Woodring places 4th, 5th at state swim meet

Gilmer High sophomore Payton Woodring attended the GHSA Swimming and Diving State Championship last Friday and Saturday at Georgia Tech’s McAuley Aquatic Center. She swam the 50- and 100-yard freestyle events and advanced to the finals in both. At state, Class 4A and 5A swimmers compete against each other, and Woodring placed fourth in the 100-yard freestyle (51.97) and fifth in the 50-yard freestyle (24.27).