CHS Swim + Dive Weekly Newsletter 1-27-2025
January 28th
Greetings Team and Parents,
We are almost there! Thank you so much to the Webb family for hosting our last pasta party of the season! We had a fantastic last regular season meet this past Saturday. We are trying to secure a date for a team yearbook picture as soon as possible so stay tuned for that information. Please look below for information on our always fun end-of-season banquet. You will also receive a separate email with more information.
Congratulations to the state team who will be representing Centennial at the Georgia High School Association (GHSA) State Swim & Dive meet on February 4 – 6! These swimmers will continue to have practice until the state meet (see below for details).
- Anna Almstedt
- Marek Aplin
- Alexa Chaidez
- Sheppard Finley
- Tristan Ganson
- Max Gricus
- Skylar Ingram
- Avery Iovino
- Sophia Lickman
- Alex Newara
- Liam Ray
- Lila Ross
- Meghan Schwenker
- Elle Seever
- Noah Seymour
- Anna Stiers
- Noah Webb
- Garret White
IMPORTANT UPCOMING DATES
- Tuesday, February 4, GHSA State Championship – Diving, Westminster Schools, 1424 W. Paces Ferry Road NW, Atlanta, 9:00am
- Wednesday, February 5, GHSA State Championship – Swimming Prelims, Georgia Tech McAuley Aquatic Center (750 Ferst Drive, Atlanta), 9:30am
- Thursday, February 6, GHSA State Championship – Swimming Finals, Georgia Tech McAuley Aquatic Center (750 Ferst Drive, Atlanta), 1:30pm
- Wednesday, February 12, End-of-Season Banquet, Country Club of Roswell, 2500 Club Springs Drive, Roswell, 6:30pm
GHSA STATE CHAMPIONSHIP (February 4 – 6)
- Diving, February 4
- Open Warm-up: 7:00am - 8:30am
- Start time: 9:00am
- Location: Westminster Schools, 1424 W. Paces Ferry Road NW, Atlanta
- Swimming Prelims,
February 5
- Bus departs from Centennial: 5:30am (wear team gear)
- Warm-ups start time: 7:30am - 9:20am
- Prelims start time: 9:30am
- Location: Georgia Tech McAuley Aquatic Center, 750 Ferst Drive, Atlanta
- Swimming Finals,
February 6
- Bus departs from Centennial: 9:30am (wear team gear)
- Warm-ups start time: 11:45am - 1:20pm
- Finals start time: 1:30pm
- Location: Georgia Tech McAuley Aquatic Center, 750 Ferst Drive, Atlanta
- Parking
- Must be pre-purchased online for $15 per session
- Click Here to Purchase Parking
- Event Tickets
- Tickets are $20 available only on GoFan
- How Fans Buy Tickets
- Timing Volunteers
Needed
- If you are attending the prelims or finals and can volunteer for both or one, please sign up here: https://ghsaswim.swimtopia.com/volunteers
- You can select the job you want and which session (jobs are available on a first come first served basis)
- Volunteers get free admission!
- Video: Swimming & Diving finals will be available to watch Live and On Demand at NFHSNetwork.com on any device. Subscription rates apply. Streaming rights are exclusive to the GHSA and the NFHS Network. No other live broadcasts are permitted on social media or any other online platform!
- Swimmers met these qualifying times in order to participate in the GHSA State Championship
| BOYS | EVENT | GIRLS |
| 1:51.00 | 200-yard Medley Relay | 2:07.00 |
| 1:55.00 | 200-yard Freestyle | 2:07.00 |
| 2:12.00 | 200-yard Individual Medley | 2:24.00 |
| 23.50 | 50-yard Freestyle | 26.50 |
| 58.00 | 100-yard Butterfly | 1:05.00 |
| 52.00 | 100-yard Freestyle | 58.50 |
| 5:20.00 | 500-yard Freestyle | 5:40.00 |
| 1:40.00 | 200-yard Freestyle Relay | 1:53.00 |
| 1:00.00 | 100-yard Backstroke | 1:06.00 |
| 1:07.00 | 100-yard Breaststroke | 1:15.00 |
| 3:44.00 | 400-yard Freestyle Relay | 4:12.00 |
MANDATORY PRACTICE SCHEDULE FOR STATE SWIMMERS
- Location: Swim Atlanta (SWAT), 795 Old Roswell Road, Roswell
- Time: 7:45 – 9:00 pm
- Days
- Tuesday, January 28 – including year-round/club
- Wednesday, January 29
- Thursday, January 30 – including year-round/club
- Monday, February 3 – including year-round/club
2024-2025 SWIM & DIVE END-OF-SEASON BANQUET
- Our end-of-season banquet will take place at the Country Club of Roswell on Wednesday, February 12 at 6:30pm
- Cost
- Athletes: no charge
- Parents/siblings/family: $35 each
- We had to change from Picklejuice to TeamSnap which is not
as user friendly, hence the 3 links below. Please use these links to RSVP and
pay for the banquet by February 7
- Pay for 1 person. https://registration.teamsnap.com/form/19921
- Pay for 2 people. https://registration.teamsnap.com/form/20669
- Pay for 3 people. https://registration.teamsnap.com/form/20671
- If you need to pay for more than 3 people, contact Manndi Iovino ([email protected])
- You will need to return parkas (wash in cold water, line dry, hang on a hanger and cover with a dry clean bag or something similar) and fins (rinse) at the banquet! Keep the snorkels.
BOARD POSITIONS
- Interested in being on the CHS Swim and Dive Board next
season (2025-2026)? We have a position that fits you! If you are interested in
one of these positions, email Katie Stiers ([email protected]) or any other current board member.
- Treasurer
- Meet Operations
- Spirit Wear
- Social/Fundraising
- Travel Coordinator (for one travel meet in November only)
Go Knights!!