The Mound Westonka/Holy Family (MWHF) girls swim and dive team hosted Litchfield October 7 and walked away with another conference win. Coach Ben Hanson’s team came ready to race last week on Senior Night as they celebrated their six Class of 2022 swimmers.

Sophomore Catherine Dueck continues to be a team leader finding herself with first place finishes in her two individual events at the fourth meet in as many weeks. Dueck won the 200 Freestyle (1.58.13) and the 100 Butterfly (1.01.25). Teammates Annie Springer (SR, Captain) and Hanna Hall (SR, Captain) finished the 200 Freestyle 2nd and 4th and Springer and Kathryn Collins (SR, Captain) finished 2nd and 4th in the 100 Butterfly. 

Camille Ness (FR) won the 200 Individual Medley (2:31:44) with sisters Izzy Sullivan (JR) and Onna Sullivan (FR) finishing in the 3rd and 4th spots, with just 00:00:43 separating the two. The fastest event of the evening was just that, over in less than :30 seconds. 2019 state meet qualifier in the 50 Freestyle, Jaylyn Storm (JR) showed she’s still got it with an impressive first place finish of 25:24. Ellen Ries (SR, Captain) took second with Annemarie Johnson (FR) in 4th. Ries won the 100 freestyle with a 56:22, ahead of Ness and Kristin Collins (JR) who finished 3rd and 4th.  

The 500 Freestlye included a trio of MWHF swimmers who don’t typically find themselves in distance events. Nevertheless, Abigail Ries (SO), Courtney French (JR) and Storm finished 2nd, 3rd and 4th respectively. Just 00:36 separated Kr. Collins from the top spot in the 100 Backstroke with her 1:06:44 earning a 2nd place finish.  O. Sullivan and A. Ries finished 3rd and 4th.  

Johnson won the 100 Breaststroke handily (1:09:47) touching the wall more than 6 seconds ahead of Hall who finished 2nd while French took 5th.      

MWHF swept the 3 relay events of the evening. Kr. Collins, Johnson, A. Ries and Ka. Collins won the 200 Medley Relay (2:00:28) with the team of O. Sullivan, Hall, Ness and I. Sullivan taking 3rd. The 200 Freestyle Relay went to Dueck, Springer, E. Ries and Storm (1:42:00) with the all-sister team of I. Sullivan, O. Sullivan, Ka. Collins and Kr. Collins finishing in 2nd.  

To close the night, the team of Springer, A. Ries, Ka. Collins and E. Ries won the 400 Freestyle Relay (3:54:13) with Storm, Ness, Johnson and Dueck in 2nd. 

Varsity diver Bailey Monette (7th grade) continues to increase her diving difficulty and points earned. Monette expertly executed the most difficult dive of the evening, a 2.3 difficulty back 1 summersault 1 ½ twist. Her arsenal of dives for the evening included two with 2.2 difficulty ratings, a forward 2 summersault tuck position ½ twist and an inward 1 ½ summersault tuck position.  With scores ranging from 5.5-6.5 for each of her dives, Monette comfortably took the top spot in diving with 206.40 points.  Sammy Christensen (7th grade) finished 2nd (149.95) and Jillian Schmitz (7th grade) in 3rd (120.80).       

Next meet is Mound Westonka at Orono on Thursday, October 14, 2021.