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South Carolina Women Dominate First Day of Gamecock Invitational
Columbia, S.C. – South Carolina’s swimming and diving teams both completed their first day of action at their respective midseason invitational meets on Wednesday.
At home, the Gamecock women swimmers claimed first in all five events of the evening and set two new pool record in the process. The men’s team also put up a strong performance with a pair of second-place relay finishes and at least one top-four finish in all three individual events.
The divers at the Tennessee Invitational also had a successful day with three individuals making their way to the finals.
Gamecock Invitational
In the women’s 200 free relay, South Carolina’s ‘A’ team of Dylan Scholes, Aubrey Chandler, Peyton Curry, and Nicholle Toh combined for a time of 1:29.45 to win the event. Their combined efforts landed them as the third fastest team in the program’s all-time top-10. It was the women’s first relay victory of the season and also set a new pool record for the Carolina Natatorium.
The men’s highest-placing 200 free relay team of Mark Shperkin, Michael Laitarovsky, Quinn Buck, and Wylie Kruse combined for a time of 1:20.17, the team’s fastest time so far this season. Their time landed them in second place.
Amy Riordan continues to shine in freestyle events, claiming the win in the 500 free. Her time of 4:43.82 was a new personal best for the sophomore and jumps her up to second place in the program’s all-time top-10.
Riordan was followed by a trio of Gamecocks – Hayley Mason in second (4:48.65), Jordan Agliano in third (4:49.64), and Meaghan Harnish in fourth (4:49.92).
For the men, Raymond Prosinski, Jose Castro, and Connor Fry went 3-4-5 in the 500 free. Prosinski (4:21.96) and Fry (4:24.29) both swam new personal best times in the event.
Greta Pelzek and Annaliese Streeter completed a 1-2 finish in the 200 IM for the women with both Gamecocks swimming new personal best times – Pelzek a 1:58.36 and Streeter a 1:59.98.
In the men’s 200 IM, Wylie Kruse was the top-placing Gamecock in second with a 1:48.83. The time is the fastest on South Carolina’s team so far this season.
The Gamecock women earned a sweep of the individual events for the night with Chandler claiming the win in the 50 free with a time of 22.83.
Shperkin was the top performer for the team in the men’s 50 free, placing fourth with a 20.10. He was followed in fifth place by Buck who swam a new personal best time of 20.22.
South Carolina’s women set another pool record to close out the evening, this one in the 400 medley relay. Bella Pantano, Streeter, Toh, and Scholes combined for a time of 3:34.61 to lower the previous pool record of 3:35.22 that was set at this event last season.
The Gamecocks also claimed the second-place finish in the event as well with Riordan, Lien Yu, Pelzek, and Chandler swimming a 3:35.75.
The men closed out the night with a second and fourth place finish in the 400 medley relay. The ‘A’ team of Laitarovsky, Daniel West, Ahmed Rateb, and Shperkin placed second with a 3:12.11 while Ryan Hufford, Liam Kerns, Luke DeVore and Buck placed fourth with a 3:14.85.
South Carolina’s swimmers will be back in action on Thursday with prelims beginning at 10:00 a.m. and finals at 6:00 p.m.
Tennessee Invitational
South Carolina’s divers completed their first day of action at the Tennessee Invitational in Knoxville with three individuals making their way to the finals.
For the women, junior Blair Isenhour excelled, placing seventh in the prelims with a score of 297.50 to earn a second set of dives in the finals. In the finals her score of 268.25 landed her in 12th place overall.
For the men, both sophomore Charley Bayer and freshman Max Spencer made their way to the finals. In the prelims, Bayer placed third (338.65) while Spencer placed 11th (289.25) to secure their respective spots in the final round. From there, Bayer was able to retian his third place finish with a score of 328.20 while Spencer jumped up to ninth place with a 298.20.
Action at the Tennessee Invitational will continue on Thursday with the women’s platform event and the men’s 3-meter event.
For all the latest South Carolina swimming and diving information, continue to follow GamecocksOnline.com or the team on social media (@GamecockSwmDive).
Tennessee Invitational Day 1 Results
Women’s 3-meter
Prelims
7 – Blair Isenhour – 297.50
28 – Mak Blake – 241.60
42 – Josie Matalone – 182.70
Finals
12 – Blair Isenhour – 268.25
Men’s 1-meter
Prelims
3 – Charley Bayer – 338.65
11 – Max Spencer – 289.25
20 – Tyler Hoard – 251.95
Finals
3 – Charley Bayer – 328.20
9 – Max Spencer – 298.20
A ride at a historic Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, amusement park turned into a nightmare that left a man paralyzed, a North Carolina couple alleges in a lawsuit.
The couple, identified as Gangia Adhikari and husband Kul Sannyashi, said they visited the Family Kingdom Amusement Park July 23, 2021, and rode the wooden Swamp Fox Roller Coaster.
“While riding the roller coaster as a result of the negligence, carelessness, recklessness, willfulness and wantonness of the Defendants, Plaintiff’s husband suffered an acute injury to his spinal cord which caused quadriplegia,” the lawsuit, filed June 20, alleges.
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Family Kingdom, a seaside amusement park in Myrtle Beach, S.C. (Jeffrey Greenberg/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)
The couple alleged the coaster was “extremely dangerous, more so than a typical roller coaster.”
The lawsuit said Family Kingdom Amusement Park “failed to adequately warn customers” of the dangers the roller coaster could present to riders.
The lawsuit also alleged the amusement park failed to take precautions to ensure the ride would not cause serious injuries to its users.
Attorney Morgan Martin told The Sun News Sannyashi is in “horrible condition.”
“The allegation is that he gets on [the roller coaster] fine and then gets off as a quadriplegic,” Martin told the outlet. “It’s such a sad, sad day for that young man, who is just in horrible condition.”
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Sannyashi claimed he had to undergo operations that required expensive medical treatment, hospitalization and intensive care.
A North Carolina man is reportedly paralyzed after riding the popular Swamp Fox roller coaster at Myrtle Beach’s Family Kingdom Amusement Park. (Family Kingdom)
The lawsuit claims he requires 24-hour nursing assistance and suffers from extreme pain, mental anguish and depression due to his permanent injuries.
According to the lawsuit, Adhikari is suing for loss of companionship, fellowship, aid, assistance, company and more.
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Mary Elle Marchant, River Bluff native, crowned as Miss South Carolina Teen 2024 – ABC Columbia
Photo Courtesy: Amanda Upton Photography
COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO) — The Miss South Carolina Scholarship Organization has crowned Miss River Bluff’s Teen, Mary Elle Marchant, as Miss South Carolina’s Teen 2024.
According to Gavin Smith with the organization, Marchant hails from Lexington, SC, and is an 18-year-old who recently graduated from River Bluff High School.
Performing a musical theatre dance to “I Hope I Get It” from “A Chorus Line to Life,” Marchant was a preliminary winner in the teen evening gown and teen talent award categories.
She received a $12,500 savings bond and will compete for the title of Miss America’s Outstanding Teen.
The Miss South Carolina Scholarship Organization also named four additional delegates as runners up in the 2024 Miss South Carolina’s Teen Competition:
First runner up: Miss Daniel Island’s Teen, Tess Ferm
Second runner up: Miss Columbia’s Teen, Le’Daviah Terry
Third runner up: Miss Greer High School’s Teen, Madison Harbin
Fourth runner up: Miss Greater Greer’s Teen, Lilykate Barbare
The Miss South Carolina 2024 competition will continue Saturday evening, beginning at 8 p.m.
Miss South Carolina 2024 will receive a $60,000 scholarship and will compete for the title of Miss America.
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Editorial: Long-awaited reform on how SC picks judges will help, but it doesn’t go far enough
The reform measure the Legislature sent to Gov. Henry McMaster on Wednesday won’t solve the multitudinous problems with the way South Carolina picks judges.
The governor still won’t have anywhere near as much say as the Legislature in selecting the members of the third branch of government.
And lawyer-legislators still will retain inordinate sway over the careers of judges they practice before — creating the appearance if not the reality of preferential treatment.
But the bill — more than a year in the making and far longer than that in the needing — provides a good first step to addressing real and perceived flaws that threaten public confidence in our judicial system. We urge Mr. McMaster to sign it.
For the first time, it allows the governor to appoint some members to the Judicial Merit Selection Commission, which decides who legislators can elect or reelect to the Supreme Court, the Court of Appeals and the Circuit and Family courts. Governors have never had any say in those elections, and they still won’t participate in the vote, but S.1046 lets the governor appoint four of the 12 commissioners.
House and Senate leaders will still pick the eight other members, and six of them have to be legislators; technically, the bill allows all eight to be legislators, which would ensure legislators’ continued majority on the panel, but if House or Senate leaders choose to interpret it that way, it will be a massive betrayal of the public trust.
Perhaps equally important, legislators will be limited to four consecutive years on the panel, and all but three current members will be expelled from the commission when the law takes effect in a year. Among those leaving will be House Democratic Leader Todd Rutherford, who has made himself the poster child for how lawyer-legislators can manipulate that position to their personal advantage. (Additionally, commissioners have to resign if a relative files to run for a judgeship.)
As long as the Legislature elects judges, the governor should appoint all the members of the screening panel; that’s the only way to create the balance of powers that is foundational to our nation’s system of governance. Barring that, lawyer-legislators should be prohibited from serving on the panel: One chance to influence who becomes a judge — when they vote in the election — is enough; that second opportunity is the root of most of the evil that South Carolina’s prosecutors have been complaining about for more than a year.
It’s worth noting that lawmakers agreed to give the governor some say on the commission at the very same moment they reduced the commission’s power: It still will be able to end the careers and the hopes of judges and would-be judges, but in most cases, it no longer will be able to nominate its favorites from among multiple qualified candidates. Now, instead of nominating a maximum of three candidates for each seat, the so-called cap will be six — which is more than the number of candidates in most contests — so if six candidates are found qualified, all six of them will stand for election.
The other smart reforms are a requirement that screening hearings be livestreamed and a related ban on candidates dropping out before the commission issues its report on their qualifications. Both are designed to stop the panel from pressuring candidates to drop out after screening by suggesting that the public will see unflattering material about them if they don’t.
As Upstate Solicitor Kevin Brackett tells us, “This is helpful, but some of the main structures that ensure legislative dominance are still in place and need to be addressed.” That means getting lawyer-legislators off the screening commission and, ideally, allowing the governor to appoint all 12 members. It’s not too soon to start working on that next round of reforms.
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