Area swimmers post regional-qualifying times

By Rudy Coggins
Published in Sports on November 19, 2014 1:48 PM

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Six individuals and one relay turned in regional-qualifying times during a multi-team, season-opening meet contested at B.G. Darden Natatorium inside the Goldsboro Family Y on Tuesday evening.

Charles B. Aycock's foursome of Sam Chastain, Colton Marley, Charlie Robertson and Chaz Hooks started the regional run with a third-place time of 1 minute, 57.96 seconds in the 200-yard medley relay. The quartet eclipsed the east 3-A regional standard by 1.03 seconds.

The Golden Falcons' Zech Chastain earned regional trips in the 100-yard backstroke (1st place, 58.45 seconds) and 50 free (1st, 23.89).

Rosewood's Kodey Silknitter touched the wall third in the 200 individual medley (IM) with a time of 2:16.94 -- more than four seconds below the east 1-A/2-A regional standard. Teammate Ira Dalton also advanced to the regionals with a first-place time of 5:45.18 in the 500 free.

East Carolina signee Zach Darden posted 1-A/2-A regional qualifying marks in the 100 free (49.74 seconds) and 100 breaststroke (1:07.24).

Southern Wayne's Austin Edgecomb wound up second in the 200 free in 2:08.42. Eastern Wayne's Will Samson finished third in 2:20.61.

On the girls' side, Aycock freshman Abby Sauls earned a trip to the 3-A regional with a second-place time of 5:55.38 in the 500 free. Sauls easily surpassed the regional standard by 20 seconds.

Rosewood's Macy Tyndall took third in 1-meter diving with 82.90 points.