Swim Team Defeats Freeport

The Monroe/New Glarus girls swimming team won their dual against Freeport, 108-60.
The team of Grace Keith, Madelyn Hammer, Anna Wolf and Abby Oudinot won the 200-yard medley relay at 2:01.45 while Samantha Ellefson, Nina Schiro, Savannah Brandt and Grace Moehn took third.
Skylar Lassen finished first in the 200-yard freestyle with a time of 2:09 followed by Anna Meritt in third.
Madelyn Hammer placed first in the 200-yard IM at 2:29, and Wolf took second at 2:33.
Keith earned a first place finish in the 50-yard freestyle with Oudinot on her heels in second.
Additionally, Keith won the 100-yard butterfly at 1:08, and teammate Brandt took second.
Nina Schiro placed second in the 100-yard freestyle with a time of 1:00, and Anna Meritt finished three seconds slower in third place.
Wolf earned a first place finish in the 500-yard freestyle with Moehn taking third.
Winning the 200-yard freestyle relay was the team of Lassen, Anna Meritt, Hammer and Oudinot.
Lassen then won the 100-yard backstroke at 1:07; teammate Schiro took second only one second behind her.
Hammer won the 100-yard breaststroke with a time of 1:16.
Wolf, Schiro, Keith and Lassen won the 400 yard freestyle at 4:07.
Earlier that week on Tuesday, Sept. 1, the team participated in the relays at Stoughton. The girls placed fifth out of eight teams.
The group of Lassen, Hammer, Keith and Anna Meritt placed fourth in the 400-yard medley 4x100 relay at 4:28.
Kylie Houston, Ellefson, Alyssa Sinkule and Moehn took eighth in the 500-yard freestyle with a time of 6:06.
Placing third in the 400-yard medley 4x100 IM relay was Oudinot, Wolf, Keith and Hammer at 4:36.
The team made up of Schiro, Brandt, Linnea Tabaka and Emily Merrit took seventh in the 200-yard breaststroke alt br and fly relay.
Wolf, Sinkule, Moehn and Oudinot, with a time of 56.64, finished in fourth place in the 100-yard freestyle 4x25 relay.
Winning the 200-yard butterfly 4x50 relay was the team of Hammer, Keith, Wolf and Oudinot at 1:59.
In eighth place in the 200-yard medley 4x50 relay was Ellefson, Moehn, Brandt and Houston.
Finishing fifth in the 200-yard backstroke 4x50 relay was the team of Lassen, Emily Meritt, Schiro and Anna Meritt.
Earning a third place finish was Brandt, Tabaka, Ellefson and Emily Meritt with a time of 2:00 in the 200-yard freestyle 4x50 and SO relay.
Anna Meritt, Moehn, Schiro and Lassen took fifth in the 400-yard freestyle 4x100 relay.
“The girls swam with confidence at Freeport on Saturday. They now have their second win, which is more than we have done as a team in five years,” explained Head Coach Linda Moser. “They captured 10 of 11 first place swims and came in second five out of 11 swims. Our focus is to do better than we did the last year, and so far this year the girls are right on track. Last year, we lost this meet and scored 71 points as a team. The last three meets will help them build their confidence as they go up against some of the powerhouses in the Badger South Conference.”