Girls swimming and diving roundup: Willmar locks up first win
Oct. 7—WILLMAR — The Willmar girls swimming and diving team collected its first dual victory of the season after beating Fergus Falls in a Central Lakes Conference matchup Thursday at Willmar High School.
Aubrey Schueler had a pair of wins for the Cardinals in the 50-yard freestyle and 100 butterfly. Cate Brogren won the 500 freestyle. Willmar also got a win from the 400 freestyle relay, courtesy of Amelia Tauber, Noelle Becker, Kaylee Hurley and Brogren.
Kylie Porttiin took first place in the diving, leading a Cardinals group that went 1-2-3 in the event, outscoring the Otters 13-3.
Willmar heads to St. Cloud Apollo at 6 p.m. Tuesday.
Adallia Bruning and Adeline Lundin won two events each for Litchfield in a Wright County Conference loss to Mound-Westonka/Holy Family Catholic at Litchfield.
Bruning took first in the 200-yard freestyle at 2 minutes, 8.16 seconds, and in the 500 freestyle at 5:48.96.
Lundin had the top times in the 100 butterfly (1:05.10) and 100 backstroke (1:04.25).
Ellie Brown also won for the Dragons with a time of 26.09 in the 50 freestyle. Emily Petersen also placed first in the 100 breaststroke at 1:15.46.
"Litchfield won six individual events with all six of those swings being season-best times," said Dragons head coach Tim Hroma.
200 MEDLEY RELAY — (1) MW/HFC 1:53.25 ... (2) Litchfield (Adeline Lundin, Emily Petersen, Alex Carlson, Ellie Brown) 2:00.48
200 FREESTYLE — (1) Adallia Bruning, L, 2:08.16 ... (2) Kate Johnston, MW/HFC, 2:15.47
200 INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY — (1) Kayla Quandt, MW/HFC, 2:36.56 ... (2) Lia Caron, L, 2:41.31
50 FREESTYLE — (1) Brown, L, 26.09 ... (2) Grace Warden, MW/HFC 26.53
DIVING — (1) Erica Johnson, MW/HFC, 173.95 ... (2) Jailynn Michelson, L, 129.35
100 BUTTERFLY — (1) Lundin, L, 1:05.10 ... (2) Jaylyn Storm, MW/HFC, 1:05.56
100 FREESTYLE — (1) Catherine Dueck, MW/HFC, 55.35 ... (2) Brown, L, 58.77
500 FREESTYLE — (1) Bruning, L, 5:48.96 ... (2) Onna Sullivan, MW/HFC, 6:11.17
200 FREESTYLE RELAY — (1) MW/HFC 1:42.43 ... (2) Litchfield (Carlson, Lundin, Bruning, Brown) 1:49.74
100 BACKSTROKE — (1) Lundin, L, 1:04.25 ... (2) Camille Ness, MW/HFC, 1:11.65
100 BREASTSTROKE — (1) Petersen, L, 1:15.46 ... (2) Izzy Sullivan, MW/HFC, 1:20.94
400 FREESTYLE RELAY — (1) MW/HFC 4:02.23 ... (2) Litchfield (Bruning, Caron, Jamiah Taylor, Kendalyn Miller) 4:24.75