Girls Swimming & Diving

Chad Holmes is the PHS boys and girls varsity swimming and diving team head coach. Chad has been the head swimming coach since 2013. Chad previously coached for several of the North Kansas City high schools, including Staley, Oak Park, Winnetonka and North Kansas City. He also served as the boys and girls swimming and diving coach at Eaglecrest High School in Aurora, Colo. and one year as girls head coach at Burke High School in Omaha, Neb. Chad has a bachelor’s of science degree in K-12 physical education from Northwest Missouri State University and a master’s degree in athletic administration from William Woods.
 

816-936-1571
cholmes@pembrokehill.org

 

 

Laura O'Donnell
Sean Atkinson

2022-23

Raider Award Winners
Remley Grant, Sophia Gotham

Captains
Remley Grant, Sophia Gotham, Erin WIlliam

Varsity Letter Winners
Kaya Alvegaard-Struble, Charlotte Ehmke, Keira Gaffney, Reaghan Gaffney, Sophia Gotham, Remly Grant, Colbie Hyde, Kayla Ilardi, Lily Martin, Sawyer Simmons, Erin William

JV Letter Winners
Lily Beaham, Emily Himmelstein, Sawyer Simmons

Team Highlights

• Class 1 State Championships - 14th place:
• Springfield Championships - sixth place:
• ILC Conference Championships - fourth place

Individual Honors

• 200-yard medley relay - State qualifiers (Kaya Alvegaard-Struble), Remley Grant, Colbie Hyde, Keira Gaffney)
• 200-yard freestyle relay - seventh place (Kaya Alvegaard-Struble, Keira Gaffney, Remley Grant, Kayla Ilardi)
• Kaya Alvegaard-Struble - 200-yard individual medley (seventh place), 100-yard backstroke (sixth place),
• Charlotte Ehmke - All-State Honorable Mention
• Keira Gaffney - First Team All-State
• Reaghan Gaffney - All-State Honorable Mention
• Remley Grant - First Team All-State
• Sophia Gotham - All-State Honorable Mention
• Colbie Hyde - All-State Honorable Mention
• Kayla Ilardi - First Team All-State
• Lily Martin - All-State Honorable Mention

2021-22

Raider Award Winners:
Katherine Holewinski, Claire Holland

Captains:
Katherine Holewinski, Claire Holland, Jenssen Sebree

Varsity Letter Winners:
Kaya Alvegaard-Struble, Lilly Beaham, Anika Brim, Caroline Copaken, Keira Gaffney, Reaghan Gaffney, Sophia Gotham, Remley Grant, Emma Harris, Rhiannon Hockey, Claire Holland, Katherine Holewinski, Zaira Kearns, Audrey Lambert, Tessa Lambright, Elena Lazzaretto, Jenssen Sebree, Erin WIlliam, Maddie Lee - Manager, Ella Palmet - Manager, Kiley Platt - Manager, Sophia van Zanten - Manager

Junior Varsity Letter Winners:
Emily Himmelstein, Sadie Sebree, Sawyer Socks Simmons

Individual Honors:
Missouri Interscholastic All State Swimming and Diving First Team Awards: Audrey Lambright, Elena Lazzaretto, Kaya Alvegaard-Struble, Remley Grant, Katherine Holewinski, Keira Gaffney

Missouri Interscholastic All State Swimming and Diving Honorable Mention Awards: 
Audrey Lambert, Elena Lazzaretto, Kaya Alvegaard-Struble, Remley Grant, Katherine Holewinski, Keira Gaffney, Claire Holland, Ivyer Qu, Jenssen Sebree, Ella Palmet, Reaghan Gaffney, Sophia Gotham, Erin William, Anika Brim

Missouri Class 1 District Diving Qualifier - Caroline Copaken 9th Place

Audrey Lambert: 2nd Place 200 Individual Medley; 2nd Place 100 Breaststroke

Elena Lazzaretto - 8th Place 100 Backstroke; 10th Place 200 Freestyle

Kaya Alvegaard-Struble: 10th Place 100 Backstroke; 15th Place 200 Freestyle

200 Medley Relay 13th Place at State – Kaya Alvegaard- Struble, Claire Holland, Remley Grant, Keira Gaffney 200 Freestyle Relay 2nd Place at State – Elena Lazzaretto, Keira Gaffney, Remley Grant, Audrey Lambert 400 Freestyle Relay 6th Place at State – Elena Lazzaretto, Kaya Alvegaard- Struble, Katherine Holewinski, Audrey Lambert

Team Honors:
ILC Conference Championships - 3rd Place
Springfield Ozark Championships - 2nd Place
Class 1 Missouri State Championships - 4th Place

14-2 Dual Swim and Dive Meet Season Record

2020-21

Raider Award Winners: 
Gaby Bortnick, Claire Holland

Captains:
Gaby Bortnick, Kate Holewinski, Claire Holland, Jenssen Sebree

Varsity Letter Winners:
Lily Beaham, Gaby Bortnick, Caroline Copaken, Annabelle Dickinson, Sydney Fraga, Keira Gaffney, Reagan Gaffney, Sophia Gotham, Remley Grant, Katherine Holewinski, Claire Holland, Aubrey Lambert, Meg Mooney, Ella Palmet, Ava Purcell, Gretel Robbins, Tatum Robinson, Jenssen Sebree, Sadie Sebree, Erin William, Elsa Wright, Maddie Lee - Manager, Kiley Platt - Manager, Sophia Van Zanten - Manager

Individual Honors:

MSHSAA Class I State Automatic Qualifiers:
Gabby Bortnick - diving (School Record Holder Diving 419.5)
Aubrey Lambert - 200 individual medley, 100 breaststroke
200 Medley Relay - Keira Gaffney, Remley Grant, Claire Holland, Ella Palmet

MSHSAA Class I State Consideration Cut Recognized:
Caroline Copaken - diving (316.25 State Consideration Cut)
Meg Mooney - diving (310.35 State Consideration Cut)
Ella Palmet - 200 freestyle, 100 backstroke, 100 freestyle
Claire Holland - 100 backstroke
Katherine Holewinski - 50 freestyle, 100 freestyle
Remley Grant - 50 freestyle
Keira Gaffney - 50 freestyle

MSHSAA Class I State Swimming and Diving:
Gaby Bortnick - 13th place (diving)
Ella Palmet - 14th place (100 backstroke)
Ella Palmet - 21st place (200 backstroke)
200 Medley Relay - 16th place (Keira Gaffney, Remley Grant, Claire Holland, Ella Palmet)
200 Freestyle Relay - 10th place (Keira Gaffney, Remley Grant, Katherine Holewinski, Ella Palmet)
400 Freestyle Relay - 23rd place (Remley Grant, Katherine Holewinski, Claire Holland, Erin William)

2018-19

Raider Award Winners: 
Emily Dickey​​​​​​, Audrey Lu

Team Highlights:
-ILC Conference Championships: Third place
-Class 1 Missouri State Championship: 26th place
-200 Medley Relay School Record: Audrey Lu, Audrey Lambert, Arrington Ossie, Emily Dickey
-400 Medley Relay School Record: Ella Palmet, Emily Dickey, Arrington Ossie, Audrey Lambert
-JV KC Classic Top Team Spirit Award Winners: Summer Kelly, Caroline Schopp, Jenssen Sebree, Ella Palmet, Dasha McDonald, Charlotte Henry, Alice Guo, Haley Miller, Zara Johnson, Eliza Shaffer, Emily Dickey, Kennedy Wolf, Audrey Lu

Individual Honors:

Gabby Bortnick - Sixth Place Diving Springfield Invitational

Alexandra Copaken - Missouri High School State Dive Qualifier, Missouri All State Honorable Mention – 11 dives

Audrey Lambert - School Record Holder - (100 yard Breaststroke, 200 yard Individual Medley), Third Place - 100 yard Breaststroke (MSHSAA State Championships), Ninth Place - 200 yard Individual Medley (MSHSAA State Championships), First Team Missouri All-State - 100 yard Breaststroke and 200 yard Individual Medley, Fourth Place - 100 yard Breaststroke (COMO Invitational), ILC Individual Champion - 100 yard Freestyle

Ella Palmet - Missouri All State Honorable Mention Team – 200 yard Freestyle, 500 yard Freestyle, 200 yard Freestyle Relay, 400 yard Freestyle Relay; 24th Place - 200 yard Freestyle (MSHSAA State Championships),
20th Place - 500 yard Freestyle (MSHSAA State Championships)

Arrington Ossie - Two-Time State Swim and Dive Qualifier, Missouri All-State Honorable Mention – 200 yard Medley Relay, 200 yard Freestyle Relay, 400 yard Freestyle Relay

Emily Dickey - Two-Time State Swim and Dive Qualifier, Missouri All-State Honorable Mention – 200 yard Medley Relay, 200 yard Freestyle Relay, 400 yard Freestyle Relay

Audrey Lu - Two-Time State Swim and Dive Qualifier, Missouri All-State Honorable Mention – 200 yard Freestyle Relay, 400 Freestyle Relay

2017-18

Raider Award Winners:
Becca Kessler, Caroline Salzman
 

Team Honors:
Dual swim season record 14-4
ILC Conference Championships - 3rd place
Winnetonka Holiday Invitational - 8th place
Class 1 Missouri State Championship - 22nd place

Individual Honors:

Missouri State Class 1 Championships:

Caroline Salzman- All-State (50 - and 100-yard freestyle), 4th Place (50-yard Freestyle), 8th place (100-yard Freestyle)
 

Caroline Frank - 25th place (200-yard individual medley), 25th place (500-yard freestyle)
 

200-yard Freestyle Relay - 15th place (Emily Dickey, Arrington Ossie, Julia Rosher, Caroline Salzman--New school record)
 

400-yard Freestyle Relay - 18th place (Emily Dickey, Audrey Lu, Julia Rosher, Caroline Salzman--New school record)

 

200-yard Medley Relay - 30th place (Emily Dickey, Audrey Lu, Arrington Ossie, Eliza Shaffer
 

Missouri All-State Honorable Mention Team - Emily Dickey, Caroline Frank, Becca Kessler, Audrey Lu, Arrington Ossie, Julia Rosher, Eliza Shaffer

 

ILC Championships:

50-yard Freestyle - Caroline Salzman (1st place), Emily Dickey (4th place), Arrington Ossie (15th place)

100-yard Freestyle - Caroline Salzman (2nd place), Emily Dickey (8th place)

200-yard Freestyle - Julia Rosher (9th place), Lauren Lee (12th place), Kennedy Wolf (14th place)

500-yard Freestyle - Caroline Frank (1st place), Julia Rosher (11th place)

100-yard Backstroke - Eliza Shaffer (6th place), Kennedy Wolf (9th place)

100-yard Butterfly - Claire St. Peter (7th place), Audrey Lu (8th place), Hannah Fraga (13th place)

200-yard Individual Medley - Caroline Frank (5th place), Audrey Lu (13th place), Hannah Fraga (14th place)

Diving - Alexandra Copaken (4th place), Tatum Robinson (8th place)

200-yard Freestyle Relay - Emily Dickey, Arrington Ossie, Julia Rosher, Caroline Salzman (2nd place)

400-yard Freestyle Relay - Emily Dickey, Audrey Lu, Julia Rosher, Caroline Salzman (2nd place)

200-yard Medley Relay - Becca Kessler, Audrey Lu, Arrington Ossie, Eliza Shaffer (6th place)

 

2016-17

Raider Award Winner:
Catherine Dema

 

Team Honors:
-Winnetonka Holiday Invitational: Ninth Place
-University of Missouri (COMO) Invitational: 20th Place
-KC Classic Invitational: Third Place
-ILC Conference Championships: Third Place

Individual Honors:

Catherine Dema - ILC Championships: 11th place- 100 butterfly, 12th place- 200 freestyle

Emily Dickey - KC Classic: 2nd place- 200 IM, 8th place- 500 freestyle; ILC Championships: 6th place- 200 IM, 16th place- 50 freestyle

Caroline Fromm - KC Classic: 7th place - 100 butterfly

Adrianna Gautreaux - ILC Championships: 13th place- 100 freestyle, 14th place- 100 breaststroke

Charlotte Henry - ILC Championships: 15th place- freestyle

Lauren Lee - ILC Championships: 11th place- 200 freestyle, 12th place- 100 backstroke

 

Adrianna Gautreaux - ILC Championships: 13th place-100 freestyle,14th Place-100 breaststroke

Charlotte Henry - ILC Championships: 15th place- 500 freestyle

Lauren Lee - ILC Championships: 11th place- 200 freestyle, 12th place- 100 backstroke

Dasha McDonald - ILC Championships: 16th place- 500 freestyle

 

Arrington Ossie - ILC Championships: 13th place- 100 freestyle, 15th place- 50 freestyle

 

Julia Rosher - ILC Championships: 7th place- 500 freestyle, 9th place- 200 freestyle

 

Caroline Salzman - State Championships: 8th place- 50 freestyle (First Team All-State and school record), 13th place- 100 freestyle (All-State Honorable Mention and school record); University of Missouri-Columbia (COMO) Invitational: 4th place- 50 freestyle, 5th place- 100 freestyle; ILC Championships: 1st place- 50 freestyle, 1st place- 100 freestyle

Eliza Shaffer - ILC Championships: 3rd place- 100 backstroke, 10th place- 50 freestyle

 

Emma Sheldon - KC Classic: 3rd place- 50 freestyle

 

Claire St. Peter - KC Classic: 1st place- 100 butterfly, 5th place- 200 IM; ILC Championships: 7th place- 100 butterfly, 8th place- 200 IM
 

Sydney Woods - ILC Championships: 14th place- 100 freestyle

 

Relay Results:

 

KC Classic:

First place - 200 freestyle relay Emma Sheldon, Claire St. Peter, Adrianna Gautreaux, Lauren Lee
Second place - 200 medley relay Lauren Lee, Becca Kessler, Claire St. Peter, Emma Sheldon

ILC Championships:
Second Place - 400 freestyle relay Julia Rosher, Sydney Woods, Eliza Shaffer, Emily Dickey
Third Place - 200 medley relay Eliza Shaffer, Caroline Salzman, Catherine Dema, Arrington Ossie
Third Place - 200 freestyle relay Arrington Ossie, Catherine Dema, Emily Dickey, Caroline Salzman

 

2015-16

Raider Award Winner:
Alice Rowland

 

Team Honors:

-Omaha Lewis Central Invitational: 4th place
-University of Missouri-Columbia COMO Invitational: 13th place
-Northland Winnetonka Tournament: 11th place
-Independence Invitational: 11th place
-ILC Championships: 4th place

Individual Honors:

Caroline Salzman - ILC Championships: 1st place- 100 freestyle, 3rd place- 100 breastroke; State Championships: 11th place (50 freestyle)-School Record, 26thplace (100 freestyle)-School Record, All-State Honorable Mention

Ellaina Sanders - ILC Championships: 2nd place- 100 backstroke, 5th place 50 freestyle

Emily Dickey - ILC Championships: 7th place- 50 freestyle, 9th place-100 freestyle

Lauren Lee - ILC Championships: 8th place- 100 breaststroke, 14th place- 200 freestyle

Alice Rowland - ILC Championships: 10th place- 100 breaststroke

Julia Rosher - ILC Championships: 11th place- 500 freestyle, 12th place- 200 freestyle

Sydney Woods - ILC Championships: 15th place- 100 freestyle

Summer Kelly - ILC Championships: 16th place- 100 butterfly

2014-15

Raider Award Winner:
Ellaina Sanders

Team Honors:
-ILC Conference Championships-4th place

Individual Honors:
Caroline Salzman -  State Qualifier-100m breaststroke (28th place) and 50m freestyle (17th place)
Ellaina Sanders - State Qualifer-200m individual medley (32nd place)

2013-14

Raider Award winner:
Emily Dema

Team Honors:

-Kansas City Invitational Classic: 1st place champions
-ILC League Championships: 5th place team finish
-North Kansas City Invitational: 9th place team finish out of 36 teams
-Springfield Schools Invitational: 15th place team finish out of 29 teams
-Northland Park Hill Invite: 21st place team finish out of 38 teams
-University of Missouri swim championships: 24th place team finish out of 42 teams
-(All of the swimmers on the team made swim back championship finals)

Won 7 dual meet competitions
Pembroke 107 – St. Pius 106
Pembroke 162 – Belton 68
Pembroke 167 –Barstow 31
Pembroke 145, O’Hara 41
Pembroke 145, Notre Dame de Sion 142
Pembroke 140, Platte County 128
Pembroke 152, O’Hara 76

Individual Honors:

Samantha Jones - 200 medley relay 7th place
Kathleen O'Keefe - 200 medley relay 7th place
Amanda Rivard - 200 medley relay 7th place
Emma Starr - 200 medley relay 7th place
Sydney Woods - 200 freestyle relay 7th place
Maura Kessler - 200 freestyle relay 7th place
Catherine Dema - 200 freestyle relay 7th place
Riya Mehta - 200 freestyle relay-7th place
Alice Rowland - 400 freestyle relay-3rd place
Emily Dema - 400 freestyle relay-3rd place
Ellaina Sanders - 500 yard freestyle-2nd place, Conference champion- 100 backstroke, 400 freestyle relay-3rd place
Caroline McKnight - 200 yard freestyle- 8th place, 400 freestyle relay- 3rd place

2012-13

Raider Award winner:
Lucy Gross

2011-12

Raider Award winner:
Michelle Heidgerken

Individual Honors:
Hannah Bortnick - League champion in diving (all four years) and 9th place at State
Lindley Round - League champion in the 100 butterfly and 22nd place at State
Michelle Heidgerken - State qualifier in the 50 freestyle
Medley relay at State – Maggie Glaze, Sara Doane, Lindley Round, and Michelle Heidgerken

 

 

 

 

Pembroke Hill - fourth place - 2022