Swim Team Keeps Setting New Records

In the meet against Oregon/Belleville on Tuesday, October 4th, the Monroe/New Glarus Swim Team set 18 individual PRs.
“The scoreboard showed a loss, but it was a win for the girls in their last home meet of the season celebrating their parents and all of their support!” said Linda Moser. The Varsity team scored 70 to Oregon/Belleville’s 97 points, and the Monroe/New Glarus JV team won over Oregon/Belleville, 60-36.
Nina Schiro placed first in both of her events. In the 200-Meter IM, she finished with a time of 2:42.91, and in the 400-Meter Free, she finished with a time of 5:04.38.
In the 100-Meter Butterfly, Emily Meritt placed first with a time of 1:10.27, which was also a new PR for Meritt. In the 50-Meter Free, Meritt placed second, with another PR, 31.86.
Placing third in the 400-Meter Free was Linnea Tabaka, with a PR time of 6:06.24. Tabaka earned another PR with a time of 1:28.19 in the 100 Backstroke.
Also setting PRs in their events were Madison Katzenberger and Sam Ellefson. Kratzenberger’s time in the 50-Meter Free was 32.62, and Ellefson’s time in the same event was 32.50.
In the 100-Meter Free event, two more PRs were set. Sam Ellefson finished with a time of 1:12.03 and teammate Brynn Ritschard took third place with a time of 1:11.54.
The big PR winner of the meet was freshman Dee Delforge, who cut 10 seconds off of her 400-Meter Free time, finishing in 6:46.71. Delforge cut nine seconds off of her 100 Backstroke time, finishing in 1:33.39.
The remainder of the Monroe/New Glarus meets are on the road. Tuesday, October 11th, the team traveled to Fort Atkinson for a Dual Meet, and on Saturday, October 15th they again go to Fort Atkinson for an Invitational.