West Plains Swim Team back-to-back OMC Champions

The Lady Zizzers are the Back-to-Back Ozark Mountain Conference Champions. This is the fourth conference championship inn a row for the Lady Zizzers.

 

The meet, held Thursday, Jan. 29, was super close the entire time, and came down to the final race of the meet. According to Head Coach Ryan Smith, "We went into the final race down to Carl Junction by 7 points. To retain the title, we had to win the 400 Freestyle Relay and have one other team beat Carl Junction to make the point difference 8." The race was close and came down to the final leg. "Roslyn Fiorino dove in about 4 seconds behind Bolivar and even with Carl Junction. She quickly separated herself from Carl Junction and had to catch the anchor for Bolivar to secure the team championship. She pulled even off of the final turn and fought to the finish and barely out-touched Bolivar giving West Plains the final event win and the team championship." For the meet, West Plains had 287 points, Carl Junction with 286, Bolivar with 213, Logan-Rogersville with 153, Hillcrest with 126, and Marshfield with 106.

 

Medalists and Conference Honors: First Place earning First Team All-Conference: 200 Freestyle-Gwen Fiorino; 50 Freestyle-Roslyn Fiorino; 1-Meter Diving-Emily Ritter; 100 Butterfly-Penelope Autry; 500 Freestyle-Brylee Barnes; 100 Backstroke-Roslyn Fiorino; and 400 Freestyle Relay-Gwen Fiorino, Lea Olswanger, Brylee Barnes, and Roslyn Fiorino.

Second Place earning Second Team All-Conference: 200 Medley Relay-Roslyn Fiorino, Penelope Autry, Emily Ritter, and Gwen Fiorino; 100 Butterfly-Emily Ritter; 200 Freestyle Relay-Penelope Autry, Sally Serrano, Lea Olswanger, and Emily Ritter; and 100 Breaststroke-Penelope Autry.

 

Third Place earning Honorable Mention All-Conference: 200 Freestyle-Lea Olswanger; 100 Freestyle-Gwen Fiorino500 Freestyle-Lea Olswanger.