UPDATED: Spartan swimmers win LSC title

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Superior's Karen VanOvermeiren competes in the individual medley at a meet earlier this year. (Jed Carlson/jcarlson@superiortelegram.com)

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• Spartan swimmers dominate all-conference team

The Superior High School girls swimming and diving team won 8-of-12 events on its way to winning the Lake Superior Conference swim championships Saturday at the SHS pool.

The Spartans finished about 38 points ahead of second place Proctor-Hermantown.

Karen VanOvermeiren led the Spartans with crowns in the 200 individual medley and 100 butterfly. Kelsey Hansen was first in the 100 freestyle while Anna Anklam bested the field in the 100 breaststroke. Kayla Bedard also dove to a first-place finish off the 1-meter board.

Superior swept all three relay events. Faydra Lagro, Anklam, VanOvermeiren and Hansen swam season best times while winning the 200 medley relay.

Anklam, Tori Johnson, Emily Aller and Hansen finished first in the 200 freestyle relay and Johnson, Aller, Lagro and VanOvermeiren won the 400 freestyle relay.

Senior Faydra Lagro (butterfly) along with freshmen Tori Johnson (freestyle, backstroke) and Morgan Peterson (diving) took key silver medals for the Spartans.

This year the LSC title was determined by a combination of dual meet records and placings at the LSC championship meet. SHS was undefeated in conference dual meets and took first Saturday to win the overall title.

The Spartans next compete in the WIAA Division 1 Hudson Sectional at the Hudson Middle School. Diving is at 5 p.m. on Friday while swimming begins at 1 p.m. on Saturday.

LSC Championships

At Superior

Saturday’s Team Results

1. Superior, 353; 2. Proctor-Hermantown, 315; 3. Duluth Denfeld-Duluth Central, 286; 4. Cloquet-Esko-Carlton, 143.

Individual Results

200 medley relay — 1. SHS A (Faydra Lagro, Anna Anklam, Karen VanOvermeiren, Kelsey Hansen), 1:59.67; 2. Proctor-Hermantown A, 2:03.82; SHS B (Kayla Bedard, Elyse Gunderson, Lori Mahan, Grace Elonen), 2:16.64; SHS C (Helena Miller, Jana Holbach, Hannah Nelson, Mackenzie Newman), 2:29.10; SHS D (Tessa Ender, Astrid Valley, Menisha Mahan, Kate Bergum), 2:38.83.

200 freestyle — 1. Nora Stauber, PH, 2:07.68; 2. Tori Johnson, SHS, 2:11.23; 4. Faydra Lagro, SHS, 2:12.42; 6. Laura Eisenmann, SHS, 2:20.70; 10. Emma Radtke, SHS, 2:25.86; Taylor Cowling, SHS, 2:30.18.

200 individual medley — 1. VanOvermeiren, SHS, 2:26.74; 10. Kaleena Eck, SHS, 2:46.48; 11. Helena Miller, SHS, 2:46.86.

50 freestyle — 1. Mariah Melin, PH, 26.49; 2. Hansen, SHS, 26.60; 3. Anna Anklam, SHS, 27.37; 5. Emily Aller, SHS, 27.72; Elonen, SHS, 29.05; Elyse Gunderson, SHS, 29.69; Jana Holbach, SHS, 30.25; Newman, SHS, 31.74; Emily Noble, SHS, 32.07; Danielle Mcgraw, SHS, 32.24; Bergum, SHS, 32.51; Astrid Valley, SHS, 33.01; Ender, SHS, 33.21; Raechel Conner, SHS, 35.40; Hannah Nelson, SHS, 35.44; Brianna Jenson, SHS, 35.77; Megan Back, SHS, 38.77; Courtney Burnham, SHS, 38.93; Brianna Whipple, SHS, 39.24.

Diving — 1. Kayla Bedard, SHS, 279.90; 2. Morgan Peterson, SHS, 223.55; 3. Taylor Christner, SHS, 221.35; Whitney Podgorak, SHS, 132.05.

100 butterfly — 1. VanOvermeiren, SHS, 1:04.55; 2. Lagro, SHS, 106.66; 8. Lori Mahan, SHS, 1:18.63.

100 freestyle — 1. Hansen, SHS, 58.00; 3. Emily Aller, SHS, 1:00.58; 10. Kaleena Eck, SHS, 1:05.01; Grace Elonen, SHS, 1:04.78; Danielle Mcgraw, SHS, 1:10.90; Newman, SHS, 1:13.18; Noble, SHS, 1:13.36; Conner, SHS, 1:16.52; Bergum, SHS, 1:16.61; Menisha Mahan, SHS, 1:18.65; Hannah Nelson, SHS, 1:18.87; Brianna Jenson, SHS, 1:24.95; Megan Back, SHS, 1:25.69; Whipple, SHS, 1:28.86; Burnham, SHS, 1:33.28.

500 freestyle — 1. Emily A. Erickson, DD-DC, 5:58.99; 6. Eisenmann, SHS, 6:27.67; 10. Radtke, SHS, 6:40.85; Ender, SHS, 6:53.49; Cowling, SHS, 6:57.89.

200 freestyle relay — 1. SHS, (Anklam, Johnson, Emily Aller, Hansen), 1:48.11; 10; SHS B (Kaleena Eck, Grace Elonen, Bergum, Lori Mahan), 2:02.64; SHS C (Menisha Mahan, Raechel Conner, Emily Noble, Brianna Jenson), 2:17.71.

100 backstroke — 1. Melin, PH, 104.95; 3. Johnson, SHS, 1:08.51; 7. Bedard, SHS, 1:17.12; 8. Miller, SHS, 1:18.22.

100 breaststroke — 1. Anklam, SHS, 1:17.24; 9. Gunderson, SHS, 1:26.78; Jana Holbach, SHS, 1:27.77; Astrid Valley, SHS, 1:37.99.

400 freestyle relay — 1. SHS, (Johnson, Aller, Lagro, VanOvermeiren), 3:57.72; 2. PH, 4:05.04; SHS B (Gunderson, Eck, Radtke, Eisenmann), 4:25.47; Superior C (Ender, Kayla Bedard, Mahan, Miller), 4:43.56; Superior D (Cowling, Hannah Nelson, Menisha Mahan, Newman), 5:06.34.

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