5 SavannahNOW - Savannah Morning News Some of the best swimmers in the state will be in Savannah today competing in GHSA AAAA High School Swimming Championships, lured here by the Chatham County Aquatic Center. Heading into its second year of operation, the 4.6 million-dollar facility has a solid reputation. We're very fortunate to train there, it makes the pools I trained in growing up look like a gutter pool. The pool is even better for competition. Times get a lot faster here.
Faster times mean more college attention and opportunities for scholarships.
A field of 486 will try to take advantage of those opportunities. The Jenkins Warriors are one of seven local prep swim teams that train at the center. Jenkins will compete for titles in the evening session's 22 championship events for each gender. Most have been swimming competitively since age 6. Typically, they're up by 5 a.m. and devote four to six hours per day almost year round to training.