Hilton Head Island, May River swimmers win state titles

Hilton Head Island’s Kevin Geist won two state individual swimming titles Friday and May River’s Clayton Boyles and Alora Orr won titles Saturday at the University of South Carolina Natatorium.

Geist won the Class 4A 200 freestyle with a time of 1:43.40 and the 100 butterfly with a 50.88. As a team, Hilton Head Island finished third with 303 points, 16 behind North Augusta. Eastside won with 561.

Boyles won the Class 3A 100 breaststroke and was second in the 200 individual medley. Orr won the 50 freestyle and was part of the 200 freestyle relay runner-up team. Matheo Valezquez was second in the 100 butterfly. May River finished fifth as a team for boys and girls.

HHI’s Cohen Bruner (1:45) was second behind Geist in the 200 freestyle. Tommy Hughson was third in the 500 freestyle. The Seahawks’ relay team finished second in the 200 freestyle. HHI finished third overall.

The HHI girls finished with 373 points, second behind Eastside who won the title with 521.

Meaghan Lyons was second in the 200 IM and 100 breaststroke. Mia Sinkiewicz was fourth in the 100 backstroke. Skylar Bruner was fourth in the 500 freestyle. The Seahawks’ relay teams were third in the 200 and 400 freestyle.

Bluffton’s Sam Scwabauer was third in the 200 IM and fourth in the 100 breaststroke. For complete results go to https://sportstiming.com/calendar-2/action~agenda/exact_date~10-5-2018/ .

This story was originally published October 6, 2018 at 3:52 AM.