Fort Mill's swim teams dominated the Region 2-5A championships Saturday, Oct. 3, winning both the boys' and girls' titles by wide margins at the Fort Mill Aquatics Center.

The Yellow Jackets girls piled up 449 points, nearly tripling runner-up Spartanburg's 158, as first reported by Fort Mill Prep Sports. The boys won 357-253 over Spartanburg. Both results send Fort Mill to the SCHSL 5A state championships, where the program will also co-host the 5A girls' meet.

Hours earlier at the same pool, Catawba Ridge pulled off a tighter sweep of Region 3-4A. The Copperheads girls scored 355 points to Nation Ford's 303. The boys' race came down to three points: Catawba Ridge 266, Nation Ford 263.

All three area programs qualified for the state meet.

Fort Mill swimmers win six individual titles

Six Yellow Jackets won individual region titles. Parker Hightower took the boys' 200-yard individual medley. Shlok Maheshwari won the boys' 50-yard freestyle. Wyatt Matz claimed the boys' 500-yard freestyle.

On the girls' side, Delaney Michael won the 100-yard butterfly, Emma Michael took the 500-yard freestyle and Haruka Ono captured the 100-yard breaststroke. Fort Mill also swept the 200-yard freestyle relay in both genders and won the girls' 200-yard medley relay and 400-yard freestyle relay.

Catawba Ridge and Nation Ford split individual honors

The Region 3-4A individual titles were divided between the Copperheads and Falcons. Belle Gload won the girls' 50-yard and 100-yard freestyle for Catawba Ridge. Teammate Amelia Meehan took the girls' 100-yard butterfly and 100-yard backstroke. Lola McGinnis added the girls' 200-yard individual medley.

Nation Ford's boys collected a handful of titles. Levi Vaden won the 50-yard and 100-yard freestyle. Gray Reiger took the 100-yard butterfly and 500-yard freestyle. Jude Cross won the 200-yard freestyle and Noah Harris claimed the 100-yard backstroke.

In relays, Nation Ford won both 200-yard medley relays. Catawba Ridge took the girls' 200-yard freestyle relay and swept the 400-yard freestyle relay. Nation Ford won the boys' 200-yard freestyle relay.

State meet details

The girls' state championships are Thursday, Oct. 8, at the University of South Carolina Natatorium in Columbia. The 4A meet begins at 2 p.m. and the 5A meet at 6 p.m. The boys swim Saturday, Oct. 10, on the same schedule, according to the SCHSL.

Tickets are $10 per person and available at GoFan.co. Cash will be accepted at the door. The meets will be livestreamed on the NFHS Network.