The Emporia High girls swim and dive team finished in third place in its Senior Day Invitational on Thursday.
Emporia High scored 357 points finishing behind McPherson and Independence. Allie Weiss kicked off the meet with a first place finish in diving with a score of 271.05. Weiss said the meet could’ve done better in her final time diving at home during her junior season.
Brooke Monroe finished second in diving with a score of 162.25. Monroe was also a part of the 200-yard medley, 200-yard freestyle and 400-yard freestyle relay teams. Monroe teamed with Camryn Spafford, Ava Podrebarac and Taryn Woydziak in the 200 free relay finishing second (1:59.14). Monroe, Spafford, Woydziak and Connelly Prouse finished second in the 400 free relay (4:33.41), Monroe, Podrebarac, Spafford and Ellie Grimmett finished third in the 200 medley relay (2:22.48). Monroe said her performance in diving set the tone for what she wanted to accomplish in her final home meet.
Woydziak finished fourth in both the 50-yard freestyle (30.02) and the 100-yard freestyle (1:07.01). Prouse finished fourth in the 500-yard freestyle (7:25.05). The 400-yard freestyle ‘B’ relay team of Grimmett, Sage Wohletz, Madison Swan and Makaelyn Haag finished fifth (5:16.94).
Head coach Phil Metz said it was another good day.
Emporia High has two regular season meets remaining. The Lady Spartans will travel to the Topeka High Invitational on Tuesday.
