WARRIORS SWIM TEAM SWEEP PHILIP SIMMONS

Philip Simmons at Wando High School | August 26, 2026
Girls: Wando 139, Philip Simmons 19 | Boys: Wando 137, Philip Simmons 21

Wando won every event on the schedule August 26, as the girls and boys each beat Philip Simmons at home. The Warriors took 22 first-place finishes and swept the top three spots in 14 events.

Mary Culbertson led the girls with wins in the 200 freestyle (2:18.36) and the 500 freestyle (5:58.50). Kamryn McCoy won the 100 butterfly in 1:05.87 and the 100 backstroke in 1:06.74, and Nora Fritts took the 50 freestyle in 26.80 and the 100 freestyle in 59.18. Taylor Cunningham won the 100 breaststroke in 1:16.93. The closest race of the night was the girls 200 IM, where Elizabeth Wiesner (2:36.58) touched out Elsie Mims (2:36.59) by one hundredth of a second, with Charlotte Jablonski third.

The girls won all three relays. Fritts, Cunningham, McCoy and Mia Magner took the 200 medley relay in 2:02.70. Doga Coskun, Elizabeth Ballenger, Mims and Culbertson won the 200 free relay in 1:56.04, and Ballenger, Mims, McCoy and Fritts won the 400 free relay in 4:09.80.

For the boys, Evan Hoffman won the 50 freestyle (23.12) and the 500 freestyle (5:22.41), and Sam Wiesner won the 100 butterfly (57.45) and the 100 backstroke (1:01.85). Phin Hall won the 200 freestyle in 2:01.40, Gregory Boyette won the 200 IM in 2:15.40, Brody Johnson won the 100 freestyle in 53.04, and Clay Ingham won the 100 breaststroke in 1:06.46.

The boys swept the 200 medley relay with Paddy O'Connell, Johnson, Wiesner and Hoffman winning in 1:43.49. Jack Braden, O'Connell, Hall and Johnson won the 200 free relay in 1:37.06, and Johnson, Wiesner, Hall and Hoffman won the 400 free relay in 3:37.04.

Go Warriors!