Barracudas down Woodson to win three straight to start season
Louisburg’s Josiah McCaskill swims the breaststroke during a meet earlier this season at the Louisburg Aquatic Center.
After winning its 10th straight South Suburban Swim League title last season, the Louisburg Barracudas are well on their way to No. 11.
The Barracudas opened their season
with three consecutive victories, including a 300-233 victory over the Woodson
Sharks in Kansas City, Mo., on Saturday.
Louisburg defeated Golden Valley
316-175 in Clinton, Mo., to open the season and then followed it up with a
389-119 win over Harrisonville in its home opener on June 15.
Claire Brown (13-14 girls) and
Samuel Johnson (11-12 boys) each led Louisburg with five first-place ribbons Saturday
against Woodson.
Reece Smith (9-10 girls), Clara
Bockelman (8-and-under girls) and Maddie Prettyman (15-and-over girls) each had
four first-place finishes.
Brown won three individual events
as she captured the 50-yard freestyle in 29.08, 50 breaststroke in 37.35 and
the 200 individual medley in 2 minutes and 41 seconds. She also teamed with
Lola Edwards, Emma Prettyman and Kasi Tune to take first in the 200 medley
relay (2:33) and later she joined Edwards, Prettyman and Gabriella Martire to
win the 200 freestyle relay (2:20).
Johnson also had a big day on the
boys side as he went on to take the top spot in the 50 freestyle (27.70), 50
butterfly (31.61) and 50 backstroke (35.09). He also joined Josiah McCaskill,
Colton Prettyman and Connor Aadland to win the 200 medley relay (2:25) and 200
freestyle relay (2:09).
As for Smith, she led the 9-10
girls as she took first 50 freestyle (39.17) and 50 breaststroke (48.50). Smith
also teamed up with Ella Bockelman, Cricket McIntire and Meg Johnson to win the
100 medley relay (1:25) and 100 freestyle relay (1:19).
Clara Bockelman won three
individual events to led the 8-and-under girls. She took first in the 25
freestyle (19.43), 25 butterfly (28.78) and 25 breaststroke (26.97). Clara also
joined June Hill, Ivy Dischinger and Vivian Goode to win the 100 freestyle
relay (1:48).
Maddie Prettyman also had a successful
day with three individual victories in the 50 butterfly (27.72), 50 backstroke
(29.16) and 200 individual medley (2:24). She also helped Melia Rice, Emma
Johnson and Mary McElyea to a win in the 200 freestyle relay (2:04).
Other Barracuda results are:
GIRLS
8-and-under
25 freestyle: Vivian Goode,
second, 19.79; Ivy Dischinger, fifth, 31.30; June Hill, sixth, 32.12
25 breaststroke: Goode, second,
27.90
25 backstroke: Goode, first,
25.64; Hill, fifth, 37.27
9-10
100 medley relay: Merritt
McIntire, Lila Edwards, Macy Hughes, Michaela Casey, second, 1:43
50 freestyle: Cricket McIntire,
second, 41.10; Ella Bockelman, third, 41.68; Lila Edwards, fourth, 44.04;
Hughes, fifth, 44.29
50 butterfly: Cricket McIntire,
first, 48.25; Hughes, second, 56.13; Edwards, third, 57.03; Meg Johnson,
fourth, 1:00; Merritt McIntire, fifth, 1:02
50 breaststroke: Cricket McIntire,
second, 52.90; Edwards, fourth, 1:08
50 backstroke: Bockelman, first,
44.98; Reece Smith, second, 47.15; Casey, third, 1:00
100 individual medley: Hughes,
first, 1:47; Bockelman, second, 1:49; Johnson, third, 2:05
100 freestyle relay: Hughes,
Edwards, Casey, M. McIntire, second, 1:34
11-12
200 medley relay: Hannah
Farrington, Ashley Branine, Ella Dischinger, Janie Harth, first, 2:37
50 freestyle: Dischinger, first,
31.65; Branine, second, 33.04; Farrington, fourth, 35.18; Harth, fifth, 36.47
50 butterfly: Dischinger, second,
36.70
50 breaststroke: Dischinger,
first, 43.24; Farrington, third, 49.70; Harth, fourth, 51.93; Kasi Tune, fifth,
54.97
50 backstroke: Farrington, first,
39.07; Harth, fourth, 45.77; Tune, fifth, 49.99; Alessandra Martire, sixth,
1:00
200 individual medley: Tune,
third, 4:23
200 freestyle relay: Dischinger,
Farrington, Harth, Tune, second, 2:29
13-14
50 freestyle: Emma Prettyman,
second, 30.47; Lola Edwards, third, 33.49
50 butterfly: Prettyman, first,
35.80; Edwards, second, 39.74;
50 breaststroke: Edwards, third,
44.88
200 individual medley: Prettyman,
second, 2:51
15-and-over
200 medley relay: Maddie
Prettyman, Emma Johnson, Mary McElyea, Shayla Aye, second, 2:24
50 freestyle: McElyea, second,
28.25; Melia Rice, fourth, 32.39; Johnson, sixth, 35.65
50 butterfly: McElyea, second,
30.74; Aye, sixth, 58.92
50 breaststroke: McElyea, first,
34.82; Rice, third, 42.23; Johnson, fifth, 43.51; Aye, sixth, 1:01
50 backstroke: Rice, second, 38.16
200 individual medley: Johnson,
fifth, 3:16
BOYS
8-and-under
25 freestyle: Matthew Farrington,
second, 23.40; Bennett Mendez, fourth, 25.10
25 butterfly: Mendez, fourth,
36.55
25 breaststroke: Mendez, first,
28.02; Farrington, second, 33.07
100 medley relay: Farrington,
first, 2:29
9-10
100 medley relay: Matthew
Farrington, Andrew Jamison, Colin Brown, Bennett Mendez, second, 1:29
50 freestyle: Jamison, first,
34.76
50 butterfly: Brown, first, 34.81
50 breaststroke: Jamison, first,
43.68; Brown, second, 45.61
50 backstroke: Jamison, first,
43.39
100 individual medley: Brown,
first, 1:22
11-12
50 freestyle: Josiah McCaskill,
second, 30.24; Connor Aadland, fourth, 35.45; Colton Prettyman, fifth, 35.50
50 butterfly: Aadland, second,
38.08
50 breaststroke: McCaskill, first,
38.19; Prettyman, second, 40.95
50 backstroke: Aadland, second,
41.72; Prettyman, fifth, 47.12
13-14
200 medley relay: Cooper Hipp,
Braden Branine, Josh Holtzen, Ryder Ross, second, 2:40
50 freestyle: Hipp, third, 27.81;
Holtzen, fourth, 30.09; Branine, fifth, 30.41
50 breaststroke: Branine, second,
38.62; Hipp, third, 39.38; Holtzen, fourth, 42.40
50 backstroke: Hipp, third, 39.04
200 individual medley: Branine,
fourth, 2:56; Holtzen, fifth, 3:00
200 freestyle relay: Branine,
Ross, Holtzen, Hipp, second, 2:19
15-and-over
200 medley relay: Bridger Baus,
Cole Brown, Remington Rice, Drake Baus, second, 2:05
50 freestyle: Rice, third, 25.69;
Brown, fourth, 27.41; Bridger Baus, fifth, 28.45; Gareth Baus, sixth, 28.54
50 butterfly: Rice, second, 28.51;
B. Baus, third, 31.06; G. Baus, fourth, 32.15; Drake Burdine, fifth, 32.83
50 breaststroke: Brown, second,
37.09; G. Baus, third, 43.49
50 backstroke: Bridger Baus,
first, 31.73; Rice, second, 34.82; D. Baus, third, 38.02; Burdine, fourth,
39.12
200 individual medley: Brown,
third, 2:43; D. Baus, fourth, 3:06
200 freestyle relay: Brown, G.
Baus, Burdine, Rice, second, 1:52