Central boys swimmers claim first place at Show Me Conference meet

The Central Tigers boys swimming team captured first place in six of 11 events to win the Show Me Conference meet on Thursday at Central Municipal Pool.

Central freshman Brogan Davis powered the Tigers past their competition by winning all three of his individual races.

"We hardly have any words," Central coach Dayna Powell said about Davis. "He's an amazing swimmer. He's so exciting to watch. I don't even think he's gotten close to seeing how fast he can go. It's going to be fun watching him swim in a few years."

Central scored 464.5 points to lead the team standings.

Powell said she was also impressed with Central junior Lawson Berry, who had two-first place finishes, including the best score in the one-meter dive.

Jackson's Jack Gard placed first in two events to help the Indians to a third-place finish with 441.5 points. Second-place Notre Dame finished just 3 1/2 points ahead of the Indians with 444 points.

"It could be anybody's meet. It was very exciting," Powell said. "The guys went out and really came together as a team. They fought in every race for every point. ... It was outstanding. It was just a great night."

Team standings

1. Central 464.5, 2. Notre Dame 444, 3. Jackson 441.5, 4. Westminster 329, 5. Saxony Lutheran 32.

Top local finishes

200 medley relay -- 1. Central (Brogan Davis, Sam Hahs, John Young, Christian Retter) 1:43.49; 2. Notre Dame (Joe Matthews, Ben Tlapek, Nate Stovall, Bill Kapp) 1:50.93; 4. Jackson (Alex Snyder, Matthew Snyder, Tra Statler, Rex McNeely).

200 freestyle relay -- 1. Jackson (Joey Janisse, Jack Gard, Adam Hecht, Austin Hobbs) 1:36.44; 3. Notre Dame (Drew Buessink, Justin Spinner, Tlapek, Mitchell Heisserer) 1:40.07; 4. Central (Reed Dickson, Davis Deimund, Raleigh Davis, Zach Rhodes) 1:41.75.

400 freestyle relay -- 1. Central (Young, Hahs, Brogan Davis, Retter) 3:28.22; 2. Jackson (Janisse, Gard, Adam Hecht, Austin Hobbs) 3:42.53.

200 individual medley -- 1. Brogan Davis (C) 1:57.68, 2. Janisee (J) 2:00.79, 3. Heisserer (ND) 2:13.98, 5. Hecht (J) 2:16.13, 6. Alex Snyder (J) 2:22.83.

200 freestyle -- 1. Gard (J) 1:53.93, 2. Young (C) 1:57.09, 3. Ian Cameron (Saxony) 1:57.85, 4. Beussink (ND) 1:59.29, 6. Lucas Hurley (ND) 2:04.86.

50 freestyle -- 1. Hobbs (J) 22.72, 3. Retter (C) 23.98, 4. Reed Dickson (C) 25.05, 5. Chase Haggerty (C) 25.12, 6. Kapp (ND) 25.44.

100 butterfly -- 1. Tlapek (ND) 59.21, 2. Young (C) 59.41, 4. David Carman (ND) 1:00.01, 6. Statler (J) 1:03.02, 7. Nate Stovall (ND) 1:03.60.

1-meter diving -- 1. Berry (C) 294.40, 2. JT Gabler (J) 293.10, 3. Zack Flath (J) 281.60, 4. Brandon Price (J) 254.45, 5. Stovall (ND) 224.25.

500 freestyle -- 1. Gard (J) 5:05.00, 2. Hahs (C) 5:05.79, 3. Cameron (S) 5:20.75, 4. Buessink (ND) 5:28.80, 5. Kapp (ND) 5:40.20.

100 freestyle -- 1. Retter (C) 52.25, 2. Heisserer (ND) 53.72, 5. Nix Coppock (ND) 57.60, 6. Chase Hagerty (C) 58.14, 7. Christian Leimbach (J) 58.80.

100 backstroke -- 1. Brogan Davis (C) 52.77, 2. Janisse (J) 54.05, 3. Matthews (ND) 1:03.23, 4. Snyder (J) 1:04.27, 5. Carmen (ND) 1:05.40.

100 breaststroke -- 1. Hobbs (J) 1:01.40, 2. Hahs (C) 1:02.25, 3. Hecht (J) 1:07.01, 4. Tlapek (ND) 1:08.61, 6. Hurley (ND) 1:10.84.

-- From staff reports