NHS Swim Team -- Southwest Missouri Championship
Ralph Pokorny
Nevada Daily Mail
The Nevada High School swim team took part in the Southwest Missouri Swimming and Diving Championships in Springfield on May 14-15, which was a qualifying meet for the Missouri State Swimming and Diving Championships.
In Missouri there is only one class for swimming that includes all schools.
None of the Nevada swimmers came in under the qualifying times required to advance to the state meet several made it to the finals on May 15.
In the preliminaries on May 14 Nevada swimmers qualified for the finals in three relays and three individual events.
The relay team of Diedre Stacy, Hannah Ketterman, Brittany Braucher and Jenny McCullough qualified for the 200-yard medley relay, 200 freestyle relay and the 400 freestyle relay.
In addition to qualifying for the finals Nevada's 400-yard freestyle relay team set a school and personal record in the preliminaries of 4:20.70 and broke that record in the finals with a time of 4:17.74.
Three swimmers qualified for the finals in individual events: Brittany Braucher, 200-yard IM; Diedre Stacy in the 100 freestyle with a personal record of 1:01.56 and Jenny McCullough in the 100 butterfly with a personal record time of 1:13.06.
Although not qualifying for the finals in the 100 breaststroke, Laura Lovinger swam a personal record of 1:42.85 for 24th place.
Team results:
1, Glendale, 382; 2, Kickapoo, 248; 3, Joplin, 210; 4, Parkview, 97; 5, Carthage, 84; 6, Hillcrest, 70.5; 7, Nixa, 62; 8, Nevada, 61; 9, Ozark, 57; 10, Central, 44; 11, Lamar, 41; 12, Webb City, 24.5.
Preliminary events:
200-yard medley relay (state qualifying time-2:03.19)-7, Nevada (Stacy, Braucher, Ketterman, McCullough), 2:17.32; Nevada (Lovinger, Conner, E. Hissink, C. Hissink), 2:32.40.
200 Freestyle (state qualifying time-2:06.59)-20, Amanda Simpson, 2:32.56; 28, Laura Lovinger, 2:50.53.
200 IM (state qualifying time-2:23.39)-10, Brittany Braucher, 2:48.49.
50 Freestyle (state qualifying time-26.39)-18, Claire Hissink, 30.68; Anne Conner, DQ.
100 Butterfly (state qualifying time-1:05.09)-7, Jenny McCullough, 1:13.06.
100 Freestyle (state qualifying time-57.99)-6, Diedre Stacy, 1:01.56; 16, Hannah Ketterman, 1:08.17; 19, Amanda Simpson, 1:09.52; 26, Emily Hissink, 1:13.18.
200 Freestyle relay (state qualifying time 1:49.59)-5, Nevada (Stacy, Braucher, Ketterman, McCullough); Nevada ( E. Hissink, C. Hissink, Simpson, Lovinger), 2:13.24.
100 Freestyle (state qualifying time-1:05.89)-29, Anne Conner, 1:25.01.
100 Breaststroke (state qualifying time-1:14.19)-24, Laura Lovinger, 1:42.85.
400 Freestyle relay (state qualifying time-4:02.99)-5, Nevada (Stacy, Braucher, Ketterman, McCullough), 4:20.70; Nevada (Simpson, Conner, E. Hissink, C. Hissink), 4:57.20 Finals 200 yard medley relay (state qualifying time-2:03.19)-8, Nevada (Stacy, Braucher, Ketterman, McCullough), 2:16.19.
200 IM (state qualifying time-2:23.39)-10, Brittany Braucher, 2:42.28.
100 Butterfly (state qualifying time-1:05.09)-12, Jenny McCullough, 1:16.82.
100 Freestyle (state qualifying time-57.99)-6, Diedre Stacy, 1:01.71.
200 Freestyle relay (state qualifying time-1:49.59)-6, Nevada (Stacy, Braucher, Ketterman, McCullough), 1:55.26.
400 Freestyle relay (state qualifying time-4:02.99)-5, Nevada (Stacy, Braucher, Ketterman, McCullough), 4:19.74, NHS school record.