u00a0<\/strong>stunned the 100 butterfly 6A-7A field in 53.69.<\/p>\n

Katie Pollard\u00a0<\/strong>of\u00a0Madison dominated the 1A-5A 200 IM in 2:07.19. The freshman was also state champ in the 100 breaststroke (1:04.44). Randolph’s\u00a0Sarah Cimino\u00a0<\/strong>was victorious by a large margin in the 100 butterfly with her 56.14. She followed that up with a gold medal earning 56.43 in the 100 backstroke.<\/p>\n

Other winners:<\/p>\n