New Kent boys’ swim team finish in top 20 at state competition

New Kent High School’s boys’ team scored 37 points en route to finishing in 18th place at the Group 3A State Swim and Dive meet held this past weekend at Swim RVA in Richmond.

Finnegan Leggett finished seventh in the 100-yard butterfly with a time of 53.42 and eighth in the 50-yard freestyle event with a time of 22.20. Leggett was also the anchor leg on the boys’ 200-yard freestyle relay with Dylan Konings, Austin Carnley, and Logan Stroop, who finished 10th with a time of 1:36.74.

On the girls’ side, New Kent’s Lady Trojans scored four points, good enough for a 26th place finish at the state championship meet.

The lone points for the Lady Trojans came in the girls’ 400-yard freestyle relay. The team of Kelsey Sutton, Olivia Allen, Sydney Miller, and Jocelynn Hardy swam to a 15th place finish with a time of 4:24.33.

Western Albermarle girls’ and boys’ team won the meets, respectively.

Other results (NK only):

Girls: 50-yard freestyle- 24. Hardy 29.53.

Boys: 500-yard freesyle- 16. Lamprecht 5:33.52.