PHS competes at allstate swimming and diving
Plymouth High School is wellrepresented on the Wisconsin Interscholastic Swim Coaches Association’s all-state swimming and diving competition and academic teams.
Panther freshman Kate Criter earned all-state honors in the 100- yard breaststroke and 100 butterfly for the 2008 girls season. Criter was a Division 2 state champion in the breaststroke and finished second in the butterfly.
In Division 2, those competitors in the top three at the state meet receive all-state recognition and the 4-6 finishers are honorable mention all-state. Criter also earned honorable mention in the 50 freestyle, based on her best time last season.
Criter also received All- American status in the breaststroke from the National Interscholastic Swim Coaches Association.
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he PHS girls’ other all-stater
is senior diver Kelsey McManus who is honorable mention. McManus placed sixth in the state meet.
The PHS boys squad has three all-staters, led by senior diver Mitchell Spaeth who took second in the Division 2 state meet this past season. Junior diver Zach Schroeder, who placed fifth at state, and junior Jesse Gambrell, a fifth-place finisher in the state 100 breaststroke, are honorable mention.
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he following members of the
PHS girls swimming/diving team earned Academic All-American honors:
Emily Connor, Emily Hanson, Becca Lee, Margaret Loehrke, Britt Nygaard, Becky Paul, Kylie Peterson, Shannon Ryan, Katherine Rosploch, Maggie Smith, Megan Tervo and Breanna Wimmler.
All-American status is gained by a senior after seven semesters if the athlete has been in the sport for at least two years, lettered in her senior year, has a cumulative grade-point average of 3.75 or higher and her coach is a member of the NISCA.
The following PHS swim/dive athletes received all-state academic status: those athletes who earned All-American honors, McManus, Robert Peschke, Cassie Reilly and Spaeth. The all-state recognition is achieved the same way as All-American except that the GPA has to be 3.5 or higher and the athlete’s coach is a member of the WISCA.
PHS girls head coach Mike Slagle was honored by the WISCA for Outstanding Service for his work as the all-state banquet and awards chairperson.
