Times came down further Tuesday but Duluth Denfeld still came up with a dual meet victory over Northeast Range/Ely in high school girls swimming.
Led by Gabby Anderson, who set a pool record in the 500 freestyle and was part of three first-place relays, the host Hunters beat the Nighthawks 104-71 in dual meet action at Duluth’s Lincoln Park School.
The teams split victories in the meet’s first six events, but the Hunters swept the rest to score the convincing win.
NRE’s Lucy Luthens won the 100 freestyle while teammate Evelyn Moran won the 50 freestyle and Lindsay Israel was first in the 100 butterfly.
Israel combined with Ivy Ohlhauser to give NRE a one-two finish.
The event was largely dominated by the Hunters from there, with Anderson cruising in the 500 - winning in 5:28.18 to set the new pool standard.
NRE scored as follows:
• 200 medley relay - 3. Raegan Borchert, Luthens, Israel, Moran, 2:21.53;
•200 freestyle - 2. Jorden Borchert, 2:29.97; 4. Cora Brekke, 2:58.69;
• 200 individual medley 2. Johnson, 3:07.41; 5. Ruby Ice, 3:15.78;
• 50 freestyle - 1. Moran, 29.37; 4. Moon Vetos-Keen, 35.63;
• 100 butterfly - 1. Israel, 1:16.4; 2. Ohlhauser, 1:31.37;
• 100 freestyle - 1. Luthens, 1:03.52; 3. Moran, 1:06.26; 5. J. Borchert, 1:08.67;
• 500 freestyle - 4. Freking, 7:21.50; 5. Brekke, 8:02.22;
• 200 freestyle relay - 2. Israel, Moran, J. Borchert, R. Borchert, 2:02.45; 3. Ice, Olivia Johnson, Freking, Ohlhauser, 2:13.88;
• 100 backstroke - 2. R. Borchert, 1:27.94; 3. Vetos- Keen, 1:28.09;
•100 breaststroke - 2. Luthens, 1:25.14; 3. M. Johnson, 1:28.67; 5. Macy Coombe, 1:50.14;
• 400 freestyle relay - 2. J. Borchert, Israel, R. Borchert, Luthens, 4:40.51; 3. Ohlhauser, Freking, Ice, O. Johnson, 5:05.47.
The Nighthawks also competed at last Saturday’s Lumberjack Log Jam in Cloquet, finishing fifth among five teams but showing considerable progress as well.
“We had a great meet,” said NRE head coach Cheri DeBeltz. “For the middle of the season the amount of the lifetime best or season best swims is really uncommon.”
Luthens came home with a team-best third-place finish in the 100 freestyle, with a time of 1:02.86.
Other top-10 finishes for NRE included:
• 200 medley relay - 5. R. Borchert, Luthens, Israel, Moran, 2:18.19; 6. Vetos- Keen, M. Johnson, Ohlhauser, Freking, 2:26.94;
• 200 freestyle - 7. J. Borchert, 2:25.91;
• 50 freestyle - 10. Ice, 32.62;
• 100 butterfly - 5. Israel, 1:19.59;
• 100 freestyle - 9. Moran, 1:05.83;
• 500 freestyle - 7. Ohlhasuer, 6:54.48;
• 200 freestyle relay - 4. Moran, J. Borchert, Israel, R. Borchert, 1:57.95; 7. Ohlhauser, Freking, M. Johnson, O. Johnson, 2:10.02;
• 100 backstroke - 9. Vetos- Keen, 1:28.63; 10. R. Borchert, 1:29.31;
• 100 breaststroke - 4. Luthens, 1:24.38; 7. M. Johnson, 1:28.56;
• 400 freestyle relay - 5. R. Borchert, J. Borchert, Moran, Luthens, 4:32.13.
