The Bainbridge-Decatur County YMCA Barracudas swim team opened their season Saturday with a strong third place finish in the 12-team Tift-area Tidal Wave Invitational Meet.

Barracudas coach Heather Battenberg said all of her swimmers dropped their times and scored points by finishing in the top 16 in their events.

“Our swimmers scored points in a total of 55 individual events,” Battenberg said. “Overall team scores were determined by combining the points earned through relays. We had eight relays competing in the meet. Everyone who swam did an amazing job and contributed to our third place finish.”

Capturing fourth place finishes were the girls 100-yard medley relay team of Christie Whitaker, Carissa White, Ali Bennett and Ava Bennett, 200-yard medley relay team of Brooklyn Willis, Rendi Harrison, Masey Tabb and Crystal Carvajal, the boys 200-yard medley relay team of Dawson Cottles, Dax Willis, Thad Whitaker and Josh Fillingame, the girls 200-yard freestyle relay team of Brooklyn Willis, Rendi Harrison, Massey Tabb Crystal Carvajal and the boys 200-yard freestyle relay team of Thad Whitaker, Josh Fillingame, Dawson Cottles and Dax Willis.

Capturing fifth place finishes were the girls 12-and-under 200-yard medley relay team of Karli Willis, Allee Dickson, Paige Overman and Mary Claire Killough and the girls 10 and under 100-yard freestyle relay team of Ava Bennett, Carissa White, Ali Bennett and Christie Whitaker.

The girls 12-and-under freestyle relay team of Karli Willis, Allee Dickson, Paige Overman and Mary Claire Killough finished seventh.

Individual high point awards were given to the top three boys and girls in each age group. Barracudas overall high point winners included Dax Willis, who finished second in the 9-and-10-year-old boys group with 87 points and Rendi Harrison, who finished third in the 15-to-18-year-old girls group with 68 points.

Also finishing in the top three in their individual events were Kara Overman, who finished first in the girls 6 and under 25-yard backstroke, Dawson Cottles, who finished third in the boys 7-and-8-year-old 100-yard individual medley, Dax Willis, who finished second in the boys 9-and-10-year-old 50-yard freestyle, third in the 9-and-10-year-old boys 25-yard freestyle, first in the 9-and-10-year old boys 25-yard freestyle, first in the 9-and-10-year-old boys 25-yard breaststroke, second in the 9-and-10-year-old boys 25-yard backstroke and second in the 9-and-10-year-old boys 25-yard butterfly and Thad Whitaker who was third in the 13-and-14-year-old boys 50-yard butterfly

The Barracudas will travel to Valdosta this Saturday to compete in the Valdosta YMCA Invitational Meet.