The Mound Westonka/Holy Family (MWHF) girls swim and dive team visited Litchfield October 6 and walked away with another conference win. The team depth was on display this week, as coach Ben Hanson mixed some of the team’s younger talent into the varsity roster. 

MWHF’s relay lineups earned first-place finishes in each of the three events. The 200 medley relay team of junior Catherine Dueck, senior captain Kate Johnston, ninth-grader Camille Ness and senior Jalyn Storm won handily with an impressive mid-season time of 1:53.25. Senior Kristin Collins, senior captain Izzy Sullivan, sophomore Grace Warden and sophomore Annemarie Johnson finished third. 

MWHF placed first in 200 freestyle relay with Dueck, Johnston, Ness and Storm (1:42.43). The team of junior Abigail Ries, sophomore Onna Sullivan, sophomore Peyton Schmidt and eighth-grader Chella Patterson came in third.

Ries, senior Kristin Collins, Patterson and Johnson took the top spot in the 400 freestyle relay (4:02.23). The youthful line-up of ninth-grader Amelia Olson, ninth-grader Isabel Starr, seventh-grader Ashley Johnson and ninth-grader Kayla Quandt finished an impressive third.

Dueck won the 100 freestyle (55.35) by a body length, with teammates senior captain Courtney French and I. Sullivan finishing third and fourth, respectively. O. Sullivan earned a second-place finish in the 500 Freestyle, with Schmidt finishing third. Johnston, Patterson and Ries finished second, third and fourth, respectively, in the 200 freestyle.

The 100 butterfly was a photo finish, with Litchfield out-touching Storm by 00:00.46. Storm’s solid time of 1:05.56 earned her a second-place finish, with Johnson in third and ninth-grader Hayden Nichols in fourth. Warden took second in the 50 freestyle with O. Sullivan and Ries finishing fourth and fifth, respectively.

Quandt won the 200 individual medley (2:36.56), with A. Johnson in third and Schmidt in fourth. Ness, Olson and Quandt finished second, third and fifth, respectively, in the 100 backstroke.

MWHF’s divers have had a theme of consistency this season. With team leader Baily Monette unable to compete due to injury, ninth-grader Erica Johnson (173.95 points) and seventh-grader Ashlynn Koehler stepped up to earn first- and third-place finishes. Senior Anna Dueck, ineligible for varsity competition due to Minnesota State High School League transfer guidelines, was the highest diving point earner of the evening (188.85).     

Next meet is hosted by Willmar High School at 10 a.m. on Saturday, October 15.