The Republic boys swim and dive team capped a season of constant record-breaking with a busy weekend at the state meet. Diver Justice Murray, who was a state competitor in each of the program’s first two seasons, turned in the highest finish, at 11th overall, with a score of 329.30.
Update: When the final state rankings came out, Martin learned he had qualified in an individual event, too. Martin will swim in the 200 yard individual medley, having finished with the 22nd best time in the state this season. In just its second season, the Republic swim and dive team
Diver Justice Murray led the way on a fantastic weekend by the Republic swim and dive team at the Southwest Missouri Championships held in Springfield Friday and Saturday. Murray blew away his personal best, scoring 392.60 to finish fourth overall. And more importantly, his score was well above the state
There’s not much doubt the Republic swim team is peaking at the right time. On Friday’s opening day of the Southwest Missouri swim championships, Republic broke four team records, and all of its swimmers qualified for Saturday’s finals. Bryce Martin set new school marks in both the 200 yard individual
Republic swimmers captured a handful of medals and broke two school records at the Central Ozark Conference meet in Webb City Tuesday. Bryce Martin (second place in the 100 yard backstroke) broke his own school mark with a time of 1:01.74. That was nearly a half-second faster than his previous
Four Republic swim records fell the last time the Tigers were in the pool. One relay mark and three individual records went down during the Tigers’ meet in Springfield. The 200 yard medley relay team of Bryce Martin, Seth Lock, Shael Wilson, and Easton Bruton swam their race in 1:58.23.
Bryce Martin led Republic with individual second- and third-place finishes Tuesday night at Foster Natatorium. Martin’s best result was in the 100 yard breaststroke, where he placed second with a time of 1:13.28. He took third in the 200 yard individual medley with a time of 2:24.85. Seth Lock had
Republic swimmer Seth Lock already held school records in the 50 yard freestyle and 100 yard butterfly. Now he’ll have to work even harder to break them again. Lock broke both marks during Republic’s weekend meet. He finished the 50 yard freestyle in 24.68, beating his old record of 24.91.
Republic swimmers set four season bests, including two relay times, at the Friday Fights swim meet in Springfield Friday. Republic’s best finish of the night came in their last event: the 400-yard freestyle relay. Easton Bruton, Seth Lock, Shael Wilson, and Bryce Martin finished seventh, with a time of 3:54.54.
Bryce Martin is not only the first Republic swimmer to win the conference championship in the 100-yard backstroke – he’s the first swimmer to win it from any school. That’s because up until this fall, the Central Ozark Conference didn’t have enough member schools with swimming programs to host an
