With the winter high school sports season at its end, the LINK nky Team of the Season (TOS) winner is the Highlands swim and dive team.
The Bluebirds were one of 12 teams during the winter season that won LINK nky Team of the Week and came away as the TOS, after compiling nearly half of the total votes with 24,827. We received over 56,000 votes!
They will be awarded a commemorative plaque and a student-athlete of their choice will be awarded a $500 scholarship, thanks to OrthoCincy in sponsoring the award and plaque. The Bluebirds will be presented the plaque and scholarship at a later date.
The Highlands boys and girls swim and dive team posted a strong season and finished runner-up for the combined KHSAA swim and dive state title.
The boys swim and dive team finished fifth while the girls placed fifth as well, giving them a combined team score of 243, only behind Ryle’s 305.5 points.
Among those placing in the championship final heats for the girls were Sarah Jones in fifth in the 50-yard freestyle, the girls 200-yard freestyle team of Ragan Moore, Ella Kate Reynolds, Keira Kobida and Sarah Jones in third and the girls 400-yard freestyle team of Moore, Reynolds, Kobida and Jones in third.
For the boys in the championship heats and those placing were the 200-yard medley relay team of Luke Deegan, Griffin Barlow, Noah Gracey and Chanith Abeysinghe in third, Abeysinghe in eighth in the 100-yard freestyle, Barlow in fifth in the 500-yard freestyle and second in the 100-yard breaststroke.
Be sure to be on the lookout for spring sports Team of the Week nominees soon!