Two defending state champions looked the part in Saturday evening's 1A/2A East swimming regional, as the Raleigh Charter girls and Carrboro boys won by landslides.
Leesville Road, Panther Creek win 4A regionals
Submitted by jmikeblake on 02/05/2012 - 01:06The Leesville Road boys and Panther Creek girls won the East regional on Saturday afternoon. Leesville's 254 point edged Cap-8 Conference foes Enloe (246) and Millbrook (194). Panther Creek had to fend off members of its own conference as well, as the Catamounts' 288 points bested Green Hope (261.5), Apex (260) and Cary (213).
The day had one major revelation, as Green Hope had four relay teams -- all three boys teams and one girls -- disqualified before competition began.
Greater Neuse all-conference swimming
Submitted by timstevens on 03/09/2011 - 10:01David Barnes of Clayton was named as the boys swimmer of the year in the Greater Neuse 4-A Conference.
Cap Eight swimming results from Monday
Submitted by natet87 on 12/21/2010 - 12:52Here are the results from a Cap Eight swimming meet held Monday coutesy of Broughton coach Richard Dubois.
Men:
Millbrook 133
Broughton 124
Wake Forest-Rolesville 43
Women:
Broughton 142
Millbrook 123
Wake Forest-Rolesville 40
David Fox's school record falls
Submitted by timstevens on 12/17/2010 - 12:19Ollie Clayton-Luce breaks former Olympic gold medalist David Fox's Sanderson High record in the 50-yard free style.
1-A/2-A swimming postponed
Submitted by timstevens on 02/12/2010 - 14:48The N.C. High School Athletic Association has postponed its 1-A/2-A swimming championships until Monday, Feb. 15. The championships originally were scheduled for Saturday, Feb. 13, but were postponed because of the threat of severe weather.
Preliminary swims begin in the morning at the Triangle Aquatic Center in Cary with the finals now scheduled for 5 p.m., on Monday.
3-A swimming finals moved up
Submitted by timstevens on 02/12/2010 - 14:42The N.C. High School Athletic Association has moved up the starting time of the 3-A swimming championships because of the threat of severe weather.
The finals will start at 4 p.m. at the Triangle Aquatic Center in Cary.
Glavich, Henry, Bussey, Benson set records
Submitted by timstevens on 02/11/2010 - 21:27Green Hope's Dom Glavich, Cary's Torrey Bussey, Broughton's Sabrina Benson and West Johnston's Sarah Henry set records in NCHSAA 4-A swimming championships.
Some swimming regionals moved
Submitted by timstevens on 02/05/2010 - 14:084-A East swim regional still is scheduled for Saturday, but many other regionals have been postponed until Sunday.
Local standout swimmer commits to Texas A&M
Submitted by dclaybest on 11/03/2009 - 10:25West Johnston High School senior Sarah Henry verbally committed to Texas A&M on Tuesday night. Henry received full scholarship offers from Stanford, Texas and A&M, according to her father, Brian Henry.
Henry is a two-time NCHSAA 4-A state individual champion, winning the 500 freestyle in the 2008-09 season and the 100 butterfly in the 2006-07 state finals. She also competed in the 2008 U.S. Olympic Trials.
The Aggies finished eighth in last season's NCAA Division I Diving and Swimming Championships.


