The Gilmer Bobcats and Lady Cats closed out the summer swim season.
Gilmer was in Moultrie last Friday and Saturday for the Georgia Recreation and Parks Association Class C Championship Swim Meet. The Cats returned home with 13 top-10 placements.
Laken Johnstone finished fifth in the 50-yard freestyle with a time of 52.23, while Sadie Mae Rice placed eighth in the 50-yard free (1:07.53) for 6-8-year-old swimmers. Johnstone, Scarlett Edelson, Rice and Willow Shoilekov teamed up for a runner-up finish in the 100-yard medley relay (1:53.63). Johnstone, Rice, Shoilekov and Edelson also placed third in the 100-yard free relay (1:46.15).
For 10-under swimmers, Harper Hoover took seventh in the 50-yard free (41.14). Boone Wilson was ninth in the 50-yard free (50.88), and Asher Faulk finished 10th in the 25-yard free (19.76). Malachi White was 18th in the 25-yard free (24.96), and Wilson placed 19th (25.02). White also added a fourth-place finish in the 25-yard back (24.72). Violet Faulk, Hoover, Wilson and Asher Faulk finished second in the mixed 100-yard free relay (1:27.29).
In the 12-under division, Quin Moore placed eighth in the 100-yard free (1:26.21). Ryder Johnstone claimed fifth in the 100-yard individual medley (1:36.91). Lucy Duncan, Calissa Shoilekov, Kathryn Edelson and Arah Belle Moore secured fifth in the 200-yard medley relay (3:39.33).
Among 14-under competitors, Emmett Patterson, Silas Wilson, Ryder Johnstone and Quin Moore combined for a runner-up finish in the 200-yard medley relay with a time of 2:38.93.
In the 18-under age group, Kaley Best, Reece Smith, Rylee Fountain and Rosalie Ballew finished second in the mixed 200-yard medley relay (2:44.15).