TIFTON — The Tiftarea YMCA Tidal Wave swim team lived up to its nickname Saturday with an impressive win at the Georgia Recreation and Parks Association District 3 Swim Meet held here at the Baldwin Drive pool.

Tiftarea won the meet with 896 points, easily outdistancing second-place Stone Creek of Valdosta with 488. Fitzgerald came in third with 261 points.

The strong showing means the Tidal Wave will have swimmers in 51 individual events, as well as in 19 relays, during the state finals meet. That event will also be held at the Baldwin Drive pools, July 25-26.

To qualify those swimmers finished in the top three in their respective events at the district meet.

“We had a fantastic day,” was how YMCA coach Ellen Mullis felt about her team’s performance.

The Tidal Wave had several swimmers win their respective events.

They were: Mary Shoup, 100 Freestyle-11/12 Girls; Courtney Cook, Madison Honeycutt, Millicent Albritton and Casey Hall, 100 Medley Relay-9/10 Girls; Tucker Parrish, Alex McElroy, Hank McElroy and Jackson Short, 100 Medley Relay-9/10 Boys, as well as in the 100 Free Relay-9/10 Boys; Mary Shoup, Anna Johnson, Madeline Strickland and Carly Hoffman, 200 Medley Relay-11/12 Girls, as well as in the 200 Free Relay-11/12 Girls.

Sara Katherine Bowen, Kendal King, Savannah Griffin and Aubree McPherson, 200 Medley Relay-13/14 Girls, as well as in the 200 Free Relay-13/14 Girls; Paulk Parrish, JP Short, Glendon Harris and Hunter Honeycutt, 200 Medley Relay-13/14 Boys, as well as in the 200 Free Relay-13/14 Boys; Madeline Strickland, 50 Freestyle-11/12 Girls; Paulk Parrish, 50 Freestyle-13/14 Boys, as well as in the 50 Butterfly-13/14 Boys; Hank McElroy, 25 Breaststroke-9/10 Boys, as well as in the 25 Butterfly-9/10 Boys; Hunter Honeycutt, 25 Breaststroke-13/14 Boys, as well as in the 100 IM -13/14 Boys.

Samuel Lawson, 25 Backstroke-7/8 Boys; Coleman Griffin, 50 Backstroke-11/12 Boys; Aubree McPherson, 50 Backstroke-13/14 Girls; Savannah Griffin, 50 Butterfly-13/14 Girls; and Kelcie Gilmore, 50 Butterfly-15/18 Girls.

Here is a look at all of the swimmers that qualified for the state meet.

They are Ansley Mobley, 50 Free, 100 Medley Relay A and 100 Free Relay A; Mary Shoup. 100 Free, 50 Back and 100 Medley Relay A; Carly Hoffman, 100 Free and 100 Medley Relay A; Connor Jacobson, 100 Free, 25 Fly, 100 Medley Relay and 100 Free Relay; Aubree McPherson, 100 Free, 50 Back, 100 Medley Relay and 100 Free Relay; Med McDonald, 100 Free and 50 Breast; Kelcie Gilmore, 100 Free and 50 Fly; Kyle Jacobson, 100 Free; Samuel Lawson, 25 Free, 25 Back and 100 Medley Relay; Alex McElroy, 25 Free and 100 Medley Relay; Madeline Strickland, 50 Free, 100 IM and 100 Medley Relay A; Annalee Atwater, 50 Free, 100 Medley Relay B and 100 Free Relay B; Paulk Parrish, 50 Free, 50 Fly, 100 Medley Relay and 100 Free Relay; Henry McWilliams, 50 Free; Gracie Day, 25 Breast, 100 Medley Relay A and 100 Free Relay A; Hank McElroy, 25 Breast, 25 Fly and 100 Medley Relay; Tucker Parrish, 25 Breast.

Anna Johnson, 50 Breast and 100 Medley Relay A; Hunter Cross, 50 Breast, 100 IM, 100 Medley Relay and 100 Free Relay; Coleman Griffin-50 Breast, 50 Back, 100 Medley Relay and 100 Free Relay; Hunter Honeycutt-50 Breast, 100 IM, 100 Medley Relay and 100 Free Relay; Mikaela Griffin-100 IM, 25 Fly, 100 Medley Relay A and 100 Free Relay A; Griffin Parrish, 100 IM and 100 Medley Relay; Madison Honeycutt, 100 IM, 100 Medley Relay A and 100 Free Relay A; Jackson Short, 100 IM, 25 Back and 100 Medley Relay; Tucker Parrish, 100 IM and 100 Medley Relay; Kendal King-100 IM, 100 Medley Relay and 100 Free Relay; Glendon Harris, 100 IM, 100 Medley Relay and 100 Free Relay; Michasia Harris, 100 IM and 50 Back; Julianna Cross, 100 Back; Courtney Cook, 25 Back, 25 Fly, 100 Medley Relay A and 100 Free Relay A; Miles McDonald, 50 Back, 100 Medley Relay and 100 Free Relay; JP Short, 50 Back, 50 Fly, 100 Medley Relay and 100 Free Relay; Jack Strickland, 25 Fly and 100 Medley Relay; Katie Arnold, 25 Fly, 100 Medley Relay B and 100 Free Relay B; Savannah Griffin, 50 Fly, 100 Medley Relay and 100 Free Relay; Olivia Thomas, 100 Medley Relay A and 100 Free Relay A.

Jacob Redd, 100 Medley Relay; Milli Albritton, 100 Medley Relay A and 100 Free Relay A; Casey Hall, 100 Medley Relay A and 100 Free Relay A; Lauren Abbott, 100 Medley Relay B and 100 Free Relay B; Mary Margaret McGarr, 100 Medley Relay B and 100 Free Relay B; Katelyn Seymour, 100 Medley Relay B and 100 Free Relay B; Megan Bowen, 100 Medley Relay B and 100 Free Relay B; Hannah Underwood, 100 Medley Relay B and 100 Free Relay B; Sarah Casey, 100 Medley Relay B and 100 Free Relay B; and Sara Katherine Bowen, 100 Medley Relay and 100 Free Relay.

“I cannot put into words how proud I am over each and every swimmer that swam today,” said Mullis. “We have been having a great season, but today we swam best time after best time and really showed the community that our training has paid off by qualifying our biggest state team ever.”

She also wanted to add, “a huge thank you to all my parents and volunteers that helped work the meet today and to the Tift County Recreation Department and Craig Sowell for hosting the meet again and all their amazing team of employees.”