Blue Tide’s Antony DeMott sets team record at state championships

The Blue Tide Swim Team’s 14-year old sprint star Antony DeMott won the ‘C’ final at the Georgia Short Course State Swimming Championships last month.

DeMott set a new team record in the 100-yard freestyle (47.91), swimming against competitors twice his age. DeMott was the fastest in his age group by more than a second and a half. Demott set a personal best winning the ‘D’ final of the 50-yard freestyle (21.77) and was fastest in his age group by more than half a second. He completed his stellar swims with personal bests in the 100-yard breastroke (1:05.50) and the 100-yard backstroke (56.55).

The Blue Tide will compete at the Ralph Crocker Classic at Auburn University with a team of 13 that includes — Taylor Bacon, Allison Bell, Lanna Bell, Lynnsey Bell, Jordan Brown, Timothy Chase-Hill, Alex Collins, Antony DeMott, Kalman DeMott, Eleanor Driggers, Emma Elliott, Tissa Evans, Kelli Hill, Taylor Humphrey, Daniel Iordanov, Madison Keen, Ada Larson, Landry Liston and Cole Parkinson.

The Blue Tide offers a free week of training for interested swimmers at the Georgia Southwestern State University pool Monday through Thursday from 4-5 p.m., and in Albany at the Albany State University West campus pool from 5-6 p.m. You can also visit www.georgiabluetide.com or call (229) 924-3863 for more information.