Springfield’s Greenwave edged in opening swim meet

The Springfield Greenwave swim team fell 264.5-241.5 to Brookhaven in its first meet of the summer.

Springfield, swimming in one of the tougher two divisions of the Greater Charlotte Swim League, won 20 of the 44 events against Brookhaven, including half of the relay events.

Leading the way for Springfield were Lucas Grigat and Ryan Williams, both of whom won two events.

Individual winners for Springfield against Brookhaven were:

Lucas Grigat – boys’ 11-12 50-meter freestyle and 100-meter individual medley

Ryan Williams – boys’ 15-18 50-meter backstroke and 100-meter individual medley

Mia Clyburn – girls’ 8 and under 25-meter freestyle

Alex Eaton – boys’ 8 and under 25-meter freestyle

Emily Eaton – girls’ 9-10 25-meter freestyle

Victoria Morgan – girls’ 13-14 50-meter freestyle

Nicolas Grigat – boys’ 13-14 50-meter freestyle

Summer Rayne Whyte – girls’ 8 and under 25-meter backstroke

James Jones – boys’ 8 and under 25-meter backstroke

Megan Gallagher – girls’ 15-18 50-meter backstroke

Kate Bodel – girls’ 8 and under 25-meter breaststroke

Gabe Schmitz – boys’ 8 and under 25-meter breaststroke

Mili Shah – girls’ 9-10 25-meter breaststroke

The Greenwave have two events this week, one at home and one on the road Thursday.

This story was originally published June 8, 2015 at 10:26 AM with the headline "Springfield’s Greenwave edged in opening swim meet."