By David Rogers. BOONE, N.C. — Winning two individual events (100 Yard Backstroke and 100 Yard Butterfly) and a part of first and second place relay events, junior Lauren Patterson headlined Watauga’s sweep of a 6-way dual swim meet on Dec. 10 at the Watauga Community Recreation Center.
Also leading the Pioneers was a strong performance by senior Virginia St. Clair, who earned a second place finish in the 200 Freestyle, to go with a first place in the 100 Freestyle and her anchoring the Pioneers’ 400 Yard Freestyle Relay team.
SELECTED TEAM SCORES:
- Watauga 54, Elkin 40
- Watauga 60, South Caldwell 34
- Watauga 79, Starmount 10
- Watauga 82, Ashe County 4
- Watauga 82, Pinnacle Classical Academy 0
- Elkin 47, South Caldwell 46
- Ashe County 18, Pinnacle Classical Academy 12
SELECTED KEY WATAUGA PERFORMANCES:
- 200 Yard Medley Relay (6 entries)
- 2nd Watauga, team of Maggie Cheves, MK Riddle, Lauren Patterson, Austin Dyer
- 200 Yard Freestyle (11 entries)
- 2nd Virginia St. Clair
- 5th Abbi Pitts
- 200 Individual Medley (6 entries)
- 1st Maggie Cheves
- 3rd Annabelle Stewart
- 50 Yard Freestyle (31 entries)
- 3rd Austin Dyer
- 5th Abbi Shuman
- 10th Veronica Ryan
- 11th Ella Anderson
- 100 Yard Butterfly (6 entries)
- 1st Lauren Patterson
- 100 Yard Freestyle (31 entries)
- 1st Virginia St. Clair
- 4th Annabelle Stewart
- 5th MK Riddle
- 8th Abbi Shuman
- 9th Cadence Smith
- 10th Austin Dyer
- 500 Yard Freestyle (6 entries)
- 2nd Abbi Pitts
- 3rd Maddy Elmore
- 200 Yard Freestyle Relay (7 entries)
- 2nd Watauga, team of Austin Dyer, Abbi Shuman, Abi Pitts, MK Riddle
- 100 Yard Backstroke (10 entries)
- 1st Lauren Patterson
- 2nd Maggie Cheves
- 100 Yard Breaststroke (8 entries)
- 2nd MK Riddle
- 400 Yard Freestyle Relay
- Maggie Cheves, Grace Lesnesne, Lauren Patterson, Virginia St. Clair
