Union County swimmer is Charlotte Observer athlete of the week
Piedmont High swimmer Ava Yandle is the Charlotte Observer athlete of the week.
Yandle won the Southern Carolinas conference championship in the 200 individual medley and the 100 butterly at the Mecklenburg County Aquatic Center Jan. 8.
Yandle set a school-record in the 200 IM and now holds school records in eight different events.
In this week’s voting, Yandle had more than 11,000 votes, well ahead of Cuthertson’s Mackenzie Townsend and Myers Park’s Liza Whitmire.
This story was originally published January 12, 2020 at 4:41 PM.