2024 Georgia Long Course Senior State Championships
- July 26-28, 2024
- Gabrielsen Natatorium, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia
- Long Course Meters (50 meters)
- Results on Meet Mobile: “Georgia LC Senior State Championships 2024”
At a time trial on Friday afternoon, Spartans Aquatic Club broke the 15-18 NAG record in the mixed freestyle relay. The group of Zachary Sutter (23.53), Leyton Roe (22.73), Sophie Hamilton (26.93), and Abigail Heizer (24.73) combined to swim 1:37.92 in the event.
On the women’s side of the meet, University of South Carolina commit Emma Reiser won the 200 freestyle (2:02.88), 400 freestyle (4:14.17), and 800 freestyle (8:49.81), posting best times in all three distances.
Reiser is a two-time 7A Georgia High School state champion in the 500-yard freestyle and finished 6th at Winter Juniors East in the event. Her best time of 4:46.60 would’ve already been third on the Gamecocks roster this year and would have scored in the C final at the SEC Championships.
Dynamo Swim Club’s Catie Choate clinched the victory in the 100 backstroke with a time of 1:00.54, just shy of her preliminary best time of 1:00.37.
Choate is a rising sophomore at the University of Florida and recently competed at the US Olympic Trials, making a semifinal in the 200m backstroke and finishing 14th overall with a time of 2:11.57. She made the A final this past season at the NCAA Championships in the 200-yard backstroke with a time of 1:53.54 after posting a 1:51.99 to make the final.
Rising junior at the University of Georgia, Elizabeth Isakson, swept the breaststroke events, winning the 50, 100, and 200 breaststroke with times of 33.74, 1:11.91, and 2:36.19, respectively.
15-year-old Sarah Paisley Owen from Metro Atlantic Aquatic Club won the 50 butterfly and 100 freestyle, while also finishing as the runner-up in the 50 freestyle and 100 butterfly. She swam just a few tenths off her best time in the 50 freestyle, clocking in at 26.10. Her best time of 25.59 ranks second in the country this year among all 15-year-olds, trailing only Olympic Trials finalist Rylee Erisman.
On the men’s side, University of Georgia swimmer Aaron Seymour won the 50 (23.28) and 200 freestyle (1:52.32). Notably, he dropped over seven seconds from his seed time of 1:59.99 in the 200 freestyle.
Seymour, more known for his backstroke ability, competed at the US Olympic Trials in the 100 backstroke and scored in the C final at the SEC Championships in the 100-yard backstroke.
Alex Pollack, a Paris native heading into his senior season at Emory University, swept the backstroke events, winning the 50, 100, and 200 backstroke with times of 26.73, 57.04, and 2:04.52, respectively.
Pollack placed 9th at the NCAA Division III Championships in the 200-yard backstroke with a time of 1:47.41.
McKee Thorsen won the 200 butterfly and 200 IM and was runner-up in the 100 butterfly and 100 freestyle. He posted a 2:03.24 in the 200 butterfly and 52.49 in the 100 freestyle for a new lifetime best.
Thorsen is a rising sophomore at Emory University and recently placed 6th at the NCAA Division III Championships in the 200-yard butterfly with a time of 1:46.87.
Final Team Scores:
Women’s Team Scores (Top 5):
- Athens Bulldog Swim Club – 762
- Spartans Aquatic Club – 685
- Dynamo Swim Club – 479
- SwimAtlanta – 458
- Stingrays Swimming 425.5
Men’s Team Scores (Top 5):
- Athens Bulldog Swim Club – 556
- Spartans Aquatic Club – 522
- Stingrays Swimming – 499.5
- Dynamo Swim Club – 450
- SwimAtlanta – 398