Moss leads Tigers in early meets

Adairsville High School swimmer, Rylee Moss, signed her National Letter of Intent to compete collegiately at Old Dominion University on Wednesday and Thursday she posted her first state-qualifying time of the season at Darlington.

The Tigers' senior was under the state qualifying mark in the 200-meter individual medley as Adairsville finished second in the meet.

She was also part of the Lady Tigers' 200 free relay team that narrowly missed the state qualifying benchmark by just over a second.

In another highlight for Adairsville, Harper Powell swam a 26.38 third leg in the 50-meter free. Had that time been the first leg, it would have qualified for the state meet.

Adairsville finished with 63 points and finished behind Calhoun (105) but ahead of third-place Cartersville (55).

In the boys' competition Thursday, Adairsville finished in a sixth place tie with Cartersville at Darlington and were eighth last weekend in Augusta with 85 points.

Evan Crane had a fifth place finish in the 200 free (2:26.65) and was sixth in the 500 free (6:52.88). He also anchored the 200 medley relay team that placed eighth with teammates Ian Huling, Landon Cress, and Davis Hardin.

Last weekend at the Richmond Hill Pumpkin Plunge Invitational, Moss was runner-up in the 200 IM (2:25.38) and 100 butterfly (1:02.24). Powell also had a second-place finish in 27.56 seconds in the 50 free.

Kayleigh Rice collected a fifth place in the 200 free, and Mallory Cook was fifth in the 50 free.

Adairsville also had a pair of top-five finishes from its 200-meter relay teams. The medley squad of Powell, Josie Siniard, Moss and Cook placed third and established a new school record of 2:13.37 while the freestyle team (Powell, Camille Woodall, Cook and Moss) placed fourth in 1:59.62.

Next for Adairsville will be the Tiger Plunge hosted by the Adairsville teams on Saturday, December 1.