The Mound Westonka/Holy Family (MWHF) Girls Swim and Dive team visited Dassel-Cokato September 30 and added another conference win to the 4-1 season.

The team took the top spot in each of the individual events and diving.  For the second time in as many weeks, Holy Family’s Ellen Ries (SR, Captain) and Catherine Dueck (SO) had perfect meets, finishing 1st place in each of their individual events.  Ries took the top spots in the 200 IM (2.19.59) and 100 Breaststroke (1.17.07) with Dueck finishing 1st in the 50 Freestyle (24.95) and 500 Freestyle (5.19.87).

Abigail Ries (SO) comfortably won 1st in the 200 Freestyle (2.10.44) ahead of teammates Onna Sullivan (FR) and Camille Ness (FR) finishing 2nd and 3rd.  Kathryn Collins (SR, Captain) came out on top in the 100 Butterfly (1.05.96) out touching a 4th place finish by Kristin Collins (JR), and 5th place Evelyn McGinnis.

No surprise seeing Annie Springer in the top spot for the 100 Freestyle (56.94) finishing ahead of A. Ries in 3rd place and Courtney French (JR) in 4th.  Annemarie Johnson swam an impressive winning race in the 100 Backstroke (1.08.39) ahead of French in 2nd and Evelyn Gawrty (8th grade) in 5th.  

Finishing behind E. Ries’ first place 200 IM were Johnson in 2nd and Peyton Schmidt (FR) in 4th.  Izzy Sullivan (JR) and K. Collins finished 4th and 5th behind E. Ries’ win in the 100 Breaststroke.  Dueck’s versatility in both distance and sprint races was on display.  Her 500 Freestyle was more than 6 seconds under the state qualifying time and her 50 Freestyle was just 0:04 off the state cut.  Ness finished 3rd and Hannah Hall (SR, Captain) 4th in the 500 Freestyle.  Springer took 2nd in the 50 Freestyle with Kr. Collins 5th.  

The team of Dueck, French, Ka. Collins and Johnson took 2nd in the 200 Medley Relay ahead of Ness, I. Sullivan, A. Ries and Springer in 3rd.  E. Ries, A. Ries, Ka. Collins and I. Sullivan won the 200 Freestyle relay (1.47.90) with McGinnis, Hall, Schmidt and O. Sullivan finishing 3rd.  The lineup of McGinnis, Ness, French and Springer finished 2nd in the 400 Freestyle Relay with Schmidt, Johnson, Gawtry and Hall in 3rd.  

MWHF’s Bailey Monette (7th grade) dominated diving.  Her high difficulty inward 1 ½ summersault, forward 2 summersault in a tuck position and forward 1 ½ summersault in a pike position helped her earn a strong 1st place finish with 190.60 points.  New to the varsity roster, teammate Britta Elliott finished 4th.  

Next meet is Mound Westonka at home against Litchfield on Thursday, October 7, 2021.