High school girls swimming: Poplar Bluff girls finishes first at quad meet

The Poplar Bluff girls swimming team won six of the 12 events to finish in first place at the Cape Central quad meet on Wednesday at the Central Municipal Pool.

Taylor Norwood earned a pair of first-place individual finishes to lead the Mules, who finished with 617 points. Josey Powell finished first in the 200 individual medley to power Central to a second-place finish with 578 points. Caitlyn Palmer placed first in the 50 freestyle and 100 freestyle to lead Jackson to third place with 377 points.

Saxony Lutheran's Elizabeth Kiefner finished first in the 200 freestyle, leading the Crusaders to fourth place with 287 points. Perryville wrapped up the standings with 120 points in fifth place.

Team scores -- 1. Poplar Bluff 617; 2. Central 678; 3. Jackson 377; 4. Saxony Lutheran 287; 5. Perryville 120

Top three finishers

200 medley relay -- 1. Poplar Bluff (Taylor Norwood, Morgan McAtee, Cassidy Harris, Haylee Dragon) 2:01.37; 2. Central (Krystin Ruch, Maddy McDonald, Josey Powell, Sierra Smith) 2:11.55; 3. Saxony (Emily Cates, Elizabeth Kiefner, Katie Richmond, Isabelle Singh) 2:16.79

200 freestyle -- 1. Kiefner (SL) 2:07.53; 2. McAtee (PB) 2:10.05; 3. Amanda Mabry (C) 2:30.16

200 individual medley -- 1. Powell (C) 2:33.35; 2. Katie Huskey (PB) 2:47.96; 3. Jericka Helton (J) 2:53.62

50 freestyle -- 1. Caitlyn Palmer (J) 25.18; 2. Harris (PB) 25.39; 3. Dragon (PB) 28.39

Diving -- 1. Sydney Deneke (J) 159.80; 2. Mallory Dye (PB) 126.35; 3. Caleigh Huffman (C) 113.10

100 butterfly -- 1. Harris (PB) 1:03.93; 2. Richmond (SL) 1:11.99; 3. Emily King (P) 1:12.03

100 freestyle -- 1. Palmer (J) 56.96; 2. Dragon (PB) 1:03.19; 3. Smith (C) 1:04.18

500 freestyle -- 1. Norwood (PB) 5:23.52; 2. Powell (C) 5:48.00; 3. Richmond (SL) 6:02.10

200 freestyle relay -- 1. Poplar Bluff (Norwood, Huskey, Lexi Vaughn, Harris) 1:59.67; 2. Central (Mabry, Sarah Elfrink, Olivia Priest, Smith) 2:03.07; 3. Poplar Bluff (Samara Kilgore, Norwood, Nikkia Hickman, Hannah Fortner) 2:10.11

100 backstroke -- 1. Norwood (PB) 1:03.31; 2. King (P) 1:08.73; 3. Kiefner (SL) 1:09.20

100 breaststroke -- 1. McAtee (PB) 1:12.94; 2. McDonald (C) 1:22.45; 3. Elfrink (C) 1:28.98

400 freestyle relay -- 1. Central (Mabry, Elfrink, Powell, McDonald) 4:18.18; 2. Poplar Bluff (Dragon, Huskey, Vaughn, McAtee) 4:18.81; 3. Jackson (Palmer, Kali Norrick, Helton, Molly Brakhane) 4:27.44

-- From staff report