Area digest 7/28/09

Vieira awarded outstanding swimmer

Gators swimmer Gabby Vieira was named the outstanding swimmer at the Ozark Long Course Championship, the final meet of the long-course season in the USA Swimming's Ozark region.

Vieira, 11, won the 100 freestyle, 200 freestyle, 400 freestyle, 100 backstroke, 50 butterfly, 100 butterfly and 200 individual medley.

Gators top-eight finishers

(Age in parenthesis)

Ian Cameron (10) -- sixth in 100 breaststroke; seventh in 50 breaststroke

Caleb Coots (15) -- second in 200 and 400 freestyle; third in 1,500 freestyle; fifth in 400 individual medley

Morgan Fraser (16) -- fourth in 100 breaststroke

Bridget Hale (14) -- seventh in 200 backstroke, 200 individual medley, 400 individual medley; eighth in 100 backstroke

Allison Hobbs (15) -- first in 1,500 freestyle; second in 400 individual medley and 200 backstroke; third in 200 freestyle; fourth in 400 freestyle

Austin Hobbs (11) -- third in 400 freestyle; fourth in 200 freestyle; fifth in 200 individual medley; sixth in 50 breaststroke; seventh in 100 breaststroke; eighth in 100 butterfly

Elizabeth Kiefner (12) -- eighth in 50 butterfly

John-John Kiefner (10) -- fifth in 200 freestyle, 100 breaststroke, 100 backstroke; sixth in 100 freestyle; eighth in 200 individual medley

Morgan Maguire (13) -- third in 1,500 freestyle

Caitlyn Palmer (11) -- sixth in 50 backstroke, 50 butterfly

Elizabeth Rorick (12) -- third in 50 freestyle; fifth in 200 freestyle; eighth in 200 individual medley

Ramsey Scott (14) -- third in 200 backstroke; fourth in 1,500 freestyle; fifth in 1,400 freestyle

Susan Beth Scott (17) -- fifth in 1,500 freestyle

Madeline Siefert (13) -- fourth in 200 breaststroke; fifth in 100 breaststroke

Kristian Troxel (14) -- first in 1,500 freestyle; second in 400 individual medley, 200 freestyle, 400 freestyle, 200 individual medley; third in 200 butterfly, 200 breaststroke

Kyleigh Troxel (14) -- first in 400 and 1,500 freestyle; second in 200 freestyle, 200 breaststroke; third in 200 individual medley; fifth in 200 butterfly

Gabby Vieira (11) -- first in 100, 200 and 400 freestyle, 100 backstroke, 50 and 100 butterfly, 200 individual medley

David Welker (21) -- first in 200 backstroke; second in 200 freestyle; fifth in 400 individual medley; sixth in 100 backstroke; seventh in 1,500 freestyle

Nicholas Welker (20) -- seventh in 100 freestyle

Linnea Woldtvedt (21) -- eighth in 200 breaststroke

Gators cruise to conference title

The Gators swimming team rode a number of strong performances to the team title at the Southeast Missouri Swim Conference meet.

The following Gators swimmers captured high-point trophies in their divisions: Austin Hobbs (11- and 12-year old boys), John-John Kiefner (9-10 boys), Josey Powell (9-10 girls), Kristian Troxel (13-14 boys), Gabby Vieira (11-12 girls), Annie Wolpers (15 and older girls), Thomas Janisse (15 and older boys) and a tie between Bridget Hale and Kyleigh Troxel (13-14 girls).

Kristian Troxel, Kyleigh Troxel and Vieira each set three conference records at the meet. Kristian Troxel broke the record in the 100 freestyle (51.68 seconds), 100 breaststroke (1:06.11) and 200 individual medley (2:06.60). Kyleigh Troxel broke the record in the 100 breaststroke (1:14.89), 100 butterfly (1:05.01) and 200 individual medley (2:19.95). Vieira broke the record in the 50 backstroke (30.53), 50 butterfly (28.44) and 100 individual medley (1:06.49).

Team scores -- Gators 5,460; Kennett 5,211.33; Poplar Bluff 1,522.5; Farmington 809.33; Scott City 737; Charleston 667.83; Sikeston 598; Piranhas 363; Jackson 362; Ste. Genevieve 322.

Local top-five finishers

GIRLS

8 and younger

25 freestyle -- 1. Kaleigh Dirden, SC, 15.03; 2. Molly Phegly, Gators, 15.89; 4. Phoebe Law, Gators, 17.15.

50 freestyle -- 1. Dirden, SC, 34.16; 2. Allison McDonald, Gators, 37.19; 5. Carly Pujol, Gators, 41.37.

25 backstroke -- 2. Pujol, Gators, 19.73; 3. Phegly, Gators, 19.92; 5. Bailey Beussink, Gators, 23.41.

25 breaststroke -- 1. McDonald, Gators, 22.14; 4. Law, Gators, 23.33.

25 butterfly -- 1. Dirden, SC, 16.82.

100 individual medley -- 1. Phegly, Gators, 1:35.02; 2. McDonald, Gators, 1:36.01; 4. Pujol, Gators, 1:42.55.

100 freestyle relay -- 5. Gators, 1:33.40.

100 medley relay -- 1. Gators (Pujol, McDonald, Phegly, Law), 1:19.66; 5. Gators B, 2:26.93.

9- and 10-year olds

50 freestyle -- 5. Amanda Mabry, Gators, 35.99.

50 backstroke -- 1. Josey Powell, Gators, 35.89.

50 breaststroke -- 1. Powell, Gators, 41.61.

100 individual medley -- 1. Powell, Gators, 1:22.29/

100 freestyle relay -- 3. Gators, 1:08.13.

11- and 12-year olds

50 freestyle -- 1. Morgan Rorick, Gators, 27.06; 3. Elizabeth Kiefner, Gators, 29.42; 4. Lydia Cameron, Gators, 30.34.

100 freestyle -- 1. Rorick, Gators, 59.49; 2. Cameron, Gators, 1:05.34; 3. Madeleine McDonald, Gators, 1:08.35; 4. Helen Wojdylo, Gators, 1:09.64.

50 backstroke -- 1. Gabby Vieira, Gators, 30.53; 3. Caitlyn Palmer, Gators, 33.69; 4. Kiefner, Gators, 34.49; 5. Emily King, SC, 37.02.

50 breaststroke -- 2. Wojdylo, Gators, 37.94; 3. Cameron, Gators, 38.52.

50 butterfly -- 1. Vieira, Gators, 28.44; 4. Palmer, Gators, 30.34; 5. Kiefner, Gators, 32.25.

100 individual medley -- 1. Vieira, Gators, 1:06.49; 3. Palmer, Gators, 1:13.02; 4. Rorick, Gators, 1:13.27; 5. Wojdylo, Gators, 1:20.58.

200 freestyle relay -- 1. Gators (Kiefner, Wojdylo, Cameron, Vieira), 1:55.79; Gators B, 1:58.44.

200 medley relay -- 1. Gators (Palmer, Wojdylo, Vieira, Rorick), 2:04.89; 3. Gators B, 2:20.82.

13- and 14-year olds

50 freestyle -- 1. Bridget Hale, Gators, 27.08; 3. Morgan Maguire, Gators, 28.20.

100 freestyle -- 1. Hale, Gators, 58.07; 2. Natalie King, SC, 59.96; 5. Alyssa Nimmer, Jackson, 1:09.76.

100 backstroke -- 1. Hale, Gators, 1:06.68; 2. King, SC, 1:09.96; 4. Madeline Siefert, Gators, 1:17.19.

100 breaststroke -- 1. Kyleigh Troxel, Gators, 1:14.89; 2. Siefert, Gators, 1:15.89; 3. Maguire, Gators, 1:20.26.

100 butterfly -- 1. Troxel, Gators, 1:05.01; 3. Maguire, Gators, 1:11.18; 5. Aimee Lathum, SC, 1:35.21.

200 individual medley -- 1. Troxel, Gators, 2:19.95; 2. King, SC, 2:32.66; 3. Siefert, Gators, 2:41.35; 4. Nimmer, Jackson, 2:53.42.

200 freestyle relay -- 4. Gators, 2:17.43.

200 medley relay -- 2. Gators, 2:29.74; 4. Gators B, 2:32.88.

15- to 18-year olds

50 freestyle -- 1. Annie Wolpers, Gators, 26.46; 2. Lauren Castleman, SC, 26.72; 3. Anna Esswein, Gators, 26.82.

100 freestyle -- 1. Wolpers, Gators, 57.58; 2. Castleman, SC, 59.18; 4. Maria Esswein, Gators, 1:02.15.

100 backstroke -- 1. Sydney Stein, Gators, 1:11.38; 3. Jenny Bader, Gators, 1:13.34; 5. Sydney Franklin, Gators, 1:14.31.

100 breaststroke -- 1. A. Esswein, Gators, 1:11.42; 2. Castleman, SC, 1:19.17; 3. Lizzie Schmidt, Gators, 1:20.13; 4. Audrey Glover, Gators, 1:21.91.

100 butterfly -- 1. Wolpers, Gators, 1:08.34; 2. M. Esswein, Gators, 1:11.43; 3. Stein, Gators, 1:12.16; 4. Bader, Gators, 1:16.46.

200 individual medley -- 1. A. Esswein, Gators, 2:27.05; 2. Schmidt, Gators, 2:34.13; 3. M. Esswein, Gators, 2:37.59.

200 freestyle relay -- 1. Gators (Franklin, A. Esswein, M. Esswein, Wolpers), 1:51.56; 3. Scott City, 2:01.06; 4. Gators B, 2:01.63.

200 medley relay -- 1. Gators (Madison Rau, A. Esswein, M. Esswein, Wolpers), 2:06.18; 2. Gators B, 2:09.49; 5. Scott City, 2:20.65.

BOYS

8 and younger

25 freestyle -- 2. Noah Mejean, Gators, 18.00.

50 freestyle -- 2. Mejean, Gators, 43.42; 4. Jacob Bening, Gators, 45.55.

25 backstroke -- 1. Bening, Gators, 22.68; 4. Thomas Taylor, Gators, 24.11.

25 breaststroke -- 4. Owen Todd, Gators, 28.03; 5. Avery Perez, Gators, 33.27.

25 butterfly -- 3. Samuel Hahs, Gators, 23.96.

100 individual medley -- 3. Hahs, Gators, 2:00.19; 5. Cole Ellinger, SC, 3:10.93.

100 freestyle relay -- 1. Gators (Todd, Bening, Tysen Miller, Mejean), 1:22.11; 2. Gators B, 1:28.89.

100 medley relay -- 2. Gators, 1:35.09; 3. Gators B, 1:44.30.

9- and 10-year olds

50 freestyle -- 1. John-John Kiefner, Gators, 30.26; 2. Brogan Davis, Gators, 31.31.

100 freestyle -- 1. Kiefner, Gators, 1:09.49; 2. Ian Cameron, Gators, 1:16.32; 4. Mathew Chandler, Gators, 1:21.36.

50 backstroke -- 1. Davis, Gators, 35.92; 3. Tra Leimer, Gators, 40.14; 4. Chandler, Gators, 44.33.

50 breaststroke -- 1. Cameron, Gators, 42.40.

50 butterfly -- 1. Davis, Gators, 36.67; 3. Leimer, Gators, 43.22.

100 individual medley -- 1. Kiefner, Gators, 1:21.24; 2. Cameron, Gators, 1:24.38; 3. Leimer, Gators, 1:34.45; 4. Chandler, Gators, 1:36.80.

100 freestyle relay -- 1. Gators (Kiefner, Cameron, Chandler, Davis), 1:02.99; 3. Gators B, 1:29.32.

100 medley relay -- 1. Gators (Davis, Cameron, Leimer, Kiefner), 1:06.99; 3. Gators B, 1:45.96.

11- and 12-year olds

50 freestyle -- 3. Mason Turner, Gators, 31.08; 5. Stephen Sugarbaker, Gators, 32.01.

100 freestyle -- 1. Austin Hobbs, Gators, 1:06.00; 2. Sugarbaker, Gators, 1:09.33.

50 backstroke -- 1. Hobbs, Gators, 34.79; 2. Turner, Gators, 36.06; 4. Raleigh Davis, Gators, 40.21; 5. Matt Cundiff, SC, 40.76.

50 breaststroke -- 1. Hobbs, Gators, 35.96; 2. Joseph Janisse, Gators, 36.34; 4. Jack Jeffers, Gators, 40.94.

50 butterfly -- 1. Janisse, Gators, 33.31; 3. Turner, Gators, 35.23; 4. Cundiff, SC, 40.53.

100 individual medley -- 2. Sugarbaker, Gators, 1:21.48.

200 freestyle relay -- 1. Gators (Janisse, Turner, Sugarbaker, Hobbs), 2:01.02; 3. Gators B, 2:27.31.

200 medley relay -- 1. Gators (Turner, Hobbs, Janisse, Sugarbaker), 2:15.93; 3. Gators B, 2:43.86.

13- and 14-year olds

50 freestyle -- 2. Dustin Parsons, Gators, 25.11; 5. Dillon Williams, SC, 28.10.

100 freestyle -- 1. Kristian Troxel, Gators, 51.68.

100 backstroke -- 2. Parsons, Gators, 1:04.09; 4. Williams, SC, 1:11.64; 5. Ethan Pobst, SC, 1:20.36.

100 breaststroke -- 1. Troxel, Gators, 1:06.11; 5. Jackson Voss, Gators, 1:29.05.

100 butterfly -- 1. Parsons, Gators, 59.80; 3. Landon Beck, Gators, 1:19.17; 4. Voss, Gators, 1:27.27.

200 individual medley -- 1. Troxel, Gators, 2:06.60; 3. Landon Beck, Gators, 2:44.46.

200 freestyle relay -- 1. Gators (Troxel, Parsons, Beck, Voss), 1:47.31; 4. Scott City, 2:13.13.

200 medley relay -- 1. Gators (Beck, Troxel, Parsons, Corey Pech), 2:00.86.

15- to 18-year olds

50 freestyle -- 2. Daniel Neff, Gators, 24.34.

100 freestyle -- 1. Neff, Gators, 52.70; 3. Ryan Aufdenberg, Gators, 56.71; 5. Ben Koch, Gators, 58.97.

100 backstroke -- 1. Thomas Janisse, Gators, 1:02.96; 2. Neff, Gators, 1:03.02; 3. Koch, Gators, 1:14.38.

100 breaststroke -- 1. Collin Andersson, Gators, 1:10.13; 2. Aufdenberg, Gators, 1:13.89; 4. Cory Bunger, Gators, 1:21.50; 5. Kelton Burgi, Jackson, 1:27.59.

100 butterfly -- 2. Janisse, Gators, 1:01.88; 3. Andersson, Gators, 1:07.35; 4. Aufdenberg, Gators, 1:11.78.

200 individual medley -- 1. Janisse, Gators, 2:15.79; 2. Andersson, Gators, 2:25.80; 3. Koch, Gators, 2:37.46.

200 freestyle relay -- 1. Gators (Neff, Andersson, Koch, Janisse), 1:41.39; 3. Gators B, 1:56.19.

200 medley relay -- 1. Gators (Neff, Andersson, Janisse, Koch), 1:54.85; 3. Gators B, 2:13.28.

Jones wins medalist honors

Dixie Jones took home medalist honors at the weekly Kimbeland ladies golf outing.

Karen Heisel won A flight while Mary Rose James took first in C flight.

Nancy Kohl won the handicap tournament at Kimbeland Country Club. Shelley Bohn took second while Ronnie Kirk, Janet Verhines and Harriet Drusch tied for third place.

McCune cards hole in one at Kimbeland

Sharon McCune recorded a hole in one on hole No. 4 at Kimbeland Country Club.

The hole was playing 105 yards.

Mindy Pulley and Dixie Jones witnessed the shot.

Kiefner team wins Hayden Memorial tourney

The team of Luanne Kiefner, Jim Limbaugh, Michele Litzelfelner and Rob Litzelfelner won the championship flight at the sixth annual Ken Hayden Memorial golf tournament.

The team of Kelly Wright, Aaron Wright, Corene Mavigliano and Matt Mavigliano took second while the team of Marilyn Curtis, Scott Higgins, Susan Dry and Bill Tegel was third.

In A flight, the team of Mary Kistner, Jim McElreath, Mary Jean Eftink and Leon Eftink placed first. The team of Steven Bjelich, Lisa Bjelich, John Laskowski and Kate Barnette was second while the team of Gail Dame, Kerwin Urhahn, Barb Dalton and David Dalton finished third.

In B flight, the team of Amy Ressel, Bob James, Kelly McGowan and Luke Cowell took home first place. The team of Linda Decker, Martin Repka, Jen Wood and William Zellmer took second while the team of Kathy Gaulding, Ryan Dingley, Shannon LeGrand and Scott Meyer was third.

McClellan victorious at inaugural race

Wynn McClellan covered the inaugural Jackson Tuff Ten, a 10-mile road race, in 59 minutes, 5 seconds to cross the line in first place.

Heather Williams was the top female finisher, crossing the line in 1 hour, 29 minutes.

Ostendorf earns three softball honors

Cortney Ostendorf, a 2007 graduate of Notre Dame Regional High School, earned three honors for her play on the Three Rivers Community College softball team.

Ostendorf was named to the MCCAC all-conference first team after batting .457 with 36 RBIs and 13 doubles. She was named the conference player of the year and earned a spot on the all-region first team.

Garland, Grady earn title

The team of Rick Garland and Randy Grady took first place at the Southeast Missouri Horseshoe Association's tournament at the Jackson Knights of Columbus.

The team of Lachelle Cook and Lester Powell took second while Cori Stoverink and Gerald Eftink placed third.

The next tournament will be Saturday at the Oran Jaycees.

-- From staff reports