Barracudas win opener against Harrisonville

By Andy Brown
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Updated: June 18, 2016

Josiah McCaskill swims to a victory in the 50-meter freestyle during the Louisburg Barracudas’ season opening meet on June 11 in Harrisonville, Mo. McCaskill won four first-place ribbons on the day.

HARRISONVILLE, Mo. – It was just the first meet of the season, but the Louisburg Barracudas swim team already had a long winning streak to defend.

The Barracudas haven’t lost a regular season meet since 2009 and have won seven consecutive South Suburban League titles.

On Saturday in Harrisonville, the Barracudas kept one streak intact and took a step forward in keeping the other one going. Louisburg defeated Harrisonville 319-161 to continue its dominance over the league.

Three Barracuda swimmers finished the day with five first-place ribbons, which included three individual victories and two relay wins. Sabra Brueggen (9 to 10-year old), Brayton Brueggen (11-12) and Trae Johnsen (15-and over) each earned that honor.

Jesse Faulker swims the butterfly during the June 11 meet in Harrisonville. Faulkner won four first-place ribbons.

Josiah McCaskill (9-10) won four events on the boys side and Jesse Faulkner (8-and-under) captured four first-place ribbons for the girls.

Sabra had a strong showing as she won the 50-meter breaststroke in 50.35 seconds, the 50 backstroke in 41.84 and the 100 individual medley in 1 minute and 31.81 seconds. She also teamed up with Claire Brown, Ashley Branine and Hannah Farrington to win the 100 medley relay (1:36.54) and 100 freestyle relay (1:30.69).

Brayton also had a pair of relay wins as he, Remington Rice, Drake Baus and Cole Brown won the 200 medley relay (3:18) and 200 freestyle relay (2:56). Brayton also picked up first place ribbons in the 50 butterfly (45.47), 50 backstroke (42.72) and 200 individual medley.

Johnsen swam away from the rest of the competition won the 50 freestyle in 28.25 seconds and later won the 50 backstroke in 33.56 and 200 individual medley in 2:43. He joined Christopher Tyson, Alex Prettyman and Gareth Baus to win the 200 medley relay (2:21) and 200 freestyle relay (2:04).

As for McCaskill, he joined Jay McCaskill, William Goode and Josh Holtzen to win the 100 medley relay (1:39), while Josiah, Jay, Goode and Reid McCaskill won the 100 freestyle relay (1:22). Josiah later went on to win the 50 freestyle (41.53) and 50 breaststroke (56.81).

Faulkner had a good day for the 8-U girls as she got victories in the 25 freestyle (26.83), 25 breaststroke (31.97) and 25 backstroke (31.09). She also teamed up with Lola Dubas, Cricket McInitre and Macy Hughes to win the 100 freestyle relay (2:12).

The Barracudas have a bye this week, but will return to action on June 25 when it travels to Butler, Mo., for a meet.

Other Barracuda results are:

Girls

8-and-under

25 freestyle: Lola Dubas, second, 26.69; Cricket McIntire, third, 27.25; Macy Hughes, sixth, 41.56

25 butterfly: Dubas, second, 39.35

25 breaststroke: Dubas, first, 41.22; McIntire, second, 44.81

25 backstroke: Hughes, third, 45.41; Talen McMurray, fifth, 49.0

9-10

50 freestyle: Claire Brown, first, 42.87; Ashley Branine, second, 51.28; Ally Brown, sixth, 58.97

50 breaststroke: Brown, second, 54.75; Branine, third, 1:06.59

50 backstroke: Branine, second, 56.0; C. Brown, third, 56.53; A. Brown, fifth, 1:15.13

100 freestyle relay: Claire Baker, A. Brown, Annika Hartgrave, Madeline Hughes, third, 2:16.56

11-12

200 medley relay: Mable Graham, Mary Grace McElyea, Emma Prettyman, Delanie Tally, first, 2:49.22

50 freestyle: Tally, first, 37.53; Graham, fourth, 38.41; Prettyman, fifth, 38.53

50 butterfly: Prettyman, first, 41.78

Mable Graham swims to a first-place finish in the breaststroke

Mable Graham comes up for a breath as she swims the breaststroke.

50 breaststroke: Graham, sixth, 51.62

50 backstroke: Graham, first, 43.50; Callie O’Brien, second, 50.75; Sophie Baker, third, 51.50; Lindsay Keaton, fourth, 1:00.13; McElyea, fifth, 1:00.37; Brooke Farrington, sixth, 1:00.91

200 individual medley: Prettyman, first, 3:35.70; Catie Lemke, fifth, 4:08.65

200 freestyle relay: Prettyman, O’Brien, Tally, Graham, second, 2:44.34; Remi Rothlisberger, Farrington, Aurora Dericotte, Lemke, fourth, 3:26.85

13-14

200 medley relay: Maddie Kelly, Sydney Keaton, Elizabeth Kratochvil, Alayna Baker, first, 2:40; Avery Graham, Madi Quinn, Sarah Minor, Grace Coffey, third, 2:50

50 freestyle: Keaton, first, 33.10; Graham, second, 34.06; Baker, third, 35.62; Alison Prettyman, fourth, 37.0; Quinn, sixth, 38.06

50 butterfly: Graham, second, 35.87; Kratochvil, third, 37.72; Baker, fourth, 40.31; Kelly, fifth, 40.92; Minor, sixth, 42.46

50 breaststroke: Keaton, third, 43.46; Kratochvil, fourth, 45.35; Quinn, fifth, 49.78; Prettyman, sixth, 49.78

50 backstroke: Graham, first, 41.03; Baker, second, 43.81; Minor, third, 44.38; Kelly, fourth, 45.87; Coffey, fifth, 49.41

200 individual medley: Kratochvil, second, 3:13.38; Keaton, third, 3:13.84; Minor, fourth, 3:41.35; Kelly, fifth, 3:41.93; Quinn, sixth, 3:47.56

200 freestyle relay: Graham, Kratochvil, Baker, Keaton, first, 2:21.25; Kelly, Quinn, Coffey, Minor, third, 2:35.67; Prettyman, Sophie Baker, Lindsay Keaton, Mary Grace McElyea, fourth, 2:57.25

15-and-over

50 freestyle: Madelyn Prettyman, first, 29.68

50 butterfly: Prettyman, first, 30.11

50 breaststroke: Melia Rice, first, 46.87

50 backstroke: Rice, fourth, 44.43

200 individual medley: Prettyman, first, 2:36.46; Rice, third, 3:45.47

Boys

8-and-under

25 freestyle: Casey Carpenter-Ross, first, 23.75; Braxton Koechner, fourth, 32.87; Wyatt Guetterman, fifth, 33.38

25 backstroke: Guetterman, first, 32.91; Carpenter-Ross, second, 34.35; Koechner, fifth, 43.59

100 freestyle relay: Koechner, W. Guetterman, Carpenter-Ross, John Guetterman, first, 2:15.47

9-10

100 medley relay: Jayce Toms, Colton Prettyman, Reid McCaskill, Canaan Clayton, second, 1:56.85

50 freestyle: William Goode, second, 43.31; Josh Holtzen, third, 46.50; Jay McCaskill, fourth, 48.88; Reid McCaskill, sixth, 52.57

50 butterfly: Josiah McCaskill, second, 55.63

50 breaststroke: Holtzen, third, 1:02.31; Jay McCaskill, fourth, 1:03.34; Goode, fifth, 1:03.58; Prettyman, sixth, 1:12.90

50 backstroke: Jay McCaskill, second, 1:04.78; Toms, third, 1:07.13; Clayton, sixth, 1:46.46

100 individual medley: Holtzen, second, 2:11.25

100 freestyle relay: Clayton, Dakota Cummins, Prettyman, Toms, third, 2:09.38

11-12

50 freestyle: Remington Rice, first, 37.16; Cole Brown, third, 39.10; Henry Coolidge, fourth, 44.69; Drake Baus, fifth, 44.60; Jordan Brown, sixth, 46.0

50 butterfly: C. Brown, third, 47.31; Rice, fourth, 53.37

50 breaststroke: Braden Branine, first, 53.90; C. Brown, second, 1:01.07; Rice, third, 1:12.03

50 backstroke: Coolidge, third, 50.68; Baus, fourth, 57.07; J. Brown, fifth, 1:06.19; Cooper Hipp, sixth, 1:14.03

200 individual medley: Branine, second, 4:16.81

200 freestyle relay: Coolidge, Branine, J. Brown, Hipp, second, 3:27; Drake Burdine, Christian Golladay, Nathan Woerpel, Josh Holtzen, third, 3:51.34

13-14

50 freestyle: Davy Brock, first, 33.81; Weston Guetterman, second, 35.28; Gus Faulkner, fourth, 40.31; Bridger Baus, sixth, 42.09