After an intense swim meet, the seniors from all five Paulding County Schools turned up the fun by dressing in wacky costumes! With laughter echoing and the energy soaring, they leaped into the pool for a splash-tastic celebration alongside their coaches!
Meet the Seniors

East High School

Briana Cazares
Briana swam four years on the team, she plans on going to Lander University for nursing to be a geriatric nurse her favorite memory is having to be helped out of the poll after having to do a last second 200 at my first ever meet because a girl in our last relay got sick.

Andrea Davis
Andrea swam 3 years; she plans on going to Tusculum University to play softball. Her favorite memory is almost breaking the school record my sophomore year with my relay team!

Simone Ferrell
Simone swam one year on the team and plans on joining the Air National Guard and attend George Mason University for Forensic Science. Her favorite memory is the first day she tried to dive and she lost both of her contacts in the pool (rip those contacts lol).

Myra Garcia
Myra swam 2 years on the team. She plans to go to Flagler university for her bachelor’s then law school. Her favorite memory is jumping off the diving boards at practice.

Mariam Haba
Mariam swam 3 years on the team and plans to go to KSU to earn her bachelor's degree in psychology. Her favorite memory of swim was obviously the snack table and being in/ near the water.

Skyler Knight
Skyler swam 4 years on the team and plans to go to West Georgia to study criminology. Her favorite memory is building friendships with people on other teams.

Llana Mason
Llana swam 3 years on the team and plans to go to KSU and later transfer to Florida state to get a master’s in animal medicine and a minor in social work. Her favorite memory was her very first-time place first in her heat she got out to pool to her best friend clapping and screaming she got first place.

Hiram High School

Zachary Campbell
Zachary swam 3 years; he plans to attend JSU to study music education; his favorite memory is placing first in his heat his first-year swimming at an Adairsville meet where most of his team made finals and going to eat at the Italian restaurant afterwards.

Brianna Rice (Captain)
Brianna swam 4 years; she plans to attend UGA to study sports medicine: her favorite memory was at a meet in Adairsville her freshman year, a teammate connected his phone to someone else’s Bluetooth speaker, played random sounds and noises, and everyone was confused on where it came from.

Paulding County High School

Kaili Parker
Kaili swam 1 year on the team, she plans on joining the National Guard and study business administration with an HR focus at (an undetermined) college. Her favorite memory has been connecting with more people outside of my normal group.

Sebastian Swearingen Sebastian swam 4 years on the team, he plans on pursuing a biomedical engineering degree. His favorite memory is being within a second of making State time for the 200 free relay.

South Paulding High School

Lauren Allen Lauren Allen has been part of the South Paulding swim team for 2 years. She plans on continuing her education at a 4-year university. Her favorite swim team memory is cheering for each other while her teammates swim!

Leah Henson
Leah Henson has been part of the South Paulding swim team for 2 years. She plans on attending West Georgia Technical College and majoring in cosmetology. Her favorite swim team memory is when they went to Buc-ee’s after a swim meet.

Bella Herring
Bella Herring has been part of the South Paulding swim team for 4 years. She plans to attend West Georgia and major in early childhood education. Her favorite swim team memory is the swim team annual Christmas Party.

Kylie Nash
Kylie Nash has been part of the South Paulding swim team for 4 years. She is attending Georgia Southern University. Her favorite swim team memory is the swim team annual Christmas Party.

North Paulding High School

Jake Bellem *Captain*
Jake swam for four years; he plans to go to Piedmont where he will swim and play LAX and studying exercise science. His favorite high school swim memory is making state back-to-back times and driving home after practice with his friends.

Sophia Butler
Sophia swam 4 years; she plans to go to Georgia Southern University majoring in chemistry. Her favorite memory is winning the county championship every year.

Mikayla Dale
Mikayla has been on the team for 4 years; she is going to KSU to get a bachelor’s in biology to then go on to become a dental hygienist. Her favorite memory is cheering for everyone while they were racing.

Warren Fields
Warren swam for four years, he plans to go to KSU to get a Bachelor of Business Administration and have his own business, his favorite memories are being rookie of the year and swimming the 500 in his senior year.

Alanah Hall
Alanah has been on the team 3 years, she plans to attend 4-year college, possibly Mississippi state university, Auburn University or Kennesaw State University she would like to become an Aquatic Veterinarian. Her favorite memory from Swim team is cheering teammates on during meets.

Logan Ingraffia
Logan has been on the team for 4 years. He plans after high school is to go study logistics and swim at Emmanuel University. His favorite memory of being on the team is that he will have been part of the State team for all 4 years.

Ben Lewis
Ben swam 4 years on the team, He plans on going to college but hasn’t decided were yet. His favorite memory is fist bumping Coach Pora.

Ashley McGaughey
Ashely swam for 2 years on team, after high school she is leaving for army basic training January 21st. She will attend the university of Utah once she gets back to major in biochemistry with a premed intent. Her favorite memory is going to Buc-ee’s after Calhoun swim meets and being able to be a part of this swim family.

Jordan Merritt
Jordan swam 4 years on team, he plans to get Microsoft cert for cyber security after high school, his favorite memory is hanging with friends on team.

Alison O’Barr *Captain*
Alison swam 4 years on the team, she plans on going to UNG or KSU to study nursing. Her favorite memory is the pasta pig outs

Sabryn Peak
She has been on the team going on 4 years but swimming for 12. She plans on going to GA southern and majoring in biology for medical sciences in hopes of becoming a physician’s assistant. Her favorite swim memory is cheering on each other at the meets and just feeling like a big family!

Phalean Pearson
Phalean swam for four years, she plans to get her BSN in nursing after high school. My favorite memory from swim is the accomplishment I felt after swimming the 500

Caroline Pora *Captain*
Caroline swam for four years; she plans on attending Ole Miss and majoring in Pharmaceutical Science. Her favorite memory is making state her freshman year and being able to experience it with my older brother. Being a captain on the team for the last 2 years and getting to help and support my teammates to the fullest. This team has also helped me create life-long friendships and learn to be a good leader.

*Coach Kaitlyn Wood provided senior information. Photos by Sarah Highsmith, Highsportz Photography

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