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First, she snagged the women&#39;s 100 free with a time of 55.74 after setting the listed region record with a 55.61 during prelims.  Kansas City Blazer Shannon Vreeland took second in 55.97 with Mizzou&#39;s Lori Halvorson placing third in 56.33.<\/p>\n<p>Stafford returned at the end of the evening with a 2:12.53 in the women&#39;s 200 back for the win.  That readout cleared the listed region record of 2:12.77 set by Janie Wagstaff in 1991.  Vreeland took second again with a 2:17.04, while Parkway&#39;s Taylor Wohrley finished third in 2:18.08.<\/p>\n<p>Parkway&#39;s Elizabeth Smith took the women&#39;s 200 breast title in 2:28.98.  That swim cleared the listed region record of 2:31.64 set by Caroline Bruce in 2003. 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