By Becky Walz,
The Decorah girls’ swim and dive team faced stiff competition Saturday at the Cougar Invite, held at Cedar Rapids Kennedy and last week in a double dual in Waterloo.
Over the weekend
Decorah earned 130 points Saturday placing eighth of nine schools. Iowa City West took the title with 454 points.
The Vikings’ best finish came from sophomore Liz Bucksa in the 100 freestyle. She had a time of 58.43 seconds to earn sixth place. Bucksa also earned eighth-place points in the 50 freestyle, posting a time of 26.50 seconds.
Bucksa, Bella Sailor, Grace Baker and Jenna Schissel took seventh in a pair of relays. The quartet had a time of 1:48.26 in the 200 freestyle relay and finished the day in the 400 freestyle relay with a time of 4:01.38.
Schissel had a top 10 finish in the 200 freestyle as well. The freshman’s time of 2:10.61 was good for ninth. Avalea Burns took ninth in the 100 breaststroke in 1:17.73.
Cougar Invite team scores
1. Iowa City West 454; 2. Pleasant Valley 428; 3. Southeast Polk 339; 4. Johnston 295; 5. City High 243; 6. Cedar Rapids Kennedy 223; 7. Cedar Rapids Jefferson 145; 8. Decorah 130; 9. Theodore Roosevelt 47
Varsity race results
200 medley relay – 12. Lauren Holthaus, Avalea Burns, Naomi Kutz, Bridget Bentley, 2:14.41
200 free – 9. Jenna Schissel 2:10.61; 22. McKenzie Tollefson 2:33.61
200 IM – 16. Kutz 2:42.49; 17. Burns 2:43.95
50 free – 8. Liz Bucksa 26.50; 11. Grace Baker 27.18; 16. Bella Sailor 27.71
100 fly – 11. Sailor 1:10.42
100 free – 6. Bucksa 58.43; 11. Schissel 1:00.57; 15. Baker 1:01.56
500 free – 21. Kutz 6:23.62
200 free relay – 7. Sailor, Schissel, Baker, Bucksa, 1:48.26; 14. Bentley, Burns, McKenna Demaray, Tollefson, 2:02.40
100 back – 23. Holthaus 1:20.77
100 breast – 9. Burns 1:17.73; 20. Demaray 1:28.75
400 free relay – 7. Bucksa, Sailor, Baker, Schissel 4:01.38; 16. Kutz, Bentley, Jena Peters, Tollefson, 4:39.13
Catching up
Last week the Vikings competed at Central Middle School in Waterloo in a double dual against Waterloo West and Cedar Rapids Washington. Decorah fell to the hosts 106 to 79 and were defeated by Washington 117 to 79.
Decorah won a total of three events — two individuals and a relay claimed gold. Bucksa and Baker went 1-2 in the 50 free. Bucksa touched the wall first in 26.81 seconds, while Baker finished in 27.36 seconds. Bucksa also claimed a silver with her time of 1:02.20 in the 100 butterfly. Schissel won the 100 freestyle event. She had a time of 59.82 seconds. Sailor joined Schissel, Baker and Bucksa in the 200 freestyle relay to win in 1:49.73.
Rounding out the top three finishes with a bronze for the Vikes was the 200 medley relay of Sailor, Bucksa, Schissel and Baker in 2:02.69; Schissel in the 200 individual medley in 2:33.89; Ava Carolan in the 1-meter diving with 162.10 points; and Sailor in the 100 butterfly in 1:10.24.
Varsity race results
200 medley relay – 3. Sailor, Liz Bucksa, Schissel, Baker, 2:02.69; 6. Holthaus, Kutz, Adeline Bollinger, Liv Anderson, 2:25.61
200 free – 6. Tollefson 2:33.61; 7. Reagan Lubahn 2:46.15
200 IM – 3. Schissel 2:33.89; 6. Kutz 2:46.74
50 free – 1. Bucksa 26.81; 2. Baker 27.36; 9. Bentley 31.50
1 mtr. diving – 3. Ava Carolan 162.10; 7. Isis Timm 126.35
100 fly – 2. Bucksa 1:07.20; 3. Sailor 1:10.24
100 free – 1. Schissel 59.82; 4. Baker 1:02.67; 8. Bentley 1:08.88
500 free – 4. Kutz 6:37.01; 6. Tollefson 6:57.52; 7. Lubahn 7:01.35
200 free relay – 1. Sailor, Schissel, Baker, Bucksa, 1:49.73; 6. Anderson, Holthaus, Bollinger, Aubree Gesing, 2:04.85
100 back – 5. Sailor 1:11.35; 8. Holthaus 1:23.82
100 breast – 5. Sophia Gardner 1:26.70; 8. Demaray 1:30.67; Addison Lickiss 1:33.73
400 free relay – 4. Bentley, Tollefson, Lubahn, Kutz, 4:39.78; 7. Anderson, Molly Kuehner, Lickiss, Kate Pattison, 4:59.35
JV race results
200 medley relay – 1. Peters, Gardner, Annika Becker, Demaray, 2:29.75; 3. Pattison, Bentley, Lickiss, Stella Pole, 2:36.19
200 free – 5. Allia Erickson 2:47.48; 6. Kinley Leliefield 2:55.41
50 free – 1. Holthaus 29.97; 2. Anderson 30.89; 3. Demaray 31.12; 5. Peters 32.01; 7. Bollinger 32.41; 8. Ana Simon 32.48; 10. Becker 33.07; 11. Kuehner 33.27; 13. Pole 34.88; 16. Timm 37.92; 17. Esme Cuevas 37.76; 18. Margaret Hahn 38.06
100 fly – 3. Becker 1:27.85
100 free – 2. Gardner 1:12.25; 4. Kuehner 1:13.59; 5. Pattison 1:14.32; 9. Ericksen 1:15.60; 10. Lickiss 1:16.53; 13. Leliefield 1:20.27; 15. Hahn 1:24.06; 16. Cuevas 1:25.84; 17. Pole 1:27.12
500 free – 4. Simon 7:53.74
200 free relay – 1. Kuehner, Pattison, Gardner, Demaray, 2:11.63; 4. Timm, Cuevas, Leliefield, Hahn, 2:30.35
100 back – 2. Peters 1:30.79; 3. Bollinger 1:38.12
400 free relay – 2. Erickson, Simon, Hahn, Pole, 5:22.78
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