The 2015 Alabama State High School Swimming & Diving State Championships ran Friday to Saturday this weekend at Auburn University’s James E. Martin Aquatic Center in Auburn, AL and featured more than a few record breaking performances. Auburn High School and Bob Jones High School both had strong performances to take the respective girls and boys team titles. Read below for full recaps of the girls and boys meets along with a link to final meet results at the bottom of the page.
The Auburn High School girls team captured their third team title in three years this past weekend. While they started off with a tough DQ in the 200 medley relay, the girls were able to rally and capitalize on their strong prelims performances and dominant relays to capture the team title. While Auburn only had one individual winner with Hadley Dowdle in the 100 freestyle (50.77), they took home two relay titles to carry momentum through the meet and score big points. The biggest difference maker for Auburn was their depth: the girls had a swimmer appear in the A and B finals of several events, bringing in consistent points throughout the meet.
En route to their win Auburn had two relays claim state titles while breaking state records in the process. The team of Maggie Casey, Annie Frances Dallas, Peyton Dowdle, and Anna Kate McGinty was the first to break the state record in the 200 freestyle relay (1:38.27). The oldest swimmer on that relay was only a sophomore, so expect those ladies to look to take that record lower in the years to come. Individual 100 free champion Hadley Dowdle then joined her sister Peyton Dowdle along with teammates McAuley Parker and Anna Kate McGinty to post a state record 3:31.39 in the 400 freestyle relay. Again, this is a young relay with two sophomores, a junior, and an eighth grader, so expect these four to continue to push this relay record over the next few years.
While Auburn chipped away at the team title several other state records also came down during the meet. Ums Wright junior Paige Madden crushed the state record in the 200 free with a 1:48.39, beating the old record of 1:49.97 by over 1.5 seconds. Altamont’s Anna-Julia Kutsch also tied the state record in the 50 freestyle with her 23.09. Madden also had a near miss of the state record with a 4:53.77 win in the 500 freestyle, while Spain Park junior Rachel Cunningham came close to state record in both the 100 breaststroke (1:02.63) and the 200 IM (2:04.44).
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