Baldwin County swimmers claim 20 gold medals as Gulf Shores, Spanish Fort earn team titles at sectional championships

Both Fairhope squads earn podium finishes as 80 local athletes punch tickets to state meet

BY COLE McNANNA
Sports Editor
cole@gulfcoastmedia.com
Posted 11/29/23

A total of 60 medals returned to Baldwin County from the South Sectional Swimming Championships as boys’ squads from Gulf Shores and Spanish Fort earned first-place finishes in the team …

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Baldwin County swimmers claim 20 gold medals as Gulf Shores, Spanish Fort earn team titles at sectional championships

Both Fairhope squads earn podium finishes as 80 local athletes punch tickets to state meet

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A total of 60 medals returned to Baldwin County from the South Sectional Swimming Championships as boys’ squads from Gulf Shores and Spanish Fort earned first-place finishes in the team competition.

Both teams from Fairhope earned top-three finishes and will send 17 of the 80 local qualifiers to the state championship meet to make up 13.3% of the 600-athlete field.

The medal breakdown from sectionals left teams with 23 silver medals and 17 bronze medals where Gulf Shores led the way with 22 total podium finishes. Fairhope was next with 9 total, followed by 8 from Spanish Fort, 7 from Daphne, 6 from Bayshore Christian, 5 from Orange Beach and 3 from St. Michael Catholic.

Of the 80 total state qualifiers, Gulf Shores had the next-highest number of athletes advancing with 13. Those Dolphins will be joined by 12 Daphne Trojans, 11 Orange Beach Makos, 10 St. Michael Cardinals, 8 Bayshore Christian Eagles, 8 Spanish Fort Toros and 1 Bayside Academy Admiral.

Below are full local results from the AHSAA South Sectional Championships with state qualifiers listed with an asterisk.

WOMEN’S FINALS RESULTS

Baldwin County Tigers

50-yard free
13. Emery Landenwich – 28.97

Bayshore Christian Eagles – 1 gold, 1 silver, 2 bronze (4 on state roster)

100-yard fly
1. *Suzanne Rainer – 1:04.01
2. *Lillie Lassiter – 1:07.51
200-yard individual medley

3. Suzanne Rainer – 2:23.23
7. Lillie Lassiter – 2:37.47
200-yard free relay
3. *Livvy Graf, *Sydney Bynum, Lillie Lassiter, Suzanne Rainer – 2:00.48

Daphne Trojans, 1 gold, 1 silver, 3 bronze (5 on state roster)

50-yard free
10. Kacey Quinnelly – 28.60
100-yard backstroke
1. *Mallory Seahorn – 1:02.82

2. *Miyu Haskell – 1:04.18
100-yard fly
6. Mallory Seahorn – 1:04.01
100-yard free
13. Kacey Quinnelly – 1:06.41
200-yard individual medley
3. Miyu Haskell – 2:23.13
200-yard free relay
7. Gwen Abbott, Sydney Wolfe, Farley Harris, Calleigh Guarisco – 2:05.52
200-yard medley relay
3. Mallory Seahorn, *Gwen Abbott, Miyu Haskell, *Kacey Quinnelly – 2:08.23
400-yard free relay
3. Kacey Quinnelly, *Sydney Wolfe, Miyu Haskell, Mallory Seahorn – 4:11.65

Fairhope Pirates – 3 gold, 2 silver (8 on state roster)

50-yard free
5. Claire Wang – 27.12
11. Abbie Jennings – 28.74
100-yard backstroke
4. Anastasia Newton – 1:05.66

100-yard breaststroke
6. Ciara Darr – 1:18.64
100-yard free
1. *Lena Amare – 50.76
5. Claire Wang – 1:00.31
8. Katelyn Grant – 1:01.61
100-yard fly
2. *Anastasia Newton – 1:02.45
7. Ciara Darr – 1:04.32
200-yard individual medley
1. Lena Amare – 2:02.51
4. Katelyn Grant – 2:39.97
200-yard free relay
2. Anastasia Newton, *Katelyn Grant, *Ciara Darr, *Claire Wang – 1:44.47
200-yard medley relay
1. Anastasia Newton, Lena Amare, Ciara Darr, Claire Wang – 1:53.49
400-yard free relay
4. Katelyn Grant, *Abbie Jennings, *Catherine Giddings, Claire Wang – 4:12.47

Gulf Shores Dolphins – 2 gold, 5 silver, 3 bronze (5 on state roster)

50-yard free
2. *Hope Moyers – 25.56
4. Ally Midkiff – 27.00
100-yard breaststroke
2. *Eleanore Flaig – 1:13.10

100-yard free
2. Hope Moyers – 56.50
3. *Ally Midkiff – 59.27
200-yard free
3. *Allie Jones – 2:19.53
200-yard individual medley
2. Eleanore Flaig – 2:23.21
4. Emma Lloyd – 2:28.64
500-yard free
1. *Emma Lloyd – 5:49.02
3. Allie Jones – 6:22.41
200-yard medley relay
2. Emma Lloyd, Eleanore Flaig, Hope Moyers, Ally Midkiff – 2:00.69
400-yard free relay
1. Ally Midkiff, Eleanore Flaig, Emma Lloyd, Hope Moyers – 4:01.84

Orange Beach Makos – 1 bronze (5 on state roster)

50-yard free
6. Clara Stone – 27.35
100-yard free

*8. Clara Stone – 1:04.12
200-yard free relay
4. *Taylor Grigsby, *Justine Henderson, Sulli Lima, Clara Stone – 2:00.95
400-yard free relay
3. Taylor Grigsby, Justine Henderson, *Sulli Lima, Clara Stone – 4:40.58

Robertsdale Golden Bears

100-yard breaststroke
4. Sophie Fuchs – 1:17.54
200-yard free

4. Sophie Fuchs – 2:12.87

Spanish Fort Toros

100-yard free
10. Anna Pedersen – 1:04.98

200-yard free
6. Anna Pedersen – 2:22.54

St. Michael Cardinals – 1 silver (5 on state roster)

50-yard free

7. Sara Garlock – 27.49
8. Emma Sexton – 27.65
100-yard backstroke
4. *Emma Sexton – 1:12.07
100-yard fly
5. *Anastasia Coumanis – 1:17.33
100-yard free
5. *Sara Garlock – 1:01.62
200-yard free relay
2. Emma Sexton, *Emma Marlowe, Anastasia Coumanis, Sara Garlock – 1:57.60
200-yard medley relay
4. Emma Sexton, *Lillie Crooker, Anastasia Coumanis, Sara Garlock – 2:11.44
400-yard free relay
4. Ansley Agerton, Olivia Hart, Mary Marlowe, Haldeigh Patterson

MEN’S FINALS RESULTS

Baldwin County Tigers

100-yard fly
6. Patrick Fitzgerald – 1:01.94
200-yard individual medley

7. Patrick Fitzgerald – 2:21.09

Bayshore Christian – 2 silver (4 on state roster)

100-yard breaststroke
2. *David Rainer – 1:07.60

200-yard individual medley
2. David Rainer – 2:18.18
200-yard free relay
7. Bayshore (A) – 1:47.32
200-yard medley relay
4. *Bryson Mayfield, David Rainer, *Reid Zakutney, *Isaac Sprayberry – 2:01.45

Daphne Trojans – 2 gold (7 on state roster)

50-yard free
10. Sejay Johnson – 25.42

100-yard backstroke
1. *Dane Goodman – 53.32
4. *Grayson Peacock – 59.39
100-yard fly
1. Dane Goodman – 51.88
10. Jonathan Eddingfield – 1:08.06
100-yard free
10. Sejay Johnson – 58.97
200-yard individual medley
4. Grayson Peacock – 2:10.63
200-yard free relay
7. *Troy Capstraw, Jonathan Eddingfield, Jaxon Godfrey, *Carson Good – 1:50.69
200-yard medley relay
4. Dane Goodman, Grayson Peacock, *Jonathan Eddingfield, *Sejay Johnson – 1:50.04
400-yard free relay
6. Dane Goodman, Grayson Peacock, Sejay Johnson, Jonathan Eddingfield – 3:42.87

Fairhope Pirates – 2 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze (9 on state roster)

1-meter diving
1. *Cooper Brechman – 403.70

50-yard free
7. Carl Sharitt – 25.10
9. Caden Sheppard – 25.20
12. Liam Silva – 25.68
14. Alexander Paulson – 25.75
100-yard backstroke
5. *Carl Sharitt – 59.17
100-yard breaststroke
6. *James Case – 1:11.81
100-yard free
6. *Caden Sheppard
8. *Alexander Paulson – 58.25
14. *Liam Silva – 59.85
200-yard free
1. *Noah Greer – 1:42.46
200-yard individual medley
8. James Case – 2:22.19
500-yard free
2. Noah Greer – 4:43.62
200-yard free relay
3. Carl Sharitt, Liam Silva, Caden Sheppard, Noah Greer – 1:37.32
200-yard medley relay
5. *Walker Gardner, James Case, Alexander Paulson, *Tristan Myrick – 2:02.43
400-yard free relay
4. Carl Sharrit, James Case, Caden Sheppard, Noah Greer – 3:37.11

Foley Lions

100-yard fly
8. Ross Quarles – 1:06.03
200-yard free relay

9. Jacob Warner, Wyatt Boling, Casey Prichett, Ross Quarles – 2:01.90
200-yard medley relay
9. Wyatt Boling, Zack Lester, Jacob Warner, Casey Prichett – 2:35.95
400-yard free relay
9. Casey Prichett, Jacob Warner, Wyatt Boling, Ross Quarles – 4:39.31

Gulf Shores Dolphins – 6 gold, 4 silver, 2 bronze (8 on state roster)

50-yard free
8. *Caden Metz – 26.20
100-yard backstroke

1. *Liam Bickham – 55.33
2. *Gavin Cobb – 58.45
5. *Xander Beal – 1:05.12
100-yard fly
1. Liam Bickham – 51.79
4. Xander Beal – 1:02.09
5. *Crockett Moyers – 1:04.16
100-yard free
8. Caden Metz – 1:01.22
200-yard free
2. *Gray Bias – 1:57.66
3. *Caleb Hamilton – 2:05.96
5. Mason Slater – 2:14.40
8. *Sebastian Simion – 2:21.44
200-yard individual medley
1. Gavin Cobb – 2:12.68
500-yard free
1. Gray Bias – 5:21.83
2. Caleb Hamilton – 5:35.53
3. Sebastian Simion – 6:04.56
4. Mason Slater – 6:09.12
200-yard free relay
2. Caleb Hamilton, Caden Metz, Xander Beal, Gavin Cobb – 1:41.55
200-yard medley relay
1. Liam Bickham, Gavin Cobb, Crockett Moyers, Gray Bias – 1:48.35
400-yard free relay
1. Caleb Hamilton, Gray Bias, Xander Beal, Liam Bickham – 3:36.66

Orange Beach Makos – 2 gold, 2 bronze (6 on state roster)

50-yard free

7. Jacob Peet – 26.13
100-yard breaststroke
6. Evan Chase – 1:19.85
100-yard free
1. *Lucean Pingrey – 50.69
200-yard free
1. Lucean Pingrey – 1:54.17
200-yard individual medley
3. *Evan Chase – 2:32.99
200-yard free relay
4. *Mitchell Kowalski, *Jacob Peet, Evan Chase, Lucean Pingrey – 1:45.77
400-yard free relay
3. *Joshua Scott, Jacob Peet, Lucean Pingrey, Evan Chase – 3:58.40

Robertsdale Golden Bears

100-yard free
15. Aiden Hutchinson – 59.88

Spanish Fort Toros – 1 gold, 5 silver, 2 bronze (8 on state roster)

50-yard free

2. *Noah Greene – 23.36
100-yard backstroke
2. *Hayden Odam – 58.89
3. Noah Greene – 59.02
7. *James Chinery – 1:05.41
100-yard breaststroke
3. *Owen Poole – 1:08.37
7. *Ryan Mock – 1:13.51
100-yard fly
2. Hayden Odam – 57.00
7. James Chinery – 1:05.18
9. Ryan Mock – 1:07.86
100-yard free
16. Julian Reddix – 1:00.05
200-yard free
4. *Harry Nguyen – 2:09.11
200-yard individual medley
2. *Ian Poole – 2:08.63
5. Owen Poole – 2:14.33
9. Harry Nguyen – 2:22.32
500-yard free
4. Ian Poole – 4:59.22
200-yard free relay
5. James Chinery, Harry Nguyen, *Julian Reddix, Ryan Mock – 1:46.43
200-yard medley relay
2. Noah Greene, Ian Poole, Owen Poole, Hayden Odam – 1:47.24
400-yard free relay
1. Noah Greene, Hayden Odam, Owen Poole, Ian Poole – 3:23.49

St. Michael Cardinals – 1 silver, 1 bronze (5 on state roster)

100-yard fly
2. *Trey Bauldin – 58.02
100-yard backstroke
3. Trey Bauldin – 1:00.61
200-yard free relay
5. *Henry Ashe, Trey Bauldin, *Calvin Ashe, *Ethan Agerton – 1:46.18
200-yard medley relay
5. Calvin Ashe, Trey Bauldin, Ethan Agerton, Henry Ashe – 2:03.06