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The Moultrie Sharks will have the top-seeded individuals in nine events in the Georgia Recreation and Park Association’s District III swim meet to be held Saturday at the Baldwin Drive Pool in Tifton.

Meg Howell, Kaitlyn Mitchell and Austin Vines will be the top seeds in their two individual events, with Howell and Vines will take shots at state records, coach Pierre Rogers said.

“We may see some new standards this Saturday,” Rogers said.

Vines will be the top seed in the 15-18 boys 100-yard individual medley and 50-yard backstroke.

He won the backstroke event and 50-yard freestyle at the District meet last year and won the backstroke at the state meet, missing the state record by .05 second.

Vines also was second in the 50-yard freestyle at the state meet last year.

Howell goes into Saturday’s meet as the top seed in the 50-yard freestyle and 25-yard breaststroke in the 7-8 girls age group.

She won both of those events at the 2012 District meet.

Mitchell, swimming in the 11-12 girls age group, will be the top seed in the 100-yard freestyle and the 50-yard breaststroke.

The Sharks other top seeds are Case Gregory, in the 9-10 boys 25-yard breaststroke; Lynnsey Bell, in 7-8 girls 25-yard freestyle; and Carlton Paulk, in the 13-14 boys 50-yard backstroke.

The 7-8 girls 100-yard freestyle relay team of Lynnsey Bell, Shelby Reed, Jaycee Cornelius, Meg Howell, Ayleen Ramirez and Ryleigh Robinson also has a top-seeded time.

The 14-and-under girls 200-yard relay team of Mollie Brown, Kaitlyn Mitchell, Patti Mitchell and Madison Chapman also is a top seed.

The Sharks will enter teams in 12 relay events.

The top three finishers in each event will advance to the state swim meet.

The Moultrie Shark girls who will compete Saturday are Meg Howell, Ellie Ladson, Kaitlyn Mitchell, Meg Ladson, Patti Mitchell, Madison Chapman, Caitlin Rollock, Savana Chapman, Lynnsey Bell, Jaycee Cornelius, Shelby Reed, Ayleen Ramirez, Ryleigh Robinson, Lily Tillman, Alison Bell, Caroline Harrell, Justice Myrick, Morgan Clark, Mollie Brown, Rachel Bostick, Lynn Miller, Lyndsay Oxley, Maggie Bishop, Madison Montgomery and Libbi Barber.

The Sharks boys swimmers are William McQueen, Conner Adderten, Trip Gregory, Luke Barber, Justin Sinclair, Carlton Paulk, Case Gregory, Austin Vines, Burton Brown and Austin Hawkins.