Kate May has been heralded at swimming since she was a young girl, but she put on quite a show at Sunday’s Martin Luther King Invitational Swim Meet at Edwardsville, winning three events.
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The competition in the meet was first class with several top swimmers from Missouri entered, including some Olympic Trial qualifiers. May, an Edwardsville High School junior, has been competing on a national level now for several years.
May placed first in the 200 I.M. with a time of 2:04.84; first in the 100 fly in 55.43; and won the 100 free with a time of 51.79.
“Kate May and Phoebe Gremaud were both on fire in the meet,” Breakers coach Bob Rettle said. “It was a testament to their hard work. “Our kids consistently dropped times one after another in the meet. I was super happy with the way we competed.”
Gremaud was first in the 11-12 100 free (57.82) and the 50 back (29.88).
Victoria Thomae continued her stellar weekend, winning the 13-14 100 breaststroke with a time of 1:08.77.
Bailey Grinter captured the 200 back in a time of 2:05.71, followed closely throughout by Elizabeth McPherson (2:06.39).
Edwardsville placed second to Columbia, Mo., in the meet. Edwardsville had 5,509.5 to Columbia’s 7,728.
Columbia brought more than 100 swimmers to the meet and Rettle said he heard a lot of positive things from them about the new Chuck Fruit Aquatic Center and how the meet was run.
Top Breakers performers
Rachel Kretzer, first, 8 and under 100 free; first, 8 and under 50 back; first, 8 and under 50 free
Evan Grinter, fifth, 10 and under 50 backstroke; fifth, 10 and under 50 back
Cohen Osborn, first, 8 and Under 100 free; first, 50 back; second 8 and under 25 breast; first 8 and under 25 free; first, 8 and under 25 fly
Alyssa Grant, first, 8 and under 100 free
Amanda Beuth, fifth, 10 and under 100 fly
Grace Hackett, sixth, 13-14 100
Dylan Moyer, first, 100 breast
Elizabeth McPherson, fifth, 100 breast
Sierra Brannan, 10th, 13-14 100 fly
Noah May, fourth, 13-14 100 fly
Cooper Scharff, second, 11-12 100 free; first, 50 back
Porter LeVasseur, second, 13-14 100 free
Evan Grinter, sixth, 10 and under 50 back
Javier Delacruz, third, 50 breast
Anna Henke, second, 8 and under 25 breast
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