Penn, Lily Christianson dominate Northern Indiana Conference girls swim meet in Elkhart

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ELKHART —The Penn girls swimming team dominated another Northern Indiana Conference meet and Lily Christianson was once again the star.

Christianson, the junior who set a state record in the 50-yard freestyle at last year's IHSAA state meet, set two new meet records Saturday at the Elkhart Aquatic Center in the 200-yard individual medley and the 100-yard backstroke.

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With Christianson leading the way, her teammates were there in support as Penn won nine of the 12 events including Anika Guenther's first-place finishes in the 200-Yard freestyle and 100-yard backstroke. The Kingsmen also won all three relay events to help them win their third consecutive league meet and 26th in program history.

Here were the top-three finishers and final team scores from Saturday's NIC meet.

NIC girls swim meet results

Team scores: Penn 639, SB Adams 399, SB Riley 358, New Prairie 297, SB Saint Joe 269, Elkhart 174, Bremen 88, Mish. Marian 81, SB Clay 2, Jimtown 2

200-Yard Medley Relay: Penn (Avery Woods, Anika Guenther, Lily Christianson, Tory Temeles) (1:48.03), SB Adams (Addy Szakaly, Elisa Nerenberg, Willa Kricheff, Addison Skube) (1:53.87), New Prairie (Emma Tulacz, Alaina Brison, Ava Lux, Landi Newcomb) 1:54.03

200-Yard Freestyle: Anika Guenther (Penn) 1:55.80, Claire Dobrydney (Saint Joe) 1:57.18, Jordan Koszyk (Penn) 1:57.80

Rley’s Mallory Freitag starts the 200 yard freestyle in the Girls Swimming & Diving NIC championship meet Saturday, Jan. 14, 2023, in Elkhart.
Rley’s Mallory Freitag starts the 200 yard freestyle in the Girls Swimming & Diving NIC championship meet Saturday, Jan. 14, 2023, in Elkhart.

200-Yard IM: Lily Christianson (Penn) 2:04.16 NR, Addy Szakaly (Adams) 2:11.71, Elisa Nerenberg (Adams) 2:19.07

50-Yard Freestyle: Emma Tulacz (New Prairie) 24.66, Celeste Hollis (Riley) 24.89, Tory Temeles (Penn) 25.46

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1-Meter Diving: Arriana Beckham (Penn) 386.25, Kailey Corban (Adams) 379.20, Avery Curtis (Adams) 299.40

100-Yard Butterfly: Celeste Hollis (Riley) 1:00.33, Libby Marion (Penn) 1:01.59, Willa Kricheff (Adams) 1:01.98

100-Yard Freestyle: Jordan Koszyk (Penn) 54.14, Emma Tulacz (New Prairie) 56.24, Chloe Whitmer (Riley) 56.82

Adams’ Elisa Nerenberg competes in the 200 yard individual medley in the Girls Swimming & Diving NIC championship meet Saturday, Jan. 14, 2023, in Elkhart.
Adams’ Elisa Nerenberg competes in the 200 yard individual medley in the Girls Swimming & Diving NIC championship meet Saturday, Jan. 14, 2023, in Elkhart.

500-Yard Freestyle: Claire Dobrydney (Saint Joe) 5:13.89, Avery Woods (Penn) 5:14.07, Isabel Leader (Penn) 5:29.59

200-Yard Freestyle Relay: Penn (Tory Temeles, Anika Guenther, Avery Woods, Jordan Koszyk) 1:42.46, New Prairie (Alaina Brison, Landi Newcomb, Emma Tulacz, Mckenzie Waltz) 1:43.82, Saint Joe (Jackie Dobrydney, Addyson Farmer, Cece Farrell, Claire Dobrydney) 1:44.62

The start of the second heat of the 500 freestyle at the the Girls Swimming & Diving NIC championship meet Saturday, Jan. 14, 2023, in Elkhart.
The start of the second heat of the 500 freestyle at the the Girls Swimming & Diving NIC championship meet Saturday, Jan. 14, 2023, in Elkhart.

100-Yard Backstroke: Lily Christianson (Penn) 56.33 NR, Addy Szakaly (Adams) 1:00.20, Vanessa Domalewski (Penn) 1:02.41

100-Yard Breaststroke: Anika Guenther (Penn) 1:07.41, Emma Hayes (Penn) 1:11.64, Willa Kricheff (Adams) 1:11.86

400-Yard Freestyle Relay: Penn (Jordan Koszyk, Ebba Fox, Avery Woods, Lily Christianson) 3:39.99, Saint Joe (Jackie Dobrydney, Anna Pruitt, Cece Farrell, Claire Dobrydney) 3:49.47, Adams (Addy Szakaly, Addison Skube, Elisa Nerenberg, Willa Kricheff) 3:50.58

This article originally appeared on South Bend Tribune: NIC swimming: Penn girls win third straight NIC championship in Elkhart