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Fergus Falls Swimmers and Divers Finish First at Otter Invite

By Craig Olson, 09/24/22, 5:30PM CDT

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The Otter Girls Swim and Dive team hosted the Otter Invite on Saturday, September 24th. The Otters came in first with a score of 616 over Perham/New York Mills 477 and Thief River Falls 430.

The 200 Free and 400 Free Relay teams both finished first as did many individual swimmers. Jerzie Smith came in first in the 500 Freestyle, Estee VerSteeg and Karlie Petersen came in first and second in the 100 Breaststroke, Alexis Wellman had a first place finish in the 200 Freestyle, and Aisling Cox finished first in the 100 Backstroke. The Otters had a strong finish throughout the lineup with at least one top three finisher in every event. 

Here are the individual results by event:
200 Medley Relay
1. PER/NYM 2:13.20 (Lucie Meyer, Katelyn Kratzke, Lucy Schultz, Molly Meyer), 2. TRF 2:14.46 (Vanessa Thiberg, Livia Thibert, Kendal Rantanen, Faith Hartman), 3. FF ‘B’ 2:17.44 (Hannah Fear, Olivia Jensen, Daphnie Nadgwick, Alexis Thoma), 4. PER/NYM ‘B’ 2:20.95 (Maggie Vickmark, Madison Kratzke, Elle McDonald, Kaydi Mursu), 5. TRF ‘B’ 2:21.05 Shelby Holthusen, Elise Schneider, Caitlynn Ellison, Natalia Zoller), 6. FF ‘C’ 2:29.53 (Amelia McFarland, Rylee Kubela, AudrieAnne Nadgwick, Mylie Piekarski)

200 Freestyle
1. Alexis Wellman (FF) 2:09.99, 2. Maggie Vickmark (PER/NYM) 2:21.72, 3. Jerzie Smith (FF) 2:23.00, 4. Aniyah Fields (TRF) 2:24.76, 5. Molly Meyer (PER/NYM) 2:25.21, 6. Olivia Schmidt (TRF) 2:30.20

100 IM
1. Caitlyn Ellison (TRF) 1:16.54, 2. Alexis Thoma (FF) 1:17.06, 3. Anna Schroeder (FF) 1:19.90, 4. Evelyn VerSteeg (FF) 1:21.26, 5. AudrieAnne Nadgwick (FF) 1:23.98, 6. Havilah McConn (FF) 1:28.70

200 IM
1. Estee VerSteeg (FF) 2:26.24, 2. Aisling Cox (FF) 2:34.81, 3. Lucy Schultz (PER/NYM) 2:38.95, 4. Kaydi Mursu (PER/NYM) 2:48.02, 5. Megan Galbrecht (PER/NYM) 2:52.01, 6. Hannah Fear (FF) 2:52.28

50 Freestyle
1. Taylor Ziemke (PER/NYM) 26.27, 2. Mayah Fear (FF) 27.69, 3. Ava Api (FF) 28.34, Brianna Berg (TRF) 28.37, 5. Elle McDonald (PER/NYM) 30.17, 6. Natalia Zoller (TRF) 30.57

Diving
1. Brittney Lorentz (PER.NYM) 238.40, 2. Avery McAllister (PER/NYM) 224.60, 3. Mashayla Mau (FF) 155.80, 4.Olivia Trout (FF) 152.85, 5. Elsa Bailly (FF) 51.55, 6. Elyse Adams (FF) 144.90

50 Butterfly
1. Karlie Petersen (FF) 31.53, 2. Livia Thibert (TRF) 34.35, 3. Evelyn VerSteeg (FF) 35.21, 4. Gretta Grzadzielewski (TRF) 35.60, 5. Brooklyn Walden (FF) 39.42, 6. Mona Schuette (PER/NYM) 41.69

100 Butterfly
1. Lucy Schultz (PER/NYM) 1:10.53, 2. Daphnie Nadgwick (FF) 1:16.99, 3. Maggie Vickmark (PER/NYM) 1:18.47, 4. Caitlynn Ellison (TRF) 1:18.71, 5. Ava Api (FF) 1:18.92, 6. Jaelyn Rodewald 1:26.13

100 Freestyle
1. Taylor Ziemke (PER/NYM) 57.99, 2. Alexis Wellman (FF) 58.11, 3. Brianna berg (TRF) 1:03.09, 4. Faith Hartmann (TRF) 1:05.79, 5. Aniyah Fields (TRF) 1:06.52, 6. Lucie Meyer (PER/NYM) 1:06.62

500 Freestyle
1. Jerzie Smith (FF) 6:28.07, 2. Molly Meyer (PER/NYM) 6:31.49, 3. Megan Galbrecht (PER.NYM) 6:41.29, 4. Mylie Piekarski (FF) 6:46.58, 5. Olivia Schmidt (TRF)  6:50.54, 6. Shelby Holthusen (TRF) 7:14.22

200 Freestyle Relay
1. FF 1:47.83 (Mayah Fear, Karlie Petersen, Estee VerSteeg, Alexis Wellman), 2. TRF 1:52.81 (Maren Espe, Brianna berg, Aniyah Fields, Kendal Rantanen), 3. PER/NYM 1:54.57 (Lucie Meyer, Lucy Schultz, Molly Meyer, Taylor Ziemke), 4. FF ‘B’ 2:00.05 (Alexis Thoma, Anna Schroeder, AudrieAnne Nadgwick, Ava Api), 5. TRF ‘B’ 2:01.36 (Natalia Zoller, Faith Hartmann, Gretta Grzadzielewsski, Vanessa Thieberg, 6. TRF ‘C’ 2:10.04 (Elise Schneider, Olivia Schmidt, Caitlynn Ellison, Maggie Ulrich

50 Backstroke
1. Mayah Fear (FF) 35.34, 2. Josi Mindermann (PER/NYM) 40.99, 3. Maeve Cox (FF) 41.57, 4. Samantha Zoller (TRF) 44.57, 5. Alora Holthusen (TRF) 46.67, 6. Carlie Casavan (TRF) 47.02

100 Backstroke
1. Aisling Cox (FF) 1:09.40, 2. Elle McDonald (PER/NYM) 1:11.77, 3. Hannah Fear (FF) 1:15.14, 4. Lucie Meyer (PER/NYM) 1:17.08, 5. Kaydi Mursu (PER/NYM) 1:19.17, 6. Elise Schneider (TRF) 1:21.43

50 Breaststroke
1. Maren Espe (TRF) 37.35, 2. Olivia Jensen (FF) 40.92, 3. Gretta Grzadzielewski (TRF) 42.87, 4. Havilah McConn (FF) 45.15, 5. Hope Neuleib (FF) 45.67, 6. Maggie Ulrich (TRF) 45.96

100 Breaststroke
1. Estee VerSteeg (FF) 1:16.03, 2. Karlie Petersen (FF) 1:17.86, 3. Katelyn Kratzke (PER/NYM) 1:24.21, 4. Cate Diggins (PER.NYM) 1:26.55, 5. Madison Kratzke (PER/NYM) 1:27.29, 6. Alexis Thoma (FF) 1:30.18

400 Freestyle Relay
1. FF 4:09.97 (Aisling Cox, Hannah Fear, Ava Api, Alexis Wellman), 2. TRF 4:12.30 (Maren Espe, Brianna berg, Aniyah Fields, Kendal Rantanen), 3. PER/NYM 4:23.06 (Maggie Vickmark, Kaydi Mursu, Elle McDonald, Taylor Ziemke), 4. FF ‘B’ 4:35.56 (Olivia Jensen, Daphnie Nadgwick, Anna Schroeder, Jerzie Smith), 5. TRF ‘B’ 4:46.96 (Olivia Schmidt, Maggie Ulrich, Elise Schneider, Gretta Grzadzielewski), 6. Per/NYM ‘B’ 4:47.18 (Kylie Lamb, Megan Galbrecht, Debora Porcelluzz, Jaelyn Rodewald)i