Sikeston Standard Democrat: High School Sports: Sharks to Junior Olympics (06/29/05)

Sikeston Shark swimmers Victoria Moy, Mary Kendig, Aidan Marshall, Kristin Medley and Caroline Martin (not pictured) have qualified to compete.

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SIKESTON -- Five Sikeston Sharks swimmers swam at the Southeast Missouri Swim Conference Long Course Championship Meet at Poplar Bluff on June 25, with all five qualifying for the AAU Junior Olympics.

In the 15-18 year old girls division, Aidan Marshall qualified with a first-place finish in the 200-meter breast stroke; Kristin Medley qualified with first-, second- and third-place finishes in the 100-meter freestyle, 200-meter freestyle, and 100-meter butterfly; and Victoria Moy qualified with first-place finishes in the 100-meter breaststroke, 200-meter individual medley, and a second-place finish in the 100-meter butterfly.

In the 11-12 girls division, Mary Kendig qualified with a first-place finish in the 100-meter butterfly, second-place finishes in the 200-meter freestyle and 200-meter individual medley, and a third-place finish in the 50-meter freestyle; and Caroline Martin qualified with a second place finish in the 50-

meter breaststroke.

Marshall, Medley, Moy and Kendig are planning to attend the 2005 Junior Olympic Swim Meet which will take place in New Orleans, La. from August 2

-5.

The Sharks next swim meet is July 9 at Scott City where they take on Cape Girardeau, Ste. Genevieve, and Scott City.