Panthers take fourth at state swim meet

Park Hill and Park Hill South both competed in the state swim meet in St. Peters last weekend, but it was the Park Hill South coming home as the big winners with their fourth place finish, tying for the best finish in school history after racking up 173 total team points.

The Panthers placed high in most of the 12 events, but were led by second place performances in the 200 free relay and 400 free relay made up of swimmers Spencer On, Alex Heuton, Daniel Day, Jacob Fisher, and Liam Huffman. Huffman and Day added more to South’s points coffer when Day placed fifth in the final 200 individual medley and 100 butterfly races while Huffman placed fourth in the 200 freestyle and fifth in the 100 freestyle. The 200 medley relay team added a sixth place finish. Spencer Moran placed 10th in the diving portion of the competition.

Park Hill did not perform as highly as they would have liked with a total of 14 team points, but did see quality performances from the 200 medley relay team which placed 15th while Matt Wagner placed 16th in the backstroke. Connor Shene placed ninth in diving.