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Local swimmers do not qualify for today's finals (02/16/08)
Jackson sophomore Cailin McGinnis and Notre Dame junior Brittany Menz earned the top finishes among local competitors at the state girls swimming meet in St. Peters on Friday. McGinnis took 18th in the 100-yard backstroke, finishing in 1 minute, 4.75 seconds...
Injuries have not kept Sorrell from helping Poplar Bluff swimmers (02/07/08)
By BRIAN ROSENER ~ DAR Sports Editor Laying in a hospital bed with a broken wrist and having just come out of surgery to repair her small intestine, Nancy Sorrell wanted to know when she could get back to the pool. Not in the water, necessarily, just around it and her teammates...
Mules swimmers fall to St. Vincent (02/05/08)
By DAR STAFF Poplar Bluff's Kayla Huett and Jackie LeGrand finished first and second in the 50-meter freestyle Monday but the Lady Mules finished second to host St. Vincent 142-97. "They just had more 'desire' at the end of races than we did," Poplar Bluff coach Beth Lewis said. "We also had about half the team sick either before, during or after the meet so illness was a huge downfall for us."...
Puxico shakes slow start at Stoddard County tourney (01/22/08)
By DAR STAFF Puxico overcame a slow start Monday night to beat Richland 55-45 in the Stoddard County Tournament. "They got off to a 6-0 start and we started pressing and we established ourselves," Puxico coach Josh Dowdy said. "I felt like it turned the game around."...
Local swimmers find out how they stack up against state's best (01/20/08)
Jackson sophomore Cailin McGinnis is in a pickle most high school swimmers only dream of being in. The sophomore has already qualified for the state meet in five individual events, but she can swim in only two individual events at state. So she has to take time to decide which two are her best races...
Central swimmers to host 15-team City of Roses Invitational today (01/19/08)
The water at the Central Municipal Pool is heating up and so is the competition. The pool received a new water heater Wednesday, increasing temperatures to 78 and 79 degrees just in time for today's 15-team City of Roses Invitational. Hosted by Central, diving begins at 9 a.m. and swimming begins at 1 p.m...
Tigers gain experience at prestigious event (01/13/08)
MANCHESTER, Mo. -- Central diver Brittney Thomas realized that the Parkway South Invitational swimming meet was going to be a real challenge for herself and the Tigers team. The meet featured defending state champion Lafayette and nine of the top 13 finishers at last year's state meet. And this year has been a trying one for Central, with numerous pool problems...
Lady Mules regroup after loss of senior (01/06/08)
Nancy Sorrell sustained season-ending injuries in a car accident.
Poplar Bluff swimmers improve times but fall to Jackson (12/14/07)
By BRIAN ROSENER ~ DAR Sports Editor Poplar Bluff got off to a good start Thursday night as the Lady Mules won their first relay race of the season. But that lead quickly disappeared as Jackson outscored the host in each of the next three races, winning nine in all to take the meet 96-72...
Saxony features nine swimmers in third year (12/15/07)
When Dan Rau volunteered to launch and coach the Saxony Lutheran swim team after the school went without a program for two years, he learned students had little interest. "I got the interest list from the athletic director" this past summer, Rau said. "There was only one name listed. So when I started the program I thought, 'Gee, I'm only going to have a handful of kids.'"...
Notre Dame swimmers sweep three-team meet (12/14/07)
Notre Dame took first place in all 11 events as it rolled at the St. Vincent three team girls swimming meet Thursday. Brittany Menz and Lauren Castleman led the Bulldogs by aiding in the victories by the 200 medley relay, the 200 freestyle relay and the 400 freestyle relay. Castleman also won the 50 freestyle and Menz won the 100 freestyle...
Lady Mules win three races but lose meet (12/12/07)
By DAR STAFF Nancy Sorrell, Hannah Crites and Lauren Decker each won races Tuesday for Poplar Bluff but Cape Central swept the relays and won 98-71 at the Black River Aquatic Center. "The girls had a very good first meet," Lady Mules coach Beth Lewis said. "(They're) right on track for a great season."...
Mules resurface: Poplar Bluff swimming team has roster of 14 (12/11/07)
By BRIAN ROSENER ~ DAR Sports Editor With a roster of 14, Poplar Bluff swim coach Beth Lewis will try her hand at juggling this winter. "Last year we always worked on times," the second-year coach said. "But this year, we're going to work on (scoring) points."...
Problems with the Central pool pump kept swimmers on land (12/06/07)
Many members of the Central team did karaoke and other similar activities instead of actual swimming during the first two weeks of winter practice. "We did karaoke, but not the singing kind," Tigers senior Amity Downing said, laughing. "So it is like this ..."...
Central's Gramling earn all-state honor with seventh-place finish (11/11/07)
Sam Gramling became the first Central swimmer in eight years to earn all-state honors as he placed seventh overall in the 500-yard freestyle at the finals of the Missouri Swimming Championships on Saturday in St. Peters, Mo. Gramling covered the distance in 4 minutes, 51.36 seconds...
Central's pool problems stunted competitors' training (11/08/07)
Central captain Peyton Waggener has witnessed first hand how pump failures at the Central Municipal Pool adversely affected the Tigers and other local swimming programs. The pool problems caused the teams to schedule practice sessions at other facilites where they have not been able to put in as many hours as usual...
Sophomore's work ethic derives from religious convictions (11/08/07)
When Central sophomore Sam Gramling describes how much time he spends practicing each week, he smiles and says that he's "hardly out of the water." "Swimming is a sport in which you have to be in the water constantly," he said. "If you're not in the water, then you're not going to do very [well]."...
Pool problem has area teams seeking new water (09/26/07)
Central swimming coach Dayna Powell said Tuesday that she has heard the motor and pump failure at Central Municipal Pool will not be fixed until mid-November, so she has decided to cancel the Cape Rock Invitational on Oct. 6. "At the moment I'm preparing an e-mail to get out to coaches," she said Tuesday evening. ...
Bollinger leads ND swimmers to second place at SLUH meet (09/22/07)
The Notre Dame boys swimming team took second place Friday with a score of 112 in a meet hosted by St. Louis University High. The Junior Bills took first with a score of 161, and Kennedy took third with 24. Bulldogs swimmer Logan Bollinger recorded both of Notre Dame's first-place finishes, touching the wall first in the 100 backstroke (1 minute, 0.61 seconds) and the 100 butterfly (59.40). ...
Central floats past ND, Jackson (08/28/07)
Central's Caleb Coots, Jackson's Ryan Gibson and Notre Dame's Logan Bollinger swam the 100 butterfly neck and neck Monday at the Central Municipal Pool to earn state-qualifying times. "It was probably the best race of the day as far as excitement," Central coach Dayna Powell said...
An upstream battle (08/25/07)
When Dustin Kaminskey first learned a couple months ago that Jackson High School would start a fall swim team for his senior year, he felt some mixed emotions. Kaminskey, who had swam competitively for close to eight years, was restricted indefinitely from competing and told he might never swim again in April 2006 after separating his voice box from his trachea and severing his carotid artery and a vein in his neck in an automobile accident...
Indians launch program with diverse group (08/25/07)
Jackson's first-year boys swimming team is comprised of a diverse group of athletes, including four seniors who have never swam competitively, a student who scored a 36 on the ACT and a junior whose sweet tooth for cake one afternoon is the cause of his joining the team...
Tigers absorb late hit at skill positions (08/17/07)
Central football coach Lawrence Brookins may have some skilled positions to fill after last year's playoff run. Brookins said at Thursday's picture day at the high school that leading receiver George Hamilton III relocated to Tampa, Fla., with his mother and sister, while the only player in school with significant experience at quarterback did not come out for the team...
Poplar Bluff scraps boys swimming (07/25/07)
The school board cited lack of interest for pulling the plug on the sport.
Kinder takes two titles (02/18/07)
ST. PETERS -- Central girls swimming coach Dayna Powell had an extra responsibility this year at the MSHSAA state meet. And it is something she has been looking forward to for 11 years. Powell awarded the medals to the top eight swimmers in both the 100-yard freestyle and 200-yard freestyle...
CHS's Kinder qualifies for two finals with top times (02/17/07)
Central senior Hannah Kinder put herself in position to win her first state swimming title by posting the top time in Friday's preliminaries in both the 100- and 200-yard freestyle events in the state meet at the St. Peter's Rec Plex. The championship round is today, with the top eight swimming in one finals the next eight in the consolation finals for each event...
Kinder takes final shot at state title (02/16/07)
The Central girls swimming team has had individual and relay state champions in the program's past, so the fact Hannah Kinder will go down as one of the program's greatest swimmers when the state meet ends this weekend is saying quite a bit. Kinder will be joined by several teammates for today's preliminaries and Saturday's event finals in the state meet at the St. Peter's Rec-Plex...
Wins, title provide surprise for Menz (02/10/07)
For Notre Dame sophomore Brittany Menz, Thursday was a day of pleasant surprises. First, Menz was tabbed as one of the Show-Me Conference meet's most valuable swimmers for winning two events with two state-qualifying times. "That was a big shock to me," said Menz, a sophomore who shared the honor with Central senior Hannah Kinder and Central freshman Susan Beth Scott...
Central's Kinder wins MVP in City of Roses swim meet (01/21/07)
Hannah Kinder added to her collection of MVP awards from the City of Roses Invitational. After sharing the award the past two years, she captured the Jeannette Miles Memorial MVP Award outright Saturday after winning two events with two meet records...
Field of 16 expected for Central meet (01/19/07)
Central swimming coach Dayna Powell expects the largest field in the history of the City of Roses Invitational when the event kicks off Saturday at Central Municipal Pool. A field of 16 schools, including schools from Springfield, Columbia and the St. Louis area, are expected to invade the bubble...
Notre Dame swimmers slip past Oakville (01/18/07)
The Notre Dame girls swimming team swept all three relays Wednesday night to edge Oakville 96-87 in a dual meet at Central Municipal Pool. The Bulldogs did not have a single swimmer on all three, with Brittany Menz, Lauren Castleman, Audrey Glover and Ashley Nenninger each swimming on a pair of winning relays...
Central swimmers leave St. Vincent in wake (01/10/07)
The Central girls swimming team used a balanced attack -- with five different event winners and two relay wins -- to post a 114-65 victory against St. Vincent on Tuesday afternoon at the Perry Park Center. Betty Buhs, Jessie Baker, Brittany Thomas, Kelly Ennis and Lilli Robinson won individual events. Buhs led the Tigers' 1-2-3 finish in the 200-meter freestyle. Baker led a similar sweep in the 200 individual medley, and Robinson was followed by two Tigers swimmers in the 500 freestyle...
Central places fifth at Lindbergh (12/17/06)
The Central girls swimming team finished fifth in a 10-team field Saturday afternoon at the Lindbergh Invitational in St. Louis County. Hannah Kinder made two state-qualifying times cuts along with two meet and pool records in the 100 free and the 50 free...
ND swimmers post two top-3 finishes (12/10/06)
The Notre Dame girls swimming team finished third among 11 teams Saturday at the Ladue Invitational, following up the Bulldogs' second-place finish Friday among five teams at the University City Relays. At Ladue, Notre Dame scored 276 points to finish behind Lindbergh's 526 and Ladue's 317...
Cold water to heat up (12/06/06)
A strong group of sophomores and Central senior Hannah Kinder should provide the highlights for the first winter season for high school girls swimming. Just as the boys made their fall debut this past season after being a winter sport, the girls swimming season moved from the spring to winter. Unlike the boys, switching seasons has had few ill effects on the area girls programs...
Scott headed south (11/26/06)
She will bid for Paralympic world championshipsnext month in South Africa. By Toby Carrig Southeast Missourian Susan Beth Scott ate her Thanksgiving dinner in a Chicago airport, between flights, away from family and home. But Thursday marked the beginning of a once-in-a-lifetime adventure for the 14-year-old Central freshman...
Kinder's progress resultsin offer from Texas A&M (11/16/06)
During Central senior Hannah Kinder's three-year high school career, in which she only started swimming year-round following her freshman season, Kinder has turned herself into one of the top swimmers in the state and a factor on the national level...
Central freshman Gramling captures two top-16 finishes (11/12/06)
Central freshman Sam Gramling reached a pair of consolation finals in the high school boys swimming state championships in St. Peters, Mo. Gramling's best finish was an 11th in the 500-yard freestyle. He finished with a time of 4 minutes, 51.39 seconds in the finals, which was more than a second faster than the time he posted Friday in the preliminaries...
Making a splash at state (11/10/06)
The move to the fall brought participation declines and pool issues for Central's swimming team, but the Tigers fought through the difficulties and find themselves in a familiar position heading into this weekend's state swimming meet. Central will be well represented once again this season and could put a swimmer on the podium for the first time since 1999...
Central Municipal Pool hosts meet Saturday (10/05/06)
The Central Municipal Pool's bubble is up, and the water will be filled with swimmers Saturday for the annual Cape Rock Invitational. Central and Notre Dame christened the bubble with a dual meet on Tuesday. The two teams also had a home dual earlier in the season, a rare outdoor meet with boys swimming moved from a winter sport to the fall this school year...
Waggener, Givens lead Central swimmers past Bulldogs (10/04/06)
Peyton Waggener and Hunter Givens won two events apiece, and Central edged Notre Dame 96-82 on Tuesday in just the second home swimming dual meet for both teams. Waggener won the 200-yard individual medley and the 100 breaststroke, and Givens was first in the 100 butterfly and 100 backstroke...
Central swimmers win outdoors (08/29/06)
In what may have been the first boys outdoor swimming meet in Missouri State High School Activities Association history, Central edged Notre Dame 95-77 on Monday at the Central Municipal Pool. This is the first fall boys swimming season since MSHSAA voted to change the season from winter to fall...
Change brings falling numbers (08/24/06)
Central's swimming team went from a program-high 34 swimmers a year ago to a program-low 12 in the first fall boys swimming season since the Missouri State High School Activities Association members voted to changed the swimming season from winter to fall...
California dreamin' for Kinder (08/06/06)
Hannah Kinder's ability to continually drop time in the pool has helped the Central senior-to-be wrack up frequent-flyer miles as she travels across the country participating in some of the most prestigious meets in the nation. Thanks to her performance at a sectional meet in Columbia, Mo., in July, Kinder has earned a trip to the 2006 Speedo Junior National Championships in Irvine, Calif. The meet begins on Monday and concludes Friday...