Baylor girls, Maryville boys lead state swimming

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Baylor School led the girls' division and was third in the boys' standings behind leader Maryville and McCallie after Friday's events in the 2019 TISCA state swimming and diving meet in Nashville.

Baylor was first with 247.5 points in the combined standings with Maryville second at 172 and Hardin Valley third at 103.

In the girls' team scores, Baylor had 161 to 142 for Harpeth Hall, 70 for Girls Preparatory School, 65 for Hardin Valley and 53 for fifth-place Maryville. The boys' top five were Maryville at 119, McCallie at 102, Baylor at 86.5, Memphis University School at 57 and Ensworth at 51.

Baylor's Ellie Waldrep, Jewel Gordon, Addison Smith and Callie West won the girls' 200-yard medley relay in a school-record and NISCA automatic All-American time of 1:39.91, which is the fastest in the nation so far this year. GPS and Signal Mountain were third and fourth in that race.

Baylor's Alex Borisov won the boys' 200 individual medley and joined Jack Kirby, Aidan Sims and Will Tippett in a second-place 200 medley relay.

Smith was second in the girls' 200 freestyle and Waldrep was second in the 100 butterfly in automatic All-American times, and Gordon in the 50 free and Haley Rice in 1-meter diving were third. GPS's Ellie Taliaferro was the 50 free runner-up.

McCallie's Jake Marcum and Will Jackson were first and second in the boys' 200 free, and Max Ransom was fourth in the 100 fly.

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