Sports
Warren Central brings home two state swimming titles from Tupelo
TUPELO, Miss. (VDN) — Warren Central High School’s swim team made history Saturday at the MHSAA Class II State Championship in Tupelo, winning both the boys’ and girls’ championship.
Team Highlights
- Warren Central won six events, had 19 top-four finishes, and swept the boys’ and girls’ state titles.
- Class II includes schools that compete in Class 6A in other sports.
- Head Coach: Terry Wong
Girls’ Results — Co-State Champions (with West Jones, 91 points each)
- 400 Yard Freestyle Relay (1st, 4:08.10)
- Kara Rowe, Addison Billings, Avery Greer, Ella Opperman
- Finished 11 seconds ahead of West Jones to clinch the co-championship.
- 200 Yard Medley Relay (1st, 2:04.69)
- Avery Greer, Addison Billings, Kara Rowe, Sicily Smith
- 200 Yard Freestyle
- 1st – Avery Greer (2:05.53)
- 3rd – Addison Billings (2:13.57)
- 4th – Ella Opperman (2:21.36)
- 100 Yard Backstroke
- 2nd – Avery Greer
- 3rd – Kara Rowe
- 100 Yard Freestyle
- 4th – Sicily Smith
- 500 Yard Freestyle
- 4th – Addison Billings
- 200 Yard Freestyle Relay (3rd)
- Joniya Scroggins, Kara Rowe, Sicily Smith, Ella Opperman
Boys’ Results — State Champions (92 points)
- 400 Yard Freestyle Relay (1st, 3:34.07)
- Jacob Byrd, Thomas Kilroy, James McKenna, Ace Orosco
- Clinched the title ahead of Pearl River Central (4:31.22).
- 200 Yard Medley Relay (1st, 1:49.20)
- Jacob Byrd, Thomas Kilroy, James McKenna, Ace Orosco
- 500 Yard Freestyle (1st – Jacob Byrd, 5:31.40)
- 200 Yard Freestyle
- 2nd – Jacob Byrd (1:57.53)
- 100 Yard Butterfly
- 2nd – James McKenna (56.91)
- 7th – Cormack Wiedenfeld
- 100 Yard Breaststroke
- 2nd – Thomas Kilroy (1:10.63)
- 100 Yard Freestyle
- 2nd – Ace Orosco (52.63)
- 4th – Thomas Kilroy
- 50 Yard Freestyle
- 5th – Ace Orosco
- 100 Yard Backstroke
- 3rd – James McKenna
- 200 Yard Freestyle Relay (8th)
- Chicobea Wilson, Arlo Walshire, Cormack Wiedenfeld, Ellis Campbell
