Mei Pruett, Amelia Beaver, Aubree Tinsley, and Elise Replogle broke the school record in the 400 yard freestyle relay. (Photo courtesy Heather Replogle)

Girls Swim Team Sets Three Records at Kirkwood

Republic’s swim team set three school records at the Kirkwood Girls Invitational during weekend competition, including two relay marks that fell multiple times.

The 200-yard freestyle relay team of Amelia Beaver, Sara Chism, Elise Replogle, and Aubree Tinsley broke their own school record in prelims Friday with a time of 1:52.22. The same group had set the previous mark earlier this season at 1:53.92.

The 400-yard freestyle relay team also set two records in two days. Tinsley, Beaver, Mei Pruett, and Replogle first broke the record in prelims with a 4:15.44, then lowered it again in finals to 4:14.51. That broke the previous record of 4:19.44 held by Karissa Metzger, Quinn McCrea, Kathryn Flippin, and Mady McCrea.

Individually, Beaver broke the school record in the 100-yard backstroke prelims at Kirkwood, finishing in 1:11.56 to edge past Karissa Metzger’s previous mark of 1:11.69.

Replogle advanced to finals in both her individual events. She placed 14th in the 200-yard individual medley and 12th in the 100-yard breaststroke, where she set a personal best of 1:13.82.

The 200 free relay team placed 11th in finals, and the 400 free relay team finished 12th.

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