Swim Columbus will send 20 athletes to the 2010 Mississippi Swimming, Inc., Short Course State Championships on Friday through Sunday at the Laurel Natatorium in Laurel.
The meet will feature the state”s top age-group swimmers, and will begin Friday with the senior girls 200-yard freestyle relay. The meet will conclude Sunday with the boys 15 and older 1,650 free.
The following Swim Columbus members will compete:
n Boys 10-and-under — Thomas Chain, 9, 50 breaststroke, 50 butterfly, 200 individual medley, 50 freestyle, 100 fly, 100 breast, 100 IM, 50 back, and 500 free; Moak Griffin, 9, 100 free, 50 fly, 200 IM, 50 free, 100 fly, 100 back, 200 free, 100 IM, and 50 back; and Noah Knox, 9, 100 free, 50 breast, 50 free, 100 breast, 200 free, 100 IM, and 50 back.
n Boys 11-12 — Ladd Chain, 12, 100 free, 50 breast, 50 fly, 50 free, 100 fly, 100 breast, and 100 IM; Isaiah Knox, 12, 50 breast, 50 free, 100 breast, 100 IM, and 50 back; Aaron Meek, 11, 100 free, 50 fly, 50 free, 100 fly, 100 back, 100 IM, and 50 back; Thomas Phillips, 11, 100 free, 50 fly, 50 free, 100 fly, 100 back, and 50 back; Hunter Quinn, 12, 100 free and 50 free; Noah Smith, 11, 100 free, 50 fly, 50 free, 100 fly, 100 back, and 50 back; John Stafford, 11, 50 breast and 50 free.
n Boys 13-14 — Gray Balthis, 14, 200 free, 50 free, 100 back, 100 free, and 200 back; Micah Knox, 14, 100 breast, 50 free, and 100 free; Corey Persons, 14, 200 free, 100 fly, 50 free, 100 back, 100 free, 200 IM, and 200 back; and Parker Sumrall, 14, 200 free, 100 breast, 400 IM, 50 free, 200 breast, 100 free, and 200 IM.
n Boys 15-and-over — Silas Knox, 16, 50 free and 100 free.
n Girls 10-and-under — Georgiana Brown, 9, 50 breast, 100 breast, 100 IM, and 50 back.
n Girls 13-14 — Sara Frances Neal, 13, 200 free, 100 breast, 50 free, 200 breast, 100 back, and 100 free; Elelia Phillips, 14, 50 free and 100 free; Avery Smith, 14, 200 free, 100 fly, 50 free, 200 fly, 500 free, 100 free, and 200 IM.
n Girls 15-and-over — Ann Marie Chilcutt, 17, 100 breast, 400 IM, 50 free, 200 breast, 100 back, 200 IM, and 200 back.
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