Prep Swimming: Cards 3rd at 3A True Team meet
WILLMAR -- Hutchinson placed first, Dassel-Cokato second and Willmar third at the Section 3A True Team swimming and diving meet on Saturday in the Willmar Senior High School pool.
The Cardinals' high finish among eight teams was accomplished without a first, or even a second or third place. Rather, it was their depth that propelled them.
"It speaks to the overall strength of this team," commented Willmar head coach Carl Shuldes. "We didn't have many best times [10 individual, 1 relay] but the girls were all very close to their bests while swimming very well."
Willmar had two fourths: Alycia Holwerda in the breaststroke and the 400 freestyle relay of Rose Jackson, Marin Fischer, Liz Gorans and Kennedy Holwerda. Haley Mottinger in eighth led the Willmar diving brigade.
Litchfield earned three first-place ribbons: junior Marissa Warren won both the 100 butterfly and the 100 backstroke and sophomore Anika Ellingson the 100 yard breaststroke. The Dragons placed sixth as a team.
Marshall, which placed seventh, won three events. Hutchinson won two relays and individual events, including diving.
Team scores
(1) Hutchinson 1,415 (2) Dassel-Cokato 1,240 (3) Willmar 1,070 (4) Orono 1,003 (5) Chaska 878 (6) Litchfield 860 (7) Marshall 809 (8) Montevideo 506
Individual results
(Key: champion ... Willmar results)
200 MEDLEY RELAY - (1) Hutchinson 1:53.51 ... (4) Kuchta, A. Holwerda, K. Holwerda, Jackson; 1:58.58 (9) Revier, Arnold, Gorans, Lankenau; 2:04.46 (15) Olson, Zondervan, Jagow, McCormack; 2:10.57 (21) A. Kennedy, Vossen, Stevens, Oswood; 2:18.64
200 FREESTYLE - (1) Kylie Vermeire, Mar, 2:01.14 ... (13) Anna Backes 2:14.41 (16) Erika Aaker 2:16.63 (20) Brianna Bredeson 2:21.51 (22) Ellie Shuldes 2:24.96
200 INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY - (1) Samantha Norton, Oro, 2:14.77 ... (16) Hanna Arnold 2:36.30 (18) Alycia Holwerda 2:37.04 (20) Erin Zondervan 2:39.07 (29) Emma Stevens 2:49.73
50 FREESTYLE - (1) Haley Cassen, Hut, 25.66 ... (7) Rose Jackson 26.51 (15) Marin Fischer 27.65 (16) Liz Gorans 27.86 (22) Cassandra Lankenau 28.79
DIVING - (1) Jenna Nagy, Hut, 328.0 ... (8) Haley Mottinger 218.20 (9) Maddy Lindblad 217.80 (15) Elissa Weiler 120.25 (16) Alexis Goeser 119.25
100 BUTTERFLY - (1) Marissa Warren, Lit, 1:00.13 ... (12) Kennedy Holwerda 1:07.68 (21) Jenna Jagow 1:20.13 (24) Emma Stevens 1:21.89 (25) Anna Peterson 1:24.94
100 FREESTYLE - (1) Caitlin Papke, Hut, 56.33 ... (11) Fischer 1:01.02 (13) Miranda Kuchta 1:01.25 (16) Backes 1:02.44 (18) Alex Kennedy 1:04.52
500 FREESTYLE - (1) Kylie Vermeire, Mar, 5:27.17 ... (11) Aaker 6:08.94 (15) Bredeson 6:13.65 (17) Shuldes 6:17.08 (20) Rhiann Schmidt 6:32.66
200 FREESTYLE RELAY - (1) Hutchinson 1:43.80 ... (6) Jackson, Fischer, Gorans, K. Holwerda; 1:47.79 (11) Lankenau, Backes, A. Holwerda, Aaker; 1:52.69 (18) Arnold, Stevens, Zondervan, McCormack; 1:59.45 (22) Jagow, Vossen, Schmidt, Maddie Oswood; 2:01.46l
100 BACKSTROKE - (1) Warren, Lit, 1:00.61 ... (9) Kuchta 1:07.16 (18) Revier 1:10.82 (26) Olson 1:14.28 (28) Kennedy 1:15.87
100 BREASTSTROKE - (1) Anika Ellingson, Lit, 1:09.90 ... (4) A. Holwerda 1:13.12 (9) Arnold 1:18.06 (15) Zondervan 1:21.41 (23) Vossen 1:26.12
400 FREESTYLE RELAY - (1) Marshall 3:45.23 ... (4) Jackson, Fischer, Gorans, K. Holwerda; 4:00.34 (9) Backes, Aaker, Lankenau, Kuchta; 4:07.21 (18) Kennedy, Olson, Jagow, Revier; 4:28.88 (19) Bredeson, McCormack, Peterson, Oswood; 4:34.41
