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CHS Swim + Dive Weekly Newsletter 12-22-2025

December 22nd

Greetings Swimmers and Parents,

Great swimming at the Region Swimming & Diving Championship Meet this past Saturday! So proud of our team! We had a lot of swimmers make the finals! Here are the finishes in the top 3:

  • Boys 200 Yard Medley Relay – 3rd place – Tristan Ganson, Sheppard Finley, Liam Ray, Noah Webb
  • Girls 200 Yard Medley Relay – 3rd place – Mary Madeline Connelly, Skylar Ingram, Anna Stiers, Riley Ward
  • Girls 200 Free – 3rd place – Anna Stiers
  • Girls 100 Yard Fly – 2nd place – Riley Ward
  • Boys 100 Yard Back – 3rd place – Sheppard Finley
  • Boys 400 Yard Free Relay – 3rd place – Noah Webb, Liam Ray, Tristan Ganson, Sheppard Finley

It’s hard to believe that we only have one more month left in the season – 2 more pasta dinner parties and 3 more meets…plus state finals! Look over the entries in SwimTopia and sign up for the open events. Both pasta dinner parties are open for sign ups as well as the meets on 1/10 and 1/15.

We are continuing our Honey Baked Ham Co. fundraiser through New Year’s! 20% of every sale will come to our team (see below for details).

IMPORTANT UPCOMING DATES

  • Friday, January 9, Team Pasta Dinner, Stiers home, 6:30pm
  • Saturday, January 10, Centennial vs Northview Meet, Dynamo, 3:30pm
  • Thursday, January 15, Fulton County 2026 Swim & Dive Championships, West Gwinnett Park Aquatic Center, 4:40pm
  • Friday, January 23, Team Pasta Dinner, Schwenker home, 6:30pm
  • Saturday, January 24, Karen Blackman Invitational, Freeman Aquatic Center @ Greater Atlanta Christian School, TBD

Meet information has been posted here: https://centennialswimanddive.swimtopia.com/swim_meets.

  • RSVP to meets by clicking the green ‘MEET ENTRY’ button
  • Sign up to volunteer during the meets by clicking the green ‘JOB SIGNUP’ button
  • RSVP to team pasta parties by clicking the green ‘RSVP’ button
  • Sign up to take part of the meal to the team pasta parties by clicking the green ‘JOB SIGNUP’ button

IMPORTANT NOTES

  • Meet Attendance: If you signed up to participate in a meet, attend the meet. The team pays entry fees per athlete participating per meet. In addition, the relay teams will have to be reworked last minute and that has ripple effects to the other scheduled relay teams and may leave teammates without a relay to swim. If you are unexpectedly ill, contact Coach Salazar as soon as possible at [email protected].
  • Bus travel on meet days: On swim meet days, the expectation is that all athletes will ride the bus to and from the swim meet. If a parent wants to drive their child, while discouraged, they may submit a written request at least 24 hours prior to the event to Coach Salazar at [email protected].
  • Attire on meet days: Athletes should wear their team t-shirts and warm-ups on meet days, along with their team swimsuit or plain black swimsuit and CHS swim cap.

CENTENNIAL vs NORTHVIEW MEET (Saturday, January 10)

*Senior Recognition Ceremony during this meet*

  • Bus departs from Centennial: TBD
  • Warm-ups: TBD
  • Meet start time: 3:30pm
  • Location: Dynamo, 5075 Abbotts Bridge Road, Alpharetta, GA 30097
  • Timing volunteers are needed for this meet
  • Note: We will have a special recognition ceremony for our seniors during this meet. More info to come!

2026 FULTON COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP MEET (Thursday, January 15)

  • In the meet sign up on SwimTopia, there are 2 sessions. Session 1 is for Diving. Session 2 is for Swimming. Indicate your attendance using Session 2 only.
  • Bus departs from Centennial: TBD
  • Warm-ups start time: 3:45pm
  • Meet start time: 4:40pm
  • Location: West Gwinnett Park & Aquatic Center, 4488 Peachtree Industrial Blvd, Norcross, GA 30071
  • Timing volunteers needed - 2 for the 1st half and 2 for the 2nd half of the meet
    • Shift 1: meeting at 4:00pm, timing from 4:30pm- 6:30pm
    • Shift 2: meeting at 6:00pm, timing from 6:30pm-8:30pm
  • Note, a spectator fee of $15 will be charged at this meet

FULTON COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP QUALIFYING TIMES

  • Swimmers must meet these qualifying times to participate in the Fulton County Championship in January
BOYS EVENT GIRLS
2:25.00 200 yard Freestyle 2:40.00
2:35.00 200 yard Individual Medley 2:55.00
27.50 50 yard Freestyle 30.50
1:13.00 100 yard Butterfly 1:25.00
1:01.00 100 yard Freestyle 1:08.00
6:30.00 500 yard Freestyle 6:45.00
1:15.00 100 yard Backstroke 1:22.00
1:20.00 100 yard Breaststroke 1:30.00
  • Congratulations to these swimmers who have qualified thus far:
    • Men 200 Yd Free
      • Sheppard Finley – 2:05.37
      • Tristan Ganson – 2:01.04
      • Chase Holcombe – 2:11.54
      • Reagan Lucero – 2:00.58
      • Liam Ray – 2:14.78
    • Women 200 Yd Free
      • Alexa Chaidez – 2:35.34
      • Anna Stiers – 2:02.40
      • Mary Madeline Connelly – 2:06.68
    • Men 200 Yd IM
      • Tristan Ganson – 2:24.28
      • Chase Holcombe – 2:34.91
      • Reagan Lucero – 2:29.02
    • Women 200 Yd IM
      • Mary Madeline Connelly – 2:30.38
      • Anna Stiers – 2:21.44
      • Riley Ward – 2:24.75
    • Men 50 Yd Free
      • Joaquin Chaidez – 26.55
      • Chase Holcombe – 26.23
      • Etienne Hugoo – 26.80
      • Liam Ray – 25.13
      • Noah Seymour – 26.33
      • Noah Webb – 23.83
      • Garrett White – 25.78
    • Women 50 Yd Free
      • Alexa Chaidez – 30.36
      • Mary Madeline Connelly – 26.58
      • Skylar Ingram – 29.27
      • Avery Iovino – 26.50
      • Riley Maloney – 27.99
      • Meghan Schwenker – 28.62
      • Riley Ward – 25.83
      • Lucy White – 28.99
    • Men 100 Yd Fly
      • Tristan Ganson – 1:09.35
      • Chase Holcombe – 1:09.66
      • Reagan Lucero – 1:04.73
    • Women 100 Yd Fly
      • Meghan Schwenker – 1:16.79
      • Riley Ward – 1:00.31
      • Anna Stiers – 1:01.88
    • Men 100 Yd Free
      • Sheppard Finley – 53.61
      • Chase Holcombe – 1:00.79
      • Reagan Lucero – 55.95
      • Liam Ray – 59.46
    • Women 100 Yd Free
      • Avery Iovino – 59.35
      • Riley Maloney – 1:06.07
      • Riley Ward – 57.10
      • Meghan Schwenker – 1:05.45
      • Skylar Ingram – 1:03.35
    • Men 500 Yd Free
      • Chase Holcombe – 6:07.02
      • Reagan Lucero – 5:25.98
    • Women 500 Yd Free
      • Anna Stiers – 5:28.75
      • Mary Madeline Connelly – 5:48.12
    • Men 100 Yd Back
      • Sheppard Finley – 59.05
      • Tristan Ganson – 59.79
      • Chase Holcombe – 1:12.40
      • Reagan Lucero – 1:06.93
      • Noah Webb – 1:04.67
    • Women 100 Yd Back
      • Sara Acevedo – 1:19.77
      • Eleanor Coburn – 1:21.87
      • Mary Madeline Connelly – 1:08.75
      • Avery Iovino – 1:09.86
      • Riley Maloney – 1:16.64
      • Skylar Ingram – 1:11.73
    • Men 100 Yd Breast
      • Sheppard Finley – 1:09.52
      • Tristan Ganson – 1:17.76
      • Liam Ray – 1:12.04
      • Noah Seymour – 1:16.05
      • Garrett White – 1:14.63
    • Women 100 Yd Breast
      • Mary Madeline Connelly – 1:24.42
      • Riley Maloney – 1:24.17
      • Jillian Conley – 1:28.85
      • Skylar Ingram – 1:22.20

GHSA STATE FINALS QUALIFYING TIMES

  • Swimmers must meet these qualifying times to participate in the GHSA State Championship in February
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 5:50.00
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
  • Congratulations to these swimmers who have qualified thus far:
    • Men 200 Yd Medley Relay
    • Women 200 Yd Medley Relay
    • Women 200 Yd Free
      • Anna Stiers – 2:02.50
      • Mary Madeline Connelly – 2:06.68
    • Women 200 Yd IM – Anna Stiers – 2:21.44
    • Women 50 Yd Free
      • Riley Ward – 25.83
      • Avery Iovino – 26.50
    • Women 100 Yd Fly
      • Anna Stiers – 1:01.88
      • Riley Ward – 1:00.31
    • Women 100 Yd Free - Riley Ward - 57.10
    • Women 500 Yd Free
      • Anna Stiers – 5:28.75
      • Mary Madeline Connelly – 5:48.12
    • Men 200 Yd Free Relay
    • Women 200 Yd Free Relay
    • Men 100 Yd Back
      • Sheppard Finley – 59.05
      • Tristan Ganson – 59.79
    • Women 400 Yd Free Relay

HONEY BAKED HAM CO FUNDRAISER

  • Just in time for the holidays, now through the end of the year, purchase a Honey Baked Ham gift card and 20% of every sale will go directly to the Centennial High School Swim & Dive Team!
  • See the dedicated email on the fundraiser for a flyer that can be used to send to family and friends
  • HOW IT WORKS:
  1. Visit our fundraiser link: https://www.honeybaked.com/fundraising/Centennial...
  2. Purchase any HONEY BAKED HAM GIFT CARD – usable online or in-store nationwide
  3. Share the link with friends and family – every purchase makes a splash!

SWIMTOPIA

Take some time to check out SwimTopia at https://centennialswimanddive.swimtopia.com or download the app. You will find meet RSVP information, meet results, time standards, and sign-ups for meet volunteer opportunities. Archived newsletters and information emails can be found here as well!

Go Knights!!

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