The St. Vincent's Academy Saints swim team made a bigger splash this year and placed one better than last year. The Saints finished third in the 2022 Georgia High School Association Class A-AAA state championship swim meet and finished as 2023 GHSA Class 1-3A runner-up this year. The swim meet was at the McAuley Aquatic Center on the Georgia Tech campus in Atlanta, Georgia on February 4, 2023.
SVA was led by the 200 Yard Medley and Freestyle Relay Teams, which took home two first-place finishes. The Saints had six swimmers in the top ten finishers in nine events. The relay teams included Ella Nelson (10th grade), Avery Nelson (11th grade), Camryn Baraniak (11th grade), and Lily Gayle Helton (10th grade). According to Athletic Director Nichol St. Louis, the 200 Yard medley team broke the SVA school record by two seconds.
2023 GHSA Class 1-3A State Runner-up - St. Vincent's Academy
Picture (l-r) - Madelyn Dick, Avery Nelson, Ella Nelson, Lilly Gayle Helton, Camryn Baraniak, Ella McLaughlin
GHSA Top Ten Finishes:
Gold Medals
200 Yard Medley Relay (1:50.08)
Ella Nelson (10th grade), Avery Nelson (11th grade), Camryn Baraniak (11th grade), Lily Gayle Helton (10th grade)
200 Freestyle Relay (1:40.17)
Ella Nelson, Avery Nelson, Camryn Baraniak, Lily Gayle Helton
Silver Medal
Ella Mclaughlin (9th) in 500 Freestyle (5:40.55)
Bronze Medal
Camryn Baraniak 3rd in 50 yard Freestyle (24.72)
Ella Nelson 100-yard Breaststroke (1:07.06)
Avery Nelson 4th in the 200-yard Individual Medley (2:12.44)
Avery Nelson 4th in 100 Yard Backstroke (1:00.75)
Camryn Baraniak 5th in 100-yard Freestyle (53.74)
Lily Gayle Helton 5th in 100 Butterfly (1:02.56)
Lily Gayle Helton, Ella McLaughlin, Madelyn Dick (11th grade), and Ella Nelson 6th in 400 Freestyle Relay (3:58.99)
PHOTO CREDIT: St. Vincent's Athletics Twitter page
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