Spartans pick up LSC honors; swimmers near LSC title

Seven Superior Spartans were named to the 2009 Lake Superior Conference Cross Country All-Conference team.

Leah Holmes, Natalie Kintop and Shane Holmes were named first-team all-conference while Evan Walpole, Mike Chevalier, Andy Heytens and Catie Albrecht were named second team.

Leah and Shane Holmes will run in the WIAA State Cross Country Meet Saturday in Wisconsin Rapids.

Lake Superior Conference

All-Conference Cross Country Team

Boys First Team

Shane Holmes, 11, Superior; Jeff Cottrell, 12, Hermantown; Peter Thorstad, 11, Denfeld; Josh Smith, 10, Ashland; Matt Kero, 11, Denfeld; James Gilbertson, 12, Ashland; Matt Welch, 9, Proctor.

Boys Second Team

Evan Walpole, 9, Superior; Randall Gouge, 11, Ashland; Carson Powers, 11, Central; Nate Ward, 12, Denfeld; Tommy Rossiter, 11, Proctor; Mike Chevalier, 11, Superior; Andy Heytens, 12, Superior.

Girls First Team

Leah Holmes, 9, Superior; Diana Hanka, 7, Central; Lindsey Envall, 12, Hermantown; Nikki Roach, 10, Hermantown; Halee Peterson, 11, Cloquet; Natalie Kintop, 9, Superior; Haley Lund, 12, Proctor.

Girls Second Team

Hallie Sandberg, 12, Ashland; Megan Sundstrom, 8, Proctor; Jackie Erickson, 10, Central; Anna Halverson, 12, Central; Barb Malyuk, 11, Ashland; Catie Albrecht, 10, Superior; Kelsey Lagergren, 10, Hermantown.

Girls swimming

The Spartan girls swimming and diving team finished fifth in last Tuesday’s Duluth East Greyhound Invitational, which was held at the Morgan Park Pool.

Prior Lake, Minn., finished first with 476.5 points.

The Spartans finished with 272 points.

Superior’s Karen VanOvermeiren finished first in the 50 freestyle race.

On Thursday night at Proctor, the Spartans all but wrapped up the Lake Superior Conference title with a 55-39 win over the Rails.

VanOvermeiren was a double winner for Superior, finishing first in the 100 butterfly and 160 IM, as the Spartans won 8-of-11 events.

The Spartans, who were at Grand Rapids Tuesday night, host the Lake Superior Championships at 10 a.m. Saturday in the SHS Natatorium.

Greyhound Invitational

Team Results

1. Prior Lake, 476.5; 2. Duluth East, 443; 3. Andover, 285; 4. Duluth Denfeld-Central, 277; 5. Superior, 272; 6. Mesabi East, 142; 7. International Falls, 105.5; 8. Cloquet-Esko-Carlton, 82; 9. Two Harbors, 17.

Individual Results

1-meter diving — 1. Stephanie Keller, PL, 321.85; 2. Rebecca Ronning, TH, 306.55; 3. Elizabeth Kuntz, PL, 300.90.

200 medley relay — 1. DE (Alyssa Gatlin, Emily Punyko, Lisa Reed, Michelle Vargason), 2:00.58; 2 Sup, 2:02.34; 3. PL, 2:03.45.

200 freestyle — 1. Alexandra Yaeger, PL, 2:06.36; 2. Lisa Reed, DE, 2:07.93; 3. Annie Friedrich, And, 2:08.15.

200 individual medley — 1. Emily Punyko, DE, 2:19.21; 2. Keeli McNeary, PL, 2:22.58; 3. Emily Erickson, DD/DC, 2:31.79.

50 freestyle — 1. Karen VanOvermeiren, Sup, 26.48; 2. Kelsey Hansen, Sup, 26.73; 3. Michelle Vargason, DE, 26.84.

100 butterfly — 1. Keeli McNeary, PL, 1:06.28; 2. VanOvermeiren, Sup, 1:06.73; 3. Jessie Spaeth, DE, 1:08.44.

100 freestyle — 1. Linay McCrady, PL, 57.28; 2. Samantha Anderson, PL, 58.50; 3. Vargason, DE, 58.61.

500 freestyle — 1. Elizabeth Reed, DE, 5:37.85; 2. Annie Friedrich, And, 5:39.52; 3. Katie Nelson, PL, 5:46.52.

200 freestyle relay — 1. PL (Samantha Anderson, Elizabeth Cunningham, Amber Kraemer, Keeli McNeary), 1:46.31; 2. DE, 1:46.88; 3. Sup, 1:47.10.

100 backstroke — 1. Alexandra Yaeger, PL, 1:03.51; 2. Jordyn Nikunen, ME, 1:07.87; 3. Elizabeth Hartell, PL, 1:08.06.

100 breaststroke — 1. Punyko, DE, 1:10.23; 2. Anna Anklam, Sup, 1:17.19; 3. Valarie Madden, DE, 1:17.47;

400 freestyle relay — 1. PL (Monica Banasikowski, Jordan Benner, Yaeger, Brittany Norman), 3:55.20; 2. DE, 3:58.18; 3. And, 4:05.98.

Volleyball honors

Superior’s Christa Diedrich and Allyson Keute were named to the 2009 LSC all-conference volleyball team.

Diedrich, a senior, was named to the first team, while Keute, a sophomore, was an honorable mention selection.

Lake Superior Conference

2009 All-Conference Volleyball Team

First Team

Ellen Folman, 12, Hermantown; Samantha Kallberg, 12, Hermantown; Christa Diedrich, 12, Superior; Katie Konietzko, 12, Cloquet; Clare Lulich, 11, Ashland; Anika Whiting, 11, Ashland.

Second Team

Andrea Enockson, 11, Hermantown; Jasilyn Schilling, 12, Marshall; Kierra Johnson, 11, Cloquet; Katie Schulz, 11, Cloquet; Carissa Davis, 12, Central; Catie Zepczyk, 12, Ashland.

Honorable Mention

Aubrey Knox, 11, Proctor; Allyson Keute, 10, Superior; Madison Pertler, 12, Denfeld.

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