Jackson's Troxel places fifth at state swimming meet

Jackson junior Kyleigh Troxel finished all-state Saturday at the Missouri Swimming and Diving Chamionships in St. Peters, Mo.

Troxel finished fifth in the 500 freestyle final in 5 minutes, 6.15 seconds.

Notre Dame's Morgan Morris came in 14th place in the preliminaries Friday in the 500 freestyle at 5:13.40. She also finished 17th in the 200 freestyle at 1:57.24 and was named to the all-state honorable mention team.

Also in Friday's preliminaries, St. Vincent's Natalie King finished 29th in the 100 backstroke at 1:03.40, while Central's Maddie Siefert came in 18th place in the 100 breaststroke at 1:10.05.

In diving, Cape Central's Chleo LeGrand finished 29th, while Jackson's Claire Gillard came in 32nd.

-- From staff reports