Heinen improves team records, Spartans end season

The season came to an end for the Superior High School girls swimming and diving team with an eighth-place finish at the 13-team WIAA Section 1 meet Saturday afternoon at the Hudson Middle School pool.

Eau Claire Memorial won the team title with 386 points. The Spartans finished with 127 points.

Spartan sophomore Kaitlin Heinen had an impressive day re-setting both the 200- and 500-yard freestyle team standards and moving up a place in each event as compared to last year.

Unfortunately the rest of the state also improved, leaving Heinen ranked 25th in each event statewide. The top 24 move on to the WIAA State Meet.

Heinen finished second in the 500 with a time of 5:16.07, which broke her own record of 5:18.99 set earlier this season. She also broke her own record in the 200 with a time of 1:57.91. Her old record was 1:59.55 set in 2011.

Devin Chicha won the 500 in 5:14.04, and Natalie Neuwirth of Stevens Point won the 200-yard freestyle in 1:51.76.

Tori Johnson, Grace Elonen and Kjersten Lisak joined Heinen on the sixth-place 400-yard freestyle relay, which now sits at No. 6 on the SHS all-time list. Nikki Hansen swam on the eighth-place 200-yard medley with Johnson, Elonen and Heinen, which also sits at No. 6 all-time.

Hansen also moved into a tie for No. 9 all-time with a personal best time in the 100-yard breaststroke.

Senior diver Hailee Mahan finished in 10th while sophomore Giselle Sziron suffered a bruising board hit on a back dive and was withdrawn from competition.

2012 WIAA Girls Division 1 Sectional

Saturday at Hudson

1. Eau Claire Mem., 368; 2. Hudson, 307; 3. Wausau East, 234; 4. Stevens Point, 217; 5. Holmen, 196; 6. Wausau West, 190; 7. D.C. Everest, 177; 8. Superior, 127; 9. Eau Claire North, 117; 10. Chip. Falls/McDonell, 107; 11. Wis. Rapids, 98; 12. Marshfield, 94; 13. Merrill, 36.

Individ ual Results

(Top 3, plus SHS results)

1-meter diving: 1. Kendra Morgan, ECM, 373.40; 2. Miranda Severin, ECM, 349.95; 3. Heidi Chellman, ECM, 318.60; 10. Hallie Mahan, SHS, 206.10; Giselle Sziron, SHS, DQ.

200 medley relay: 1. ECM, 1:49.50; 2. Stevens Point, 1:51.54; 3. Wausau East, 1:51.93; 8. SHS (Tori Johnson, Nikki Hansen, Kaitlin Heinen, Grace Elonen), 1:57.93.

200 freestyle: 1. Natalie Neuwirth, Stevens Point, 1:51.76; 2. Devin Cicha, Hud., 1:53.27; 3. Heinen, SHS, 1:57.91 (new SHS record breaking her old record of 1:59.55 set in 2011); 4. Laura Gross, ECM, 1:59.38; 27. Kjersten Lisak, SHS, 2:19.75. Alysha Johnson, SHS, DQ.

50 freestyle: 1. Ashley Kroll, DCE, 24.92; 2. Allison Carlisle, Holmen, 24.93; 3 Bethany Novak-Tveten, WE, 25.23; 9. Elonen, SHS, 26.53; (season best time) 14. T. Johnson, SHS, 27.11; 25. Julie Snyder, SHS, 28.68; 26. Lauren Magnuson, SHS, 28.86.

100 freestyle: 1. Neuwirth, Stevens Point, 52.95; 2. Carlisle, Holmen, 54.63; 3. Gross, ECM, 54.92; 22. Lisak, SHS, 1:03.86; 24. Snyder, SHS, 1:04.25.

500 freestyle: 1. Cicha, Hud., 5:14.04; 2. Heinen, SHS, 5:16.07 (new SHS record breaking her own record of 5:18.99); 3. Nikki Martinez, ECM, 5:19.92; 28. Britta Bergstrom, SHS, 6:46.20.

200 freestyle relay: 1. Hud., 1:39.93; 2. Stevens Pt, 1:41.56; 3. WE, 1:41.72; 12. SHS (Elonen, Lisak, Snyder, Magnuson), 1:53.53.

100 backstroke: 1. Erika Guenther, Hud., 56.86; 2. Ali Glassbrenner, ECM, 58.72; 3. Emma Holbrook, Marsh., 1:00.60; 9. T. Johnson, SHS, 1:06.43; 19. A. Johnson, SHS, 1:12.18; 26. Nicole Dzikonski, SHS, 1:19.22.

100 breaststroke: 1. Sarah Kane, WE, 1:07.22; 2. Sarah Manz, ECM, 1:07.87; 3. Lauren Glassbrenner, ECN, 1:08.95; 12. Nikki Hansen, SHS, 1:15.49 (personal best time); 14. Kaitlin Sanders, SHS, 1:16.08.

400 freestyle relay: 1. Hudson, 3:39.78; 2. ECM, 3:41.75; 3. WE, 3:45.68; 6. SHS (Heinen, Elonen, Lisak, T. Johnson), 3:56.95 (SBT).

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