Green Hope sweeps Tri-Nine swimming

By J. Mike Blake, mblake@newsobserver.com

CARY - While the crystal-clear waters inside the Triangle Aquatic Center remained that way throughout the Tri-Nine Conference swimming championships on Saturday afternoon, the leaderboard quickly turned Green, and never went back.

Green Hope's boys and girls teams each won Tri-Nine titles, each doing so in wire-to-wire fashion. The Falcon boys repeated last year's conference title with a dominating total of 609.5 points -- almost 200 points higher than the next-closest team (Panther Creek).

The Green Hope girls team maintained a lead throughout, though Panther Creek was down just eight points with two events to go. The Falcons ended the meet with 457 points while PC had 439. Defending 4A state champion Apex was third with 366.

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