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Blue Springs, MO —
The Blue Springs South girls swimming and diving team notched an impressive 4-0 effort in Tuesday night’s quadrangular meet at the Blue Springs YMCA.
The Jaguars beat Sedalia Smith-Cotton 231-50, topped St. Joseph Central 214-87, knocked off Marshall 221-70 and bested O’Hara 236-14.
South rolled with 11 first-place finishes in 12 events. Emily Zweerink reached the state cut in the 100-yard freestyle with a first-place time of 55.72 seconds. She also came in tops in the 200 freestyle (2:08.41) and helped the 200 medley and 200 freestyle relay squads to top times.
Morgan Connors added wins in the 50 freestyle (26.35) and 500 freestyle (5:41.63) while also competing on the winning relay teams with Zweerink.
Allie Steinhauser also made the state cut in diving with a second-place total of 227. She finished behind teammate Bre Schlenger (240.05).
“I thought we did very well tonight,” South coach Errich Oberlander said. “Everyone improved quite a bit from our first meet last week. We were very aggressive with our swims and our times improved because of it.”
The Blue Springs South girls swimming and diving team notched an impressive 4-0 effort in Tuesday night’s quadrangular meet at the Blue Springs YMCA.
The Jaguars beat Sedalia Smith-Cotton 231-50, topped St. Joseph Central 214-87, knocked off Marshall 221-70 and bested O’Hara 236-14.
South rolled with 11 first-place finishes in 12 events. Emily Zweerink reached the state cut in the 100-yard freestyle with a first-place time of 55.72 seconds. She also came in tops in the 200 freestyle (2:08.41) and helped the 200 medley and 200 freestyle relay squads to top times.
Morgan Connors added wins in the 50 freestyle (26.35) and 500 freestyle (5:41.63) while also competing on the winning relay teams with Zweerink.
Allie Steinhauser also made the state cut in diving with a second-place total of 227. She finished behind teammate Bre Schlenger (240.05).
“I thought we did very well tonight,” South coach Errich Oberlander said. “Everyone improved quite a bit from our first meet last week. We were very aggressive with our swims and our times improved because of it.”
