By Becky Walz,
With the season well under way, the Decorah girls’ swim and dive team took to the water for an invite and dual recently with good results.
Third place
The Vikings collected 387 points Saturday at the Waterloo West Wahawk Invitational to claim third place.
“I am proud of how the team swam on Saturday. We placed third overall as a team, only 40 points out of winning the meet. We are making great progress, swimming lots of yards, hoping it all pays off once the championship season comes around,” said Coach Loran Storts.
Decorah won three golds for the day including Katerina Kovarik in the 200-yard individual medley. The senior made waves in the pool to touch the wall first in 2:29.73.
With the season well under way, the Decorah girls’ swim and dive team took to the water for an invite and dual recently with good results.
Third place
The Vikings collected 387 points Saturday at the Waterloo West Wahawk Invitational to claim third place.
“I am proud of how the team swam on Saturday. We placed third overall as a team, only 40 points out of winning the meet. We are making great progress, swimming lots of yards, hoping it all pays off once the championship season comes around,” said Coach Loran Storts.
Decorah won three golds for the day including Katerina Kovarik in the 200-yard individual medley. The senior made waves in the pool to touch the wall first in 2:29.73.
Paige Werner nearly won two events as the titlist in the 50-yard freestyle with her time of 26.40 seconds. She was the runner-up in the 100-yard freestyle in 57.55 seconds.
Also winning her event was Maeley Nefzger. She clocked in at 1:07.41 in the 100-yard backstroke for gold.
The 200-yard freestyle relay of Werner, Kovarik, Grace Stegan and Nefzger won silver in 1:49.86. Cori Timm was second in the junior varsity diving event with 141.40 points.
Team scores
1. Waterloo 424; 2. Cedar Rapids Jefferson 402; 3. Decorah 387; 4. Grinnell 320.5; 5. Williamsburg 263.5; 6. Ottumwa 248; 7. Vinton-Shellsburg 174
Varsity race results
1 mtr. Diving (varsity) – 4. Brinley Krivachek 389.60
1 mtr. Diving (JV) – 2. Cori Timm 141.40; 5. Rylee Averhoff 111.15
200 medley relay – 4. Thea Schissel, Katerina Kovarik, Paige Werner, Bella Sailor, 2:06.25; 10. Kylie O’Hara, Gracie Thompson, Mya Redenius, Grace Stegen, 2:23.72
200 free – 4. Joey Vobr 2:25.56; 10. Kalissa Schmelzer 2:40.89; 12. Lily Iverson 2:43.08; 14. Autumn Schmitt 2:45.48
200 IM – 1. Kovarik 2:29.73; 13. Faith Starrett 3:17.16
50 free – 1. Paige Werner 26.40; 3. Maeley Nefzger 26.77; 14. Schissel 28.87; 16. Rebecca Bruening 29.07; 17. Sailor 29.10; 18. Stegen 29.40; 21. O’Hara 29.84; 22. Redenius 29.96; 32. Schmitt 31.83; 45. Thompson 35.08; 47. Annika Becker 35.40
100 fly – 4. Sailor 1:13.42; 7. Schmelzer 1:18.26
100 free – 2. Werner 57.55; 11. Stegen 1:04.99; 32. Thompson 1:19.67
500 free – 4. Vobr 6:17.53; 7. Bruening 6:34.03; 13. Iverson 7:06.74; 17. Starrett 7:26.00
200 free relay – 2. Werner, Kovarik, Stegen, Nefzger, 1:49.86
100 back – 1. Nefzger 1:07.41; 6. Schissel 1:13.35; 8. O’Hara 1:15.97; 18. Becker 1:38.75
100 breast – 3. Kovarik 1:18.66; 10. Redenius 1:24.86
400 free relay – 4. Vobr, Sailor, Nefzger, Bruening, 4:21.59; 8. Schissel, Schmelzer, O’Hara, Iverson, 4:44.53
Senior night
With just a few days of rest the Vikings returned to competition in a dual with Cedar Rapids Kennedy at the Luther Natatorium Tuesday night on senior night. When the final race was completed, it was the visitors coming out on top 114 to 72.
“Overall, we swam well against a very talented team. While we did not win any events we did have a few events where we placed 2-3-4. We will continue to work hard aiming for the championship season,” said Coach Storts.
Six events claimed silver during the night including the 200-yard medley relay of Nefzger, Kovarik, Julia Alberts and Werner in 2:01.32. Kovarik was the runner-up in the 200-yard freestyle with a time of 2:12.00, while Werner was second in the 200-yard individual medley. She stopped the clock at 2:32.35. Coming in second in the 50-yard freestyle was Nefzger in 26.67 seconds. Isabella Sailor took silver in the 100-yard freestyle event in 1:05.88. In the 500-yard freestyle it was Alberts taking second in 6:03.023. Brenna Parker, Annie Ondrashek, Joey Vobr and Thea Schissel combined for a time of 2:07.31 in the 200-yard freestyle relay to take silver. Capping of the runner-up finishes was Parker in the 100-yard breaststroke in 1:23.68.
Varsity race results
200 medley relay – 2. Nefzger, Kovarik, Alberts, Werner, 2:01.32; 4. Rylee Kapler, Bruening, Sailor, Jorja Folkedahl, 2:15.05; 5. Redenius, Brenna Parker, Stegen, O’Hara, 2:15.33
200 free – 2. Kovarik 2:12.00; 3. Schissel 2:22.34; 5. Vobr 2:24.99; 7. Schmelzer 2:36.39; 8. Annie Ondrashek 2:40.28; 9. Starrett 2:46.25; 10. Schmitt 2:49.19
200 IM – 2. Werner 2:32.35; 3. Stegen 2:43.30; 4. Redenius 2:47.31; 6. Folkedahl 3:12.30
50 free – 2. Nefzger 26.67; 3. Sailor 28.33; 6. Kapler 29.84; 7. Lauren Holthaus 31.95; 8. Parker 32.83; 9. Becker 33.19; 10. Thompson 34.43; 11. Iverson 34.66
1 mtr. diving – 3. Krivachek 229.45; 5. Timm 157.90; 6. Averhoff 111.80
100 fly – 3. Kovarik 1:07.71; 4. Schmelzer 1:19.54
100 free – 2. Sailor 1:05.88; 3. Stegen 1:06.97; 4. O’Hara 1:07.37; 5. Folkedahl 1:10.78; 6. Holthaus 1:13.56; 7. Becker 1:17.63
500 free – 2. Alberts 6:03.23; 3. Vobr 6:21.98; 4. Bruening 6:22.04; 6. Redenius 6:40.95; 7. Iverson 6:58.49
200 free relay – 2. Parker, Ondrashek, Vobr, Schissel, 2:07.31; 4. Schmitt, Thompson, Holthaus, Folkedahl, 2:09.25
100 back – 3. Nefzger 1:09.03; 4. Werner 1:10.66; 5. Alberts 1:11.71; 7. Schissel 1:13.64; 8. Kapler 1:20.13; 9. Ondrashek 1:23.73; 10. Schmitt 1:27.01; 11. Starrett 1:32.03
100 breast – 2. Parker 1:23.68; 5. O’Hara 1:32.52; 6. Bruening 1:34.40
400 free relay – 3. Bruening, O’Hara, Redenius, Stegen, 4:42.36; 4. Vobr, Ondrashek, Starrett, Sailor, 4:50.02; 5. Schmelzer, Iverson, Schissel, Kapler, 4:53.18; 6. Werner, Kovarik, Alberts, Nefzger, 5:14.24
Next competition
Decorah will be at Iowa City High for an invite Saturday, Sept. 17, at 8:30 a.m.
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