Southeast Missourian Player of the Week: Jackson's Allison Hobbs

Jackson swimmer Allison Hobbs is the Southeast Missourian Player of the Week.

Hobbs helped lead her team to a third-place finish at the City of Roses Invitational on Saturday at Central High School pool, the best result the team has ever achieved at the meet.

"We talked about it earlier, and this is the first trophy for girls or boys swimming that we've brought home from an invitational swim meet," Jackson coach Carol Baugh told the Missourian. "We're very, very pleased with the overall results."

Hobbs, a senior who has signed to swim at Northern Iowa next year, helped the 200-yard medley relay team set a new best time of 2 minutes, 0.82 seconds and qualify for the state meet in her first event of the day. The team, which Hobbs anchored, finished third in the event.

Later Hobbs claimed the Indians only individual title of the day by winning the 100 backstroke in 1:02.03. She had already qualified for the state meeting in the event.

Hobbs' day was rounded out by a second place finish and state-qualifying time in the 500 freestyle and another impressive relay performance. Her team took second in the 400 freestyle relay with a time of 3:55.59.