Orange High’s 200 yard medley relay team of Noah Jimison, Matthew Geib, Cross Roman and Owen Rasinske came in 8th in the state on Saturday during the 3A State Championships at the Triangle Aquatic Center. The group had a time of 1:41.55. On Saturday morning, Jimison, Geib, Roman and Rasinske finished eighth in the preliminaries at 1:40.25 to qualify for the championship final. It was a busy day for Jimison and Geib. Geib reached the championship race of the 100 yard butterfly, where he finished 7th in the state at 52.07 seconds. Also, Geib finished 10th in the 100 yard breaststroke. Jimison finished 12th in the state in the 200 yard individual medley, finishing with a time of 2:01.21 in the consolation race. Jimison, in his final event as a Panther, also finished 14th in the 100 yard backstroke. While Jimison and Roman will be graduating, Geib and Rasinske will be back next year waking up early during winter mornings to practice at the Orange County Sportsplex.

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