Hilton Head, May River girls have strong performances at state swim meet

The Hilton Head Island and May River girls swimming teams finished in the top five Saturday at the Class 4A state swimming meet in North Charleston.

The Seahawks were third with 338 points and Sharks fourth with 236 in the championship. Eastside won it with a total of 608.

Hilton Head Island’s Skylar Bruner finished second in the 200 and freestyle. She was also on the second-place 200 freestyle relay team and third-place 400 freestyle relay team. The 200 relay team, which was made up of Bruner, Izzy Pozos, Katie Lyons and Eli Summa broke the school record with a time of 1:40.63.

Lyons finished third in the individual medley. Hilton Head’s Mike Lane was named Class 4A Coach of the Year.

May River’s Shelby Gourley won the state championship in the 100 breaststroke with a time of 1:05.75. She was also part of the Sharks’ runner-up finish in the 200 medley relay. Hannah Yemec was third in the 50 and 100 butterfly.

The championships will continue Monday with the Class 3A, 4A and 5A boys meet.