Lady Tigers three-peat as WCC swim champions
The Nevada Lady Tigers continued their dominance of West Central Conference swimming, winning a third consecutive league championship Thursday night in Sedalia.
At the WCC championship meet, Nevada accumulated 551 team points to capture first-place. Warrensburg finished a distant second with 405.5 points, followed by host-Sedalia with 379.5; St. Pius, 206 and Archbishop O' Hara, 89.
For Nevada, senior Megan Hold netted a first-place finish in the 50-yard freestyle with a time of 27.30. Other Lady Tiger first place finishers included Carlie McCaffree in the 100-yard Butterfly, as the sophomore clocked a time of 1:11.43; Makayla Haner in the 100-yard Backstroke; Paige Webb in the 500-yard Freestyle; and top finishes in the 200-yard Medley and Freestyle Relays, as well as the 400-yard Freestyle Relay ---- making it a clean sweep of relay events for NHS.
NHS results
* 200-yard Medley (A) Relay: Makayla Haner, Peyton Claypool, Carlie McCaffree, Megan Hold; 1st 1:59.93. (B) Relay: Amara Pippin, Brynn Wolfe, Hallie Short, Maggie Leisure; 6th 2:25.63.
* 200-yard Freestyle: Paige Webb, 2nd, 2:19.92; Makayla Mohrmann, 3rd, 2:25.41; Alyssa Wilson 7th 2:38.82; Noelle Lunkenheimer, 13th 2:49.48.
* 200-yard Individual Medley: Makayla Haner, 2nd 2:29.83; Janna Scotten, 4th, 2:44.38; Maggie Leisure, 5th, 2:53.84; Hallie Short, 11th, 3:12.40.
* 50-yard Freestyle: Megan Hold, 1st, 27.30; Carlie McCaffree, 2nd, 27.52; Brynn Wolfe 6th 28.39; Peyton Claypool 7th 28.44.
* 1 Meter Diving: Morgan Smith, 2nd, 269.90.
* 100-yard Butterfly: Carlie McCaffree, 1st, 1:11.43; Janna Scotten, 3rd, 1:14.15; Maggie Leisure, 7th, 1:20.41; Sami Fine 8th, 1:29.18.
* 100-yard Freestyle: Makayla Mohrmann, 4th, 1:04.10; Emily Bower, 5th, 1:05.51; Aly Lunkenheimer, 6th, 1:06.16; Morgan Smith, 9th, 1:13.80.
* 500-yard Freestyle: Paige Webb, 1st, 6:25.81; Alyssa Wilson, 5th, 7:12.12; Aly Lunkenheimer, 6th, 7:13.95.
* 200 Yard Freestyle (A) Relay: Janna Scotten, Carlie McCaffree, Peyton Claypool, Megan Hold; 1st, 1:51.03. (B) Relay: Emily Simrell, Noelle Lunkenheimer, Jade De Baere, Morgan Smith; 7th, 2:12 97.
* 100-yard Backstroke: Makayla Haner, 1st, 1:06.29; Amara Pippin 6th 1:22.25; Hallie Short, 8th, 1:25.75.
* 100-Breaststroke: Peyton Claypool, 2nd, 1:17.59; Megan Hold, 3rd, 1:21.53; Brynn Wolfe, 6th, 1:26.80; Emalie Bower, 12th, 1:41.29.
* 400-yard Freestyle (A) Relay: Paige Webb, Makayla Haner, Janna Scotten, Makayla Haner; 1st 4:15.93. (B) Relay: Hallie Short, Sami Fine, Emalie Bower, Brynn Wolfe; 5th, 4:53.86.
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