Photos: Clayton takes second place in Class 1 girls swimming and diving state finals
Clayton finished as the Class 1 runner-up behind state champion Cape Girardeau Central on Friday, Feb. 16, 2024, during the finals of the Class 1 girls swimming and diving state championship at the Rec-Plex in St. Peters. Photo by Laurie Skrivan, lskrivan@post-dispatch.com
Clayton's Ella Caroline Welch celebrates her team winning the 200 yard medley relay on Friday, Feb. 16, 2024, during the finals of the Class 1 girls swimming and diving state championship at the Rec-Plex in St. Peters. Photo by Laurie Skrivan, lskrivan@post-dispatch.com
Clayton's Ella Caroline Welch celebrates in the water as her team wins the 200 yard medley relay on Friday, Feb. 16, 2024, during the finals of the Class 1 girls swimming and diving state championship at the Rec-Plex in St. Peters. Photo by Laurie Skrivan, lskrivan@post-dispatch.com
Clayton's Ella Caroline Welch celebrates winning the 200 yard medley relay on Friday, Feb. 16, 2024, during the finals of the Class 1 girls swimming and diving state championship at the Rec-Plex in St. Peters. Photo by Laurie Skrivan, lskrivan@post-dispatch.com
Clayton's winning 400 yard freestyle relay team, from left to right, Anna Stouffer, Ema Stojicevic, Emma Welch and Caitlin Kuhlmann raise their accolades to fans including the teams’ second place overall finish on Friday, Feb. 16, 2024, at the finals of the Class 1 girls swimming and diving state championship at the Rec-Plex in St. Peters. Photo by Laurie Skrivan, lskrivan@post-dispatch.com
Villa Duchesne's Grace Kraeger celebrates her win in the 200 yard freestyle with second-place winner Lutheran South's Ella Arbeiter on Friday, Feb. 16, 2024, during the finals of the Class 1 girls swimming and diving state championship at the Rec-Plex in St. Peters. Photo by Laurie Skrivan, lskrivan@post-dispatch.com
Villa Duchesne's Charlotte Brown wins the 200 yard IM on Friday, Feb. 16, 2024, during the finals of the Class 1 girls swimming and diving state championship at the Rec-Plex in St. Peters. Photo by Laurie Skrivan, lskrivan@post-dispatch.com
Villa Duchesne's Charlotte Brown increases her lead as she wins the 200 yard IM on Friday, Feb. 16, 2024, during the finals of the Class 1 girls swimming and diving state championship at the Rec-Plex in St. Peters. Photo by Laurie Skrivan, lskrivan@post-dispatch.com
Cape Central Tiger Emilie Dickson sings the National Anthem along with Ladue Head Coach Rob Peglar and Ladue swimmer Mary Bezzant on Friday, Feb. 16, 2024, during the finals of the Class 1 girls swimming and diving state championship at the Rec-Plex in St. Peters. Photo by Laurie Skrivan, lskrivan@post-dispatch.com
Villa Duchesne's Charlotte Brown celebrates after winning the 200 yard IM on Friday, Feb. 16, 2024, during the finals of the Class 1 girls swimming and diving state championship at the Rec-Plex in St. Peters. Photo by Laurie Skrivan, lskrivan@post-dispatch.com
Parkway West fans hold out a cut out of Norah Rutkowski celebrating her the 100 yard butterfly win on Friday, Feb. 16, 2024, during the finals of the Class 1 girls swimming and diving state championship at the Rec-Plex in St. Peters. Photo by Laurie Skrivan, lskrivan@post-dispatch.com
Parkway West's Norah Rutkowski wins the 100 yard butterfly on Friday, Feb. 16, 2024 during the finals of the Class 1 girls swimming and diving state championship at the Rec-Plex in St. Peters. Photo by Laurie Skrivan, lskrivan@post-dispatch.com
Lutheran South's Ella Arbeiter wins the 500 yard freestyle on Friday, Feb. 16, 2024, during the finals of the Class 1 girls swimming and diving state championship at the Rec-Plex in St. Peters. Photo by Laurie Skrivan, lskrivan@post-dispatch.com
Clayton's coaches cheer as their girls walk onto the swimming deck on Friday, Feb. 16, 2024, during the finals of the Class 1 girls swimming and diving state championship at the Rec-Plex in St. Peters. Photo by Laurie Skrivan, lskrivan@post-dispatch.com
Parkway South's Serena Juange leads her team off in the 200 yard freestyle relay to a second place on Friday, Feb. 16, 2024, during the finals of the Class 1 girls swimming and diving state championship at the Rec-Plex in St. Peters. Photo by Laurie Skrivan, lskrivan@post-dispatch.com
Parkway South's Serena Juange leads is first in line to receive silver medal with the 200 yard freestyle relay team on Friday, Feb. 16, 2024, during the finals of the Class 1 girls swimming and diving state championship at the Rec-Plex in St. Peters. Photo by Laurie Skrivan, lskrivan@post-dispatch.com
Ladue's Mary Bezzant stretches before winning the 100 yard breaststroke on Friday, Feb. 16, 2024, during the finals of the Class 1 girls swimming and diving state championship at the Rec-Plex in St. Peters. Photo by Laurie Skrivan, lskrivan@post-dispatch.com
Ladue's Mary Bezzant wins the 100 yard breaststroke on Friday, Feb. 16, 2024, during the finals of the Class 1 girls swimming and diving state championship at the Rec-Plex in St. Peters. Photo by Laurie Skrivan, lskrivan@post-dispatch.com
Ladue's Emily Dieckhaus braids Phoebe Chen's hair on Friday, Feb. 16, 2024, during the finals of the Class 1 girls swimming and diving state championship at the Rec-Plex in St. Peters. Photo by Laurie Skrivan, lskrivan@post-dispatch.com
Ladue's Mary Bezzant stands on the podium winning the 100 yard breaststroke on Friday, Feb. 16, 2024, during the finals of the Class 1 girls swimming and diving state championship at the Rec-Plex in St. Peters. Photo by Laurie Skrivan, lskrivan@post-dispatch.com
The Central Cape Girardeau swim team celebrates their first place finish on Friday, Feb. 16, 2024, at the finals of the Class 1 girls swimming and diving state championship at the Rec-Plex in St. Peters. Photo by Laurie Skrivan, lskrivan@post-dispatch.com
Clayton's Emma Welch Ema Stojicevic and Emma Welch Caitlin Kuhlmann cheer on Anna Stouffer to win the 400 yard freestyle relay on Friday, Feb. 16, 2024, at the finals of the Class 1 girls swimming and diving state championship at the Rec-Plex in St. Peters. Photo by Laurie Skrivan, lskrivan@post-dispatch.com
Parkway Central Head Coach Stephanie Seidel huddles her team on Friday, Feb. 16, 2024, before the start of the finals of the Class 1 girls swimming and diving state championship at the Rec-Plex in St. Peters. Photo by Laurie Skrivan, lskrivan@post-dispatch.com
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Cape Central captured the Missouri Class 1 girls swimming and diving title with 240 points while the Greyhounds had 238.5.