Thursday, December 25, 2008

SPORTS: Homeschoolers make a bigger splash in WNC

The Asheville Citizen-Times headline says "Tuscola swimmers dominate new WNC swim honor roll", but there are two names that help keep the Haywood County high school from a near-sweep. In fact, one of them, homeschooler Nathan Hart, has the same number of top rankings as the public school student highlighted in the article.

Nathan was the highest-ranked swimmer in 200- and 500-yard freestyle and 100-yard backstroke events. He is ranked number two in 50-yard freestyle, 100-yard butterfly, and 200-yard individual medley, and number three in 100-yard breaststroke. His seven top-three rankings beat out four for Tuscola student Jake Stringfield.

In the girls' rankings, homeschooler Emily Marett is number one in 100-yard breaststroke and 100-yard butterfly, number two in 200-yard individual medley, and number three in 500-yard freestyle.

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