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SportsFebruary 19, 2016

Events competing in at state: 500 free, 200 individual medley If you're a senior, your plans for next year: Attend college Previous state experience: Last year Age you started swimming: 5 Favorite food on day of meet: Panera Place I would most like to go on vacation: Beach...

State swimming qualifier - Josey Powell - Cape Central High School
State swimming qualifier - Josey Powell - Cape Central High SchoolGlenn Landberg

Events competing in at state: 500 free, 200 individual medley

If you're a senior, your plans for next year: Attend college

Previous state experience: Last year

Age you started swimming: 5

Favorite food on day of meet: Panera

State swimming qualifier - Olivia Priest - Cape Central High School
State swimming qualifier - Olivia Priest - Cape Central High SchoolGlenn Landberg

Place I would most like to go on vacation: Beach

If you were a lifeguard, who would you most like to save: KK

My biggest fear: Drowning

The farthest I've swam in one day: 8,000 yards

Funniest memory from the season: When we got rooms close together

State swimming qualifier - Molly Phegley - Cape Central High School
State swimming qualifier - Molly Phegley - Cape Central High SchoolGlenn Landberg

I wish I could...: Fly

Favorite restaurant: Panera

Favorite fruit: Pineapple

Favorite subject in school: History

Favorite TV show: Modern Family

State swimming qualifier - Allison McDonald - Cape Central High School
State swimming qualifier - Allison McDonald - Cape Central High SchoolGlenn Landberg

Any superstitions before a race or on race day: Always double check what I'm swimming

The most influential person in my life: Mom

Events competing in at state: 200 free relay

Previous state experience: None

Age you started swimming: 4-years-old

State swimming qualifier - Madison Heisserer - Notre Dame Regional High School
State swimming qualifier - Madison Heisserer - Notre Dame Regional High SchoolGlenn Landberg

Something about you most people don't know: I am 11 years older than my brother

Place I would most like to go on vacation: Sydney, Australia

If you were a lifeguard, who would you most like to save: Beyonce!!!

My biggest fear: Drowning!

The farthest I've swam in one day: 6,000 yards

State swimming qualifier - Elizabeth Kiefner - Saxony Lutheran High School
State swimming qualifier - Elizabeth Kiefner - Saxony Lutheran High SchoolGlenn Landberg

Funniest memory from the season: When we missed the 200 free relay at Mizzou and swam it after the meet by ourselves

I wish I could...: Have a photographic memory

Favorite restaurant: Panera

Favorite fruit: Apple

Favorite subject in school: Biology

State swimming qualifier - Sydney Deneke - Jackson High School
State swimming qualifier - Sydney Deneke - Jackson High SchoolGlenn Landberg

Favorite TV show: NCIS

Any superstitions before a race or on race day: I always go to the block really early

My dream job: ER nurse

The most influential person in my life: My mom

Events competing in at state: 200 free relay

State swimming qualifier - Caitlyn Palmer - Jackson High School
State swimming qualifier - Caitlyn Palmer - Jackson High SchoolGlenn Landberg

Previous state experience: None

Age you started swimming: 4

Something about you most people don't know: I met Raven Symone

Favorite food on day of meet: Chocolate milk

Place I would most like to go on vacation: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

State swimming qualifier - Faith Littleton - Jackson High School
State swimming qualifier - Faith Littleton - Jackson High SchoolGlenn Landberg

If you were a lifeguard, who would you most like to save: Brendon Urie

My biggest fear: Tornadoes

The farthest I've swam in one day: 6,000 yards

Funniest memory from the season: When we took the whole team to Lambert's and the waiters kept playing pranks on us

I wish I could...: Travel the world

Favorite restaurant: Panera

Favorite fruit: Strawberries

Favorite subject in school: English

Favorite TV show: Bates Motel

Any superstitions before a race or on race day: I have my friend punch my legs

The most influential person in my life: My older brother

Events competing in at state: 50 free, 200 free relay

Previous state experience: None

Age you started swimming: 4-years-old

Something about you most people don't know: I have been to Roatan, Honduras, twice

Favorite food on day of meet: Nutella

Place I would most like to go on vacation: Hawaii

My biggest fear: Drowning -- getting trapped under water

The farthest I've swam in one day: 6,000 yards

Funniest memory from the season: Our team went to Poplar Bluff and climbed on the frog slide

I wish I could...: Walk on water

Favorite restaurant: Chick-fil-a

Favorite fruit: Strawberries

Favorite subject in school: English

Favorite TV show: Full House

Any superstitions before a race or on race day: I have to drink chocolate milk that morning

My dream job: Work at Sea World

Events competing in at state: 100 backstroke

If you're a senior, your plans for next year: My plan is to attend SEMO and live each day as it comes

Previous state experience: I've gone all four years

Age you started swimming: 5

Something about you most people don't know: I have a twin brother named Mitchell

Favorite food on day of meet: Apples

Place I would most like to go on vacation: New Zealand

If you were a lifeguard, who would you most like to save: The guy that took our pictures for this

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My biggest fear: Is fear itself

The farthest I've swam in one day: 10,000 meters

Funniest memory from the season: Going to Adoration with Jacie, Angelica, Susan and Caroline before City of Roses

I wish I could...: Always have inner peace

Favorite restaurant: Anywhere that serves apples

Favorite fruit: Apples!

Favorite subject in school: College composition

Favorite TV show: I don't really like TV

Any superstitions before a race or on race day: Must have an apple

My dream job: Teaching

The most influential person in my life: Jesus and my little sister Chloe

Events competing in at state: 200 free, 100 fly

If you're a senior, your plans for next year: Attend Mizzou and major in Biology in pursuit of becoming an oral surgeon

Previous state experience: This is my first year

Age you started swimming: 4

Something about you most people don't know: I'm scared of armadillos

Favorite food on day of meet: Spaghetti

Place I would most like to go on vacation: A cruise to the Caribbean

If you were a lifeguard, who would you most like to save: Zac Efron

My biggest fear: Heights

The farthest I've swam in one day: 10,000 meters

Funniest memory from the season: When my teammate Emily got hit in the face with a roll at Lambert's after the Poplar Bluff meet

I wish I could...: Dance without looking like an idiot

Favorite restaurant: Texas Roadhouse

Favorite fruit: Oranges

Favorite subject in school: Any science, but especially anatomy

Favorite TV show: Gossip Girl and Family Feud

Any superstitions before a race or on race day: I always adjust my goggles about 5,000 times before I get on the block. Just to be safe.

My dream job: Owning my own dentist's office

The most influential person in my life: My mom

Events competing in at state: Diving

If you're a senior, your plans for next year: SEMO for general studies

Previous state experience: None

Age you started diving: 13

Something about you most people don't know: I'm a nationally-ranked gymnast

Favorite food on day of meet: Juice

Place I would most like to go on vacation: Colorado

If you were a lifeguard, who would you most like to save: Georgia Dabritz

My biggest fear: Not accomplishing my goals

Funniest memory from the season: When every swimmer false started other than one of ours

I wish I could...: Fly

Favorite restaurant: Muy Bueno

Favorite fruit: Strawberries

Favorite subject in school: Anatomy

Favorite TV show: The Following

My dream job: Pathologist

The most influential person in my life: Grandma

Events competing in at state: 50 free, 100 fly

If you're a senior, your plans for next year: College somewhere

Previous state experience: Last year -- first in 50 free and third in 100 fly

Age you started swimming: 9

Something about you most people don't know: Getting in the water is the hardest thing I do (mentally)

Favorite food on day of meet: Biscuits and gravy or waffles

Place I would most like to go on vacation: The ocean

If you were a lifeguard, who would you most like to save: Ryan Reynolds/Channing Tatum

My biggest fear: Clowns

The farthest I've swam in one day: eight miles

Funniest memory from the season: Waiting on the block for coach to say I could go

I wish I could...: Shape shift

Favorite restaurant: Lambert's

Favorite fruit: Pineapple

Favorite subject in school: AP Biology

Favorite TV show: Diesel Brothers

Any superstitions before a race or on race day: Praying before my race and clapping on the block

My dream job: Marine biologist

The most influential person in my life: Steve Franklin

Events competing in at state: 500 free, 200 free

Age you started swimming: 5

Something about you most people don't know: I've never broken a bone

Favorite food on day of meet: Granola bars

Place I would most like to go on vacation: Hawaii

If you were a lifeguard, who would you most like to save: Jared Padalecki

My biggest fear: Failure and spiders

The farthest I've swam in one day: 3 1/2 miles

Funniest memory from the season: When everyone, including me, false started at the Farmington meet except one of our other swimmers

I wish I could...: Be invisible at will

Favorite restaurant: Bella Italia

Favorite fruit: Cantaloupe

Favorite subject in school: Language arts

Favorite TV show: Supernatural

Any superstitions before a race or on race day: Right before a race I shake my arms and legs out

My dream job: Psychologist or veterinarian

The most influential person in my life: My parents and coaches

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