WILLMAR — After dropping its first two Central Lakes Conference duals, the Willmar girls swimming and diving team got into the win column.
The Cardinals captured a 97-57 victory over Fergus Falls on Tuesday after earning wins in eight of the meet’s 12 events from Willmar High School.
Willmar’s Avery Welsh won a pair of individual events. The senior earned first place in the 50-yard freestyle after swimming the race in 26.97 seconds. She also was victorious in the 100 freestyle with a time of 58.37.
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Senior Kiana Gallinger, junior Ava Brogren and freshman Aubrey Schueler also collected wins for the home team.
Gallinger took the 200 individual medley with a time of 2:29.96. Clocking in at 1:09.95, Schueler won the 100 butterfly. Brogren was first to finish the 100 backstroke with a time of 1:04.79.
The Cardinals swept all three relay races.
The team of Brogren, Schueler, senior Allie Evink and freshman Shelby Reed won the 200 medley relay in 2:12.93. Brogren, Schueler, Evink and Welsh took first in the 200 freestyle relay. In the last event of the night, Brogren, Welsh and Evink were joined by freshman Cate Brogren for a victory in the 400 freestyle relay.
Willmar’s next dual is at 6 p.m. Thursday at Sartell.
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Willmar 97,
Fergus Falls 57
200 MEDLEY RELAY – (1) Willmar (Shelby Reed, Ava Brogren, Aubrey Schueler, Allie Evink) 2:00.61 (2) Fergus Falls 2:05.10 (3) Willmar 2:12.93
200 FREESTYLE – (1) Emilie Carlson, FF, 2:07.04 (2) Cate Brogren, W, 2:12.78 (3) Reed, W, 2:13.39
200 INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY – (1) Kiana Gallinger, W, 2:29.96 (2) Schueler, W, 2:33.12 (5 Grace Vierhuf, 2:44.65
50 FREESTYLE – (1) Avery Welsh, W, 26.97 (4) Ana Hernandez, W, 28.75
DIVING – (1) Nori Donais, FF, 152.30 (2) Kylie Portiin, W, 151.90
100 BUTTERFLY – (1) Schueler, W, 1:09.95 (3) Emily Hunt, W, 1:19.74 (4) Lily Thompson, W, 1:20.26 (5) Grace Bjur, W, 1:20.77
100 FREESTYLE – (1) Welsh, W, 58.37 (2) Gallinger, W, 59.23 (5) Ceci Buzzeo, W, 1:08.35
500 FREESTYLE – (1) Carlson, FF, 5:44.79 (2) C. Brogren, W, 5:52.90 (3) Evink, W, 6:18.69 (5) Amelia Tauber, W, 6:29.34
200 FREESTYLE RELAY – (1) Willmar (Ava Brogren, Schueler, Evink, Welsh) 1:46.53 (2) Fergus Falls 1:51.80 (3) Willmar 1:59.18
100 BACKSTROKE – (1) A. Brogren, W, 1:04.79 (2) Reed, W, 1:07.97 (5) Natalie Arends, W, 1:12.79
100 BREASTSTROKE – (1) Olivia Herzberg, FF, 1:22.54 (3) Bjur, W, 1:27.35 (4) Julia Lindquist, W, 1:28.32 (5) Noelle Becker, W, 1:28.56
400 FREESTYLE RELAY – (1) Willmar (A. Brogren, C. Brogren, Welsh, Evink) 4:03.20 (2) Willmar 4:12.60
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