WOW Finishes 9th at 14 & Under Champs

Waves of Wilmington Places 9^th at North Carolina Swimming's 14 & Under Championships

Waves Of Wilmington's 14 & Under Championship team placed 9^that the annual state championships held this past weekend, July 16-19, in Cary, NC.

Fifteen WOW swimmers qualified to compete in the state's most prestigious event for 14 & Under swimmers.

WOW swimmers won 4 events over the weekend. Travis Johns took Gold in the 13-14 Men's 100 Meter Freestyle and 200 Meter Individual Medley. Ian McPheters won both the 9-10 Boy's 50 and 100 Meter Backstroke.

WOW captured the Silver medal in the 9-10 Boy's 50 and 100 Meter Backstroke(Jack Best), the 13-14 Boy's 50 and 200 Meter Freestyle(Travis Johns), 100 and 200 Meter Backstroke(Travis Johns), and 9-10 Boy's 100 Meter Freestyle(Ian McPheters).

Ian and Matt McPheters both took home Bronze Medals for their swims in the 9-10 Boy's 200 Meter Individual Medley(Ian) and 13-14 Boy's 200 Meter Backstroke(Matt).

WOW's 9-10 Boy's Relay team of Jack Best, Sean Brennan, Ian McPheters, and Anthony Messina took home the Silver medal in both the 200 Freestyle and Medley Relays.

WOW's 13-14 Boy's Relay team of Zach Hannum, Joseph High, Travis Johns, and Matt McPheters placed 4^thin both the 400 Freestyle and Medley Relays.

Over the course of the championship weekend WOW swimmers placed in the Top 8 twenty three times, and swam 80 personal best times in 97 individual events.

Swimmers Jack Best, Travis Johns, and Abbey Narayan swam 100% times for the weekend.

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