SWIMMING: Hirte, Konkel shine for Dolphins at SSC championships

Dolphins Steven Hirte (boys 9-10) and Karsen Konkel (boys 8 & under) both returned from Saturday's Shawnee Swim Conference championships meet with HIgh-Point awards for their age group as both swimmers swept all three individual races they entered at Nashville.

Pinckneyville finished fourth as a team while Millstadt edged out Nashville, 302.5 to 286, for first place.

Konkel's day was the most successful of any of the Dolphins, as he won the boys 8 & under 25-yard backstroke, 25y butterfly and 25y freestyle as well as finished first in both of his relay events along with teammates Landen Carter, Bryan Hirte and Isaac Teel.

Steven Hirte won the boys 9-10 100y individual medley, 25y backstroke and 25y breaststroke races.

Other individual winners for Pinckneyville at the SSC championships were Ava Adcock (girls 8 & under 25y butterfly), Savannah Cheek (girls 13-14 50y butterfly), Nile Adcock (boys 9-10 25y freestyle) and Ian Henne (boys 15-18 100y freestyle).

In addition to the boys 8 & under relay team winning both the medley and freestyle races, the boys 13-14 team of Michael Skinner, Ryan Brueggeman, Cole Kelly and Noah Sprehe was a winner in the medley relay.

A complete list of all Pinckneyville swimmers placing in the top ten at Nashville on Saturday appears on the scoreboard page of today's Du Quoin Evening Call.