South Suburban League Swimming

The Butler Torpedoes proved to be no match for the Woodson Sharks on Saturday as they dropped the final regular season South Suburban Swim League meet to the Sharks by a score of 408-106.

While the Torpedoes fell short on the team score, they did have several bright spots in the pool. In the Girls 8 & under freestyle, Jayde Eidson took first place, as did Courtney Blevins in the 9-10 year old division. Mason Hayes added a first place finish in the boys 9-10 year old freestyle.

In the girls 13-14 year old division, Shannen McCoy picked up the first place ribbon in the butterfly. Sage Schrock picked up a first place in the girls 8 & under butterfly, and Jesse Donovan picked up a first place in the boys 13-14 year old division in the breast stroke. Jayde Eidson won her second blue ribbon in the 8 & under backstroke as did Johnna Spencer in the girls 11-12 year old backstroke. Also in the backstroke, Jesse Donovan picked up his second top finish with a first place in the boys 13-14 year old division. Shannen McCoy rounded out the first place finishers in individual events, picking up her second blue ribbon on the day by placing first in the girls 13-14 year old division of the Individual Medley.

The Torpedoes will host the SSSL Finals this Saturday at the Butler Aquatic Center.

The Woodson Sharks proved to be too much for Butler on Saturday, as they sunk the Torpedoes by a team score of 409 - 106.

The Sharks were strong from top to bottom in the event, opening by sweeping all ten Medley Relay events, and closing the meet by taking eight of ten Freestyle Relay events.

Woodson dominated the individual events too, taking 40 out of 50 first place ribbons in the individuals. In 32 of the 40 events where the Sharks took first place, they also took either second or third or both.

The Sharks will travel to Butler on Saturday to join the rest of the SSSL in Finals.

The Harrisonville AquaCats felt the bite of the Barracuda on Saturday, as the Louisburg Swim Team raced past Harrisonville by a team score of 318-230 and in doing so dropped the AquaCats to second place in the South Suburban Swim League regular season with an overall 5-1 record. The AquaCats were the reining league regular season and finals champion and have long been considered at the team to beat in the league.

The AquaCats were overwhelmed in the water, just as all the league teams, by wave after wave of “Baby” Barracudas, as the Louisburg team can swamp the opposition with younger swimmers.

Harrisonville proved they were still powerful in the water, as they picked up 19 individual first place finishes, and split the relay events with the Barracudas 50-50..

Individual first place finishers included; Courtney Cumpton (girls 9-10 freestyle, and breast stroke); Travis Norman (boys 11-12 freestyle); Courtney Bomberger (girls 13-14 freestyle); Mary Baer (girls 18 & over freestyle, and butterfly); Eric Brewster (boys 18 & over freestyle, butterfly and backstroke); Taylor Spencer (girls 13-14 butterfly); Ryan Bias (boys 9-10 breast stroke, backstroke, and individual medley); Noah Hermes (boys 11-12 breast stroke); Courtney Lemmer (girls 13-14 breast stroke, backstroke, and individual medley); Alex Hermes (boys 15 & over breast stroke and individual medley); and Allison Saffell (girls 11-12 backstroke).

The AquaCats will join the rest of the league at Butler on Saturday for finals.

The Golden Valley Dolphins fell to the Paola Piranhas in the final regular season South Suburban Swim League meet of the season by a team score of 253-212 at Clinton on Saturday.

The Dolphins exploited the Piranhas lack of younger swimmers to keep this meet close to the end, sweeping many of the individual events in the divisions under 10 years old.

In the girls 8 and under division, Savannah Sharman took first place in the freestyle, butterfly and breast stroke. Sadie Vernon took first in the 9-10 year old girls freestyle and breast stroke and third place in the butterfly. Emily Staashelm took first place in the girls 9-10 year old butterfly and individual medley.

In the boys 8 and under division, Joey Naber took first in the freestyle, and backstroke. In the boys 9-10 year old division, Adam Briggs took first place in the freestyle, and backstroke.

In the boys 11-12 year old division, Chase Roberts took first in the freestyle, and second in backstroke. Spencer Journey took first in the I.M. and added a second in freestyle and a third in breast stroke. The breast stroke was won by Lane Reid, who also placed second in the butterfly and third in the freestyle. Isaac Suthoff picked up a first place in the butterfly, and a second in the breast stroke.

The Dolphin will swim with the rest of the league teams in finals on Saturday in Butler, Missouri.