Thursday, March 1, 2012
Swimmers from MICDS, Villa, St. Joe, Ladue and Burroughs have all-star performances at the state meet.
Drum roll please-this is the Ladue-Frontenac All-Star swim team for 2012. The criteria was pretty straight forward and direct. Any swimmer who made top 8 in the state championships at the Rec Plex in St. Peters in swimming or diving, in individual or a relay is an all star. Seventeen local swimmers made this prestigious list. A number are returners from last year’s first recognized class. Here’s the breakdown by school. Mary Institute and Country Day School The Rams, with seven team members head up the class of 2012. MICDS had the highest finish of any St. Louis team in the meet with 160 points; led only by the champs Columbia Rock Bridge with 213 and Springfield Glendale with 182. Senior Annie Goessling led the Rams to their third-place …
Thursday, February 2, 2012
Villa Saints ready to make a strong showing at the state meet later this month.
If you want to beat Villa’s Morgan Mullenix to the finish line in the pool then certainly don’t give her a head start. Mullenix single-handedly dominated a tri meet at Ladue with Visitation Academy, setting up the swimming Saints for the conference swim meet at Westminster Christian next week. Mullenix is a sprinter and dominated the 50 and 100 yard free style events with first place times of 24.82 in the 50 and first in the 100 in 54.03. For good measure, she teamed up with Sarah Sutherlin, Meghan Riegel and Bentley Boldt to win the 200 free relay in 1:44.72 and to take first in the 400 freestyle relay with Riegel, Ellie George and Boldt in 3:48.13. By the time she launched as anchor, she had substantial leads over Viz and Ladue …
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Tuesday, January 3, 2012
Swimmers looking to qualify for state meet the third week in February.
On February 17 and 18 the girls swim teams will battle for supremacy in the annual state championships at the RecPlex in St. Peters. The holidays are over and the pools are crowded with competitors trying to lower times and to get into that meet. This is a busy first week back from the holiday break. Today, Cor Jesu will splash against John Burroughs in the Bombers’ pool at 4 p.m. On Thursday, Villa Duchesne visits MICDS for a 4:15 p.m. showdown. Friday, Burroughs will swim at Westminster at 4 o’clock while University City will be guests at Ladue starting at 4:15 p.m. On Monday, St. Joseph’s Academy meets Visitation Academy at Chaminade at 4:15 p.m. This is where area swimmers are placed at the moment on the area honor roll: 50 yard …
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Mary Institute and St. Louis Country Day School
101 N Warson Rd, Saint Louis, MO
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Villa Duchesne and Oak Hill
801 S Spoede Rd, Saint Louis, MO
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Saint Joseph's Academy
2307 S Lindbergh Blvd, Saint Louis, MO
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John Burroughs School
755 S Price Rd, Saint Louis, MO
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James Baer
9:05 pm on Thursday, March 1, 2012
These all stars are the best in the business. Join me in congratulating them for dominating the area swim competition this winter. more ›