By Becky Walz,
The Decorah girls’ swim and dive season kicked off Thursday night at home versus Mason City.
With a large team, the Vikings put up a good effort against the Mohawks but fell 104 to 82.
The Decorah girls’ swim and dive season kicked off Thursday night at home versus Mason City.
With a large team, the Vikings put up a good effort against the Mohawks but fell 104 to 82.
The Vikes nearly swept freestyle events. Julia Alberts began the fun with first in the 200-yard freestyle in 2:07.63. Later it was Paige Werner who became a two-time individual champion by winning the 50-yard freestyle and 100-yard freestyle. Werner won the shorter event in 25.71 seconds and touched the wall first in the longer race in 56.91 seconds. In the 200-yard freestyle relay it was Isabella Sailor, Alberts, Katerina Kovarik and Werner combining for a time of 1:46.82 for the gold. In the final event of the night, the 400-yard freestyle relay, Werner, Kovarik, Maeley Nefzger and Alberts edged Mason City with a time of 3:59.52.
Several events took second, including Brinley Krivachek in diving, who has competed at state the last two years, with a score of 211.05 points. Kovarik was the silver medalist in the 200-yard individual medley in 2:27.37. Alberts touched the wall in 1:05.95, to take second in the 100-yard butterfly, while Nefzger was the runner-up in the 100-yard backstroke in 1:09.70.
Team scores
1. Mason City 104; 2. Decorah 82
Varsity race results
200 medley relay – 3. Thea Schissel, Brenna Parker, Mya Redenius, Faith Starett, 2:14.52; 5. Jorja Folkedahl, Rylee Kapler, Kalissa Schmelzer, Annika Becker, 2:29.37
200 free – 1. Julia Alberts 2:07.63; 5. Rebecca Bruening 2:2156; 6. Joey Vobr 2:23.46; 7. Isabella Sailor 2:25.24
200 IM – 2. Katerina Kovarik 2:27.37; 4. Schissel 2:46.56; 6. Parker 2:54.53; 7. Starett 3:21.97
50 free – 1. Paige Werner 25.71; 3. Maeley Nefzger 26.55; 5. Sailor 28.94; 6. Kylie O’Hara 29.13; 7. Grace Stegen 29.95; 8. Jorja Folkedahl 30.76; 9. Lauren Holthaus 31.16; 10. Autumn Schmitt 31.99; 11. Bridget Bentley 32.07; 13. Annie Ondrashek 34.13; 14. Lily Iverson 34.16; 15. Gracie Thompson 34.36; 22. Becker 52.36
1 mtr. diving – 2. Brinley Krivachek 211.05; 4. Corina Timm 147.35; 6. Rylee Averhoff 96.90
100 fly – 2. Alberts 1:05.95; 3. Sailor 1:12.96; 4. Redenius 1:18.45; 5. Schmelzer 1:22.51
100 free – 1. Werner 56.91; 4. Nefzger 59.07; 5. Kovarik 59.51; 6. Stegen 1:06.48; 8. O’Hara 1:07.68; 10. Folkedahl 1:10.56; 11. Holthaus 1:13.85; 12. Iverson 1:15.43; 13. Ondrashek 1:16.64; 14. Schmitt 1:16.75; 15. Thompson 1:19.69; 16. Becker 1:24.07
500 free – 3. Vobr 6:19.86; 4. Bruening 6:30.13; 6. Iverson 7:06.69; 7. Starett 7:33.19
200 free relay – 1. Sailor, Alberts, Kovarik, Werner, 1:46.82; 4. Folkedahl, Thompson, Schmitt, Becker, 2:14.91
100 back – 2. Nefzger 1:09.70; 3. Schissel 1:11.71; 6. O’Hara 1:15.87
100 breast – 4. Parker 1:22.66; 5. Redenius 1:27.35; 6. Kapler 1:28.90
400 free relay – 1. Werner, Kovarik, Nefzger, Alberts, 3:59.52; 3. Bruening, O’Hara, Vobr, Schissel, 4:32.74; 5. Kapler, Thompson, Schmelzer, Stegen, 5:04.74
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