Swimmers Make Waves at Conference Championship

The Girls Swim & Dive Team traveled to Gladstone on February 4th and 5th to compete in the Blue/Red Varsity Conference Championship. 

Gold Metal team: Top left to right: Claire Woehrman, Macy James. Bottom left to right: Ruby Dunn, Tori Tarr

Team Highlights include:

- The 200 Medley Relay of Claire Woehrman, Macy James, Tori Tarr, & Ruby Dunn placed 1st with a season best 2:00.38. That is dropping a total of 2.98 seconds from the start of the meet. 

- Claire Woehrman finished 3rd in the 200 freestyle with a best time 2:09.07 in prelims, which is a 4.47 second time drop this season. She also finished 2nd in the 100 freestyle with a time of 58.26, which is a 3.80 second time drop this season. 

- Ruby Dunn finished 4th in the 200 freestyle with a best time of 2:16.61, which is a 2.83 second time drop this season. She also finished 4th in the 500 freestyle with a best time of 6:13.23, which is an 11.68 second time drop this season. 

- Braylon Stegall finished 9th in the 200 freestyle with a best time of 2:41.70, which is a 9.68 second time drop for the season. She also finished 10th in the 100 backstroke with a best time of 1:26.32, which is a 1.11 second time drop for the season. 

- Elizabeth Demers finished 10th in the 200 freestyle with a best time of 2:46.20 in prelims, which is a 15.46 second time drop for the season. She also finished 8th in the 500 freestyle with a best time of 7:18.63 from prelims, which is a 35.70 second time drop for the season.

- Mallory Jury finished 4th in the 200 IM with a best time of 2:42.55 in prelims, which is a 10.50 second time drop for the season. She also finished 7th in the 100 breaststroke with a time of 1:26.19, which is a 2.64 second time drop for the season. 

- Ameila Byers finished 5th in the 200 IM with a best time of 2:46.19 in prelims, which is a 6.19 second time drop for the season. She also finished 10th in the 100 freestyle with a best time of 1:06.12, which is a 3.44 second time drop for the season. 

- Macy James finished 6th in the 200 IM with a time of 2:52.35, and has dropped a total of 15.02 seconds this season. She also finished 5th in the 100 breaststroke with a best time of 1:23.95 in prelims, which is a 10.28sec time drop for the season.

- Jillian Bonderer finished 8th in the 50 freestyle with a best time of 28.78, which is a 2.34 second time drop for the season. She also finished 3rd in the 100 breaststroke with a best time of 1:19.62, which is a 11.34 second time drop for the season. 

- Adelynn McCourt finished 11th in the 50 freestyle with a best time of 29.99, which is 2.02 second time drop for the season. She also finished 12th in the 100 freestyle with a best time of 1:08.21, which is a 15.34 second time drop for the season. 

- Brylee Stegall finished 13th in the 50 freestyle with a best time of 32.40, which is a 1.02 second time drop for the season. She also finished 12th in the 100 breaststroke with a best time of 1:46.33, which is a 7.26 second time drop for the season. 

- Kendra Seeley finished 15th in the 50 freestyle with a best time of 33.74 in prelims, which is a 2.46 second time drop for the season. She also finished 7th in the 100 backstroke with a time of 1:22.27, and has dropped 13.72 second in that event this season. 

- Tori Tarr finished 1st in the 100 fly with a best of 1:00.76, which is a 3.11 second time drop for the season. She also finished 1st in the 100 backstroke with a best time of 1:02.92, which is a 3.28 second time drop for the season. 

- Flannery Simmons finished 13th in the 100 freestyle with a best time of 1:10.84 in prelims, which is a 6.72 second time drop for the season. 

- The 200 Free Relay of Claire Woehrman, Jillian Bonderer, Ruby Dunn, and Tori Tarr placed 2nd with a season best of 1:49.00. That is dropping 2.04 seconds from prelims to finals. It also greatly improved our time for moving up in the standing for the State meet. 

- Hailey Thorpe finished 8th in the 100 backstroke with a best time of 1:21.83 in prelims, which is a 14.63 second time drop for the season. 

Divers competed at Conference last Tuesday and scored major points for the team. Highlights:

- Flannery Simmons placed 5th with a score of 219.10

- Sam Singleton placed 3rd with a score of 225.15

- Hailey Thorpe placed 6th with a score of 193.00

A group of six girls will head to the St. Peters Rec Plex for the MSHSAA Class 1 State Championships on February 17 and 18. The team of Jillian Bonderer, Ameila Byers, Ruby Dunn, Macy James, Tori Tarr, and Claire Woehrman will be ready to represent the Bulldogs on the State Championship stage.

KPGZ Sports - Susan Woehrman contributed to this story