By Laura Humphrey
Sports Correspondent
The Elkhorn girls swim team had to be pretty happy with its overall effort Saturday at their home Elk Invite.
After all, finishing second behind the two-time defending state champion is a pretty big accomplishment.
“We swam really well and we had some girls really step up and swim some great times,” said coach Jamie Richardson. “Finishing second behind the two-time defending state champion is not bad.
Our depth is starting to step it up like they need to. That has been a forte of our team the last couple of years and it’s great to see that starting to develop this season.”
Milton won the meet with 427 points, followed by Elkhorn’s A team with 353. The Elkhorn B team finished 10th with 43 points.
The meet was held at the Elkhorn pool, which means times are calculated in meters, not yards. Hence, what is normally the 500-yard freestyle became the 400-meter free, and times are slower because of extra distance.
At the invite, the top eight medaled and for the Lady Elks that meant six relay medals and 10 individual medals. Earning silver medals were Anne Blackbourn in the 100 freestyle and Kady Ruemmele in the 100 backstroke.
“Anne had a very strong second 50 and is a finisher,” said Richardson. “She has that never say die attitude that a coach can’t teacher. Kady had great walls off of her turns.” Blackbourn and Ruemmele also brought home the bronze medal in the 50 freestyle and 200 individual medley.
“Anne had great turnover during her 50 race,” said Richardson. “Kady dropped .53 seconds in her race. She is a hard worker every day in practice. She practices like it is a race and that makes her the competitor she is.”
Finishing fourth in the 100 backstroke was Lilly Remington. “Lilly dropped .36 seconds off her time,” said Richardson. “We have been working on long walls and she did a better job of this during her race.”
Finishing sixth in the 100 breaststroke was Savanna Kreiser. “Savanna had great pullouts off her walls,” said Richardson.
Finishing seventh in the 100 freestyle was Emily Ames who dropped .81 seconds off her time. “Emily had a nice start off the blocks,” said Richardson. Elkhorn’s final medals were eighth place medals for Linnea Baas in the 200 and 400 freestyle events, as well as Remington in the 50 freestyle.
“Linnea dropped .67 seconds off of her time in the 200 freestyle and 1.38 seconds in the 400 freestyle,” said Richardson. “She had nice consistent splits, nice long strokes and looked strong. Lilly dropped .13 seconds in the 50 and had a great finish to earn a medal.”
The Elks also had two medal-winning relays in each of the three relay events.
Also last week, Elkhorn opened its Southern Lakes Conference season with a 126-43 win on the road at Delavan-Darien.
“We were able to mix things up against Delavan and try some new things,” said coach Jamie Richardson. “The girls swam well and responded to trying some new events and new relay combinations to see what we could do.”
The Lady Elks finished first in nine of the 11 events and went 1-2-3 in four events.
Elk Invite
Team scores
1. Milton 427, 2. Elkhorn A 353, 3. McFarland 346, 4. Fort Atkinson 325, 5. Whitewater 248, 6. Beloit Memorial 158, 7. Kenosha Bradford 79, 8. Janesville Parker 76, 9. Watertown 59, 10. Elkhorn B 43, 11. Delavan-Darien 41, 12. Lodi 15.
Elkhorn results
200 medley relay: 4. 2:14.42 Lilly Remington, Savanna Kreiser, Kady Ruemmele, Emma Glogovsky; 6. 2:19.30 Megan Leahy, Rachel Anderson, Linnea Baas, Natalie Rinaldi; 14. 2:26.62 Erika Palmer, Avonlea Odling, Ellie Chechowitz, Audrey Earle; 18. 2:33.16 Brittney McGuire, Jenny Tasch, Katie Olejnik, Abby Ahl, 19. 2:39.22 Megan Buchheit, Holly Kozbiel, Sarah Johnson, Rebecca Nowosad; 21. 2:48.43 Mary Wills, Natalie Sesing, Kathryn Korosec, Thania Romero
200 freestyle: 8. Baas 2:26.52, 11. Abby Flasch 2:30.34, 17. Emily Ackerman 2:40.62, 22. Ahl 2:45.90, 24. Juli Moe 2:48.35
200 individual medley: 3. Ruemmele 2:32.06, 11. Chechowitz 2:56.51, 13. Kreiser 2:58.65, 14. Amanda Robers 2:58.84, 18. Earle 3:05.39, 19. Odling 3:06.01, 20. Buchheit 3:09.11, 23. Tasch 3:17.31, 25. Nowosad 3:18.99
50 freestyle: 3. Anne Blackbourn 28.77, 8. Remington 29.84, 9. Emily Ames 29.91, 15. Bethany Buikema 31.25, 20. Ashley Gjermo 31.88, Palmer 33.17, 24. McGuire 33.23, 28. Olejnik 34.16, 33. Kozbiel 35.15, 35. Maren Jacobson 36.93, 38. Randi Fuller 37.63, 40. Gabi Timmer 38.05, 43. Thania Romero 39.80
100 butterfly: 15. Chechowitz 1:21.88, 21. Sarah Johnson 1:32.61, 26. Mary Wills 1:40.68
100 freestyle: 2. Blackbourn 1:03.03, 7. Ames 1:05.65, 12. Glogovsky 1:07.44, 13. Anderson 1:08.67, 19. Rinaldi 1:09.35, 22. Buikema 1:10.94, 24. Leahy 1:13.27, 27. Gjermo 1:15.29, 36. Timmer 1:23.48
400 freestyle: 8. Baas 5:05.93, 14. Flasch 5:17.68, 20. Ackerman 5:36.30, 26. Ahl 5:49.08, 30. Buchheit 5:56.95, 32. Moe 6:01.10
200 freestyle relay: 3. 1:58.69 Ames, Glogovsky, Remington, Blackbourn; 8. 2:05.59 Earle, Gjermo, Buikema, Rinaldi; 11. 2:08.41 Anderson, Palmer, Flasch, Leahy; 19. 2:16.90 Kozbiel, Olejnik, Robers, Odling; 20. 2:20.66 Johnson, Ackerman, Tasch, Timmer; 23. 2:29.81 Fuller, Jacobson, Moe, Nowosad
100 backstroke: 2. Ruemmele 1:09.06; 4. Remington 1:14.90, 13. Leahy 1:22.55, 19. Palmer 1:24.98, 23. McGuire 1:26.75, 30. Wills 1:35.44. 36. Sesing 1:46.13, 37. Korosec 1:46.53
100 breaststroke: 6. Kreiser 1:25.65, 10. Odling 1:31.10, 13. Robers 1:32.22, 20. Tasch 1:35.02, 22. Johnson 1:38.60, 23. Kozbiel 1:38.87, 27. Fuller 1:42.45, 29. Jacobson 1:44.97, 33. Romero 1:51.55
400 freestyle relay: 3. 4:18.80 Ames, Baas, Ruemmele, Blackbourn; 7. 4:33.93 Flasch, Buikema, Rinaldi, Glogovsky; 11. 4:52.95 Earle, Gjermo, Chechowitz, Kreiser; 16. 5:04.03 Ahl, Ackerman, Buchheit, McGuire; 21. 5:41.15 Jacobson, Timmer, Korosec, Nowosad; 24. 6:08.02 Fuller, Romero, Wills, Moe.
Elkhorn 126,
Delavan-Darien 43
Elkhorn results
200 medley relay: 1. 2:03.60 Lilly Remington, Savanna Kreiser, Kady Ruemmele, Emma Glogovsky; 3. 2:10.86 Linnea Baas, Rachel Anderson, Ashli Medrow, Natalie Rinaldi; 4. 2:18.31 Megan Buchheit, Jenny Tasch, Sarah Johnson, Audrey Earle
200 freestyle: 1. Anne Blackbourn 2:08.22, 2. Abby Flasch 2:16.80, 4. Abby Ahl 2:26.88
200 individual medley: 2. Baas 2:33.72, 3. Ellie Chechowitz 2:38.65, 4. Earle 2:44.33
50 freestyle: 1. Ruemmele 26.57, 2. Glogovsky 28.67, 3. Rinaldi 28.71
100 butterfly: 2. Chechowitz 1:13.19, 3. Amanda Robers 1:19.64, 5. Lilly Remington 1:20.68
100 freestyle: 1. Blackbourn 57.14, 2. Rinaldi 1:03.14, 3. Anderson 1:04.29
500 freestyle: 1. Ruemmele 5:28.65, 3. Flasch 6:04.72, 4. Emily Ackerman 6:30.74
200 freestyle relay: 1. 1:47.99 Emily Ames, Baas, Glogovsky, Blackbourn; 2. 1:58.64 Earle, Ashley Gjermo, Anderson, Rinaldi; 3. 2:02.08 Chechowitz, Kozbiel, Olejnik, Flasch
100 backstroke: 1. Remington 1:09.05, 2. Ames 1:10.31, 5. Erika Palmer 1:15.78
100 breaststroke: 1. Kreiser 1:16.48, 2. Anderson 1:19.34, 3. Medrow 1:22.61
400 freestyle relay: 1. 3:59.10 Ames, Glogovsky, Ruemmele, Blackbourn; 2. 4:21.62 Earle, Flasch, Remington, Baas.
