By Chad Koenen

Publisher

Perham/NY Mills blew past Thief River Falls in the final event of the night on Monday, Sept. 19. The Yellowjackets took first and second place in the 400-yard freestyle relay to pick up 12 team points as they were able to come away with an 85-84 win. 

Taking first place in the 400-yard relay was the team of Lucy Schultz, Molly Meyer, Lucie Meyer and Taylor Ziemke who finished with a time of 4:12.38. The second place team of Maggie Vickmark, Kaydi Mursu, Jaelyn Rodewald and Ellie McDonald who finished with a time of 4:27.31.

Vickmark also captured first place in the 200-yard freestyle with a time of 2:21.97. She out touched her teammate Molly Meyer by just .07 seconds as Meyer took second place with a time of 2:22.04. 

Kaydi Mursu captured first place in the 200-yard individual medley with a time of 2:44.44 and Ziemke took first place in the 100-yard freestyle with a time of 59.62.

200 Medley Relay: 3. Lucie Meyer, Cate Diggins, Kaydi Mursu, Kjirsten Anderson 2:21.18

200 Freestyle: 1. Maggie Vickmark 2:21.97, 2. Molly Meyer 2:22.04, 6. Jaelyn Rodewald 2:34.78

200 IM: 1. Kaydi Mursu 2:44.44, 3. Megan Galbrecht 2:55.32

50 Freestyle: 2. Lucy Schultz 28.24, 3. Lucie Meyer 29.22, 4. Elle McDonald 29.31

100 Butterfly: 2. Lucy Schultz 1:14.38, 4. Kaydi Mursu 1:20.79, 6. Jaelyn Rodewald 1:26.72

100 Freestyle: 1. Taylor Ziemke 59.62, 3. Molly Meyer 1:03.94, 6. Katelyn Kratzke 1:15.95

500 Freestyle: 2. Megan Galbrecht 6:49.15, 4. Madison Kratzke 7:31.22, 6. Madeleine Lamb 7:51.43

200 Freestyle: 2. Maggie Vickmark, Jaelyn Rodewald, Megan Galbrecht, Molly Meyer 2:02.43

100 Backstroke: 2. Elle McDonald 1:10.13, 3. Lucie Meyer 1:13.15, 4. Maggie Vickmark 1:14.12

100 Breaststroke: 2. Katelyn Kratzke 1:24.67, 3. Madison Kratzke 1:29.46, 4. Cate Diggins 1:30.33

400 Freestyle 1. Lucy Schultz, Molly Meyer, Lucie Meyer, Taylor Ziemke 4:12.38, 2. Maggie Vickmark, Kaydi Mursu, Jaelyn Rodewald, Elle McDonald 4:27.31

Thursday

Perham/NY Mills continued to drop times individually at a meet against Park Rapids on Thursday night. The Yellowjackets fell by a score of 119-65, but were able to post a number of time drops throughout the meet. 

Among the highlights on Thursday was the diving competition as Brittney Lorentz captured first place with a score of 258.05, while teammate Avery McAllister took second place with a time of 211.75. 

Taylor Ziemke also captured first place in the 500-yard freestyle as she finished with a time of 5:53.67 to win the event by nearly 18 seconds.

200 Medley Relay: 3. Lucie Meyer, Katelyn Kratzke, Lucy Schultz, Kaydi Mursu 2:13.94, 4. Maggie Vickmark, Kjirsten Anderson, Elle McDonald, Cate Diggins 2:24.42

200 Freestyle: 2. Taylor Ziemke 2:06.33, 5. Elle McDonald 2:27.30, 6. Megan Galbrecht 2:28.84

200 IM: 3. Maggie Vickmark 2:41.03, 4. Kaydi Mursu 2:43.29, 6. Lucie Meyer 2:50.95

50 Freestyle: 3. Lucy Schultz 27.85, Molly Meyer 28.98, 6. Jaelyn Rodewald 31.39

1 Meter Diving: 1. Brittney Lorentz 258.05, 2. Avery McAllister 211.75

100 Butterfly: 4. Kaydi Mursu 1:18.37, 5. Elle McDonald 1:19.85, 6. Jaelyn Rodewald 1:24.16

100 Freestyle: 4. Molly Meyer 1:02.16, 5. Katelyn Kratzke 1:13.92, 6. Madison Kratzke 1:14.93

500 Freestyle: 1. Taylor Ziemke 5:53.67, 5. Lucy Schultz 6:34.86

200 Freestyle Relay: 3. Kaydi Mursu, Lucie Meyer, Maggie Vickmark, Taylor Ziemke 1:56.41, 4. Molly Meyer, Madison Kratzke, Cate Diggins, Jaelyn Rodewald 2:03.14

100 Backstroke: 3. Maggie Vickmark 1:14.70, Megan Galbrecht 1:20.35, 6. Madison Lohse 1:29.87

100 Breaststroke: 3. Katelyn Kratzke 1:25.29, 4. Cate Diggins 1:27.74, 5. Madison Kratzke 1:28.70

400 Freestyle Relay: 1. Lucy Schultz, Lucie Meyer, Molly Meyer, Taylor Ziemke 4:09.85, 2. Megan Galbrecht, Jaelyn Rodewald, Kjirsten Anderson, Madison Kratzke 4:52.40

Saturday

The Perham/NY Mills swim team got things off on the right foot on Saturday at the Fergus Falls Otter Invite. 

The team of Lucie Meyer, Katelyn Kratzke, Lucy Schultz and Molly Meyer captured first place with a time of 2:13.20. They edged the team from Thief River Falls by 1.26 seconds. 

In the 50-yard freestyle, Taylor Ziemke took first place as she edged Maya Fear for the top spot by a 26.27-27.69 margin. She also captured first place in the 100-yard freestyle with a time of 57.99. 

Brittney Lorentz and Avery McAllister took the top two spots in the diving competition with scores of 238.40 and 224.60. The third place finisher from Fergus Falls finished with a score of 155.80.

Schultz captured her second first place finish of the day in the 100-yard butterfly when she finished with a time of 1:10.53. 

Molly Meyer took second place in an extremely competitive 500-yard freestyle as she finished with a time of 6:31.49, which was just 3 seconds behind first place. 

In the 50-yard backstroke, Josi Mindermann took second place with a time of 40.99, while Ellie McDonald took second place in the 100-yard backstroke with a time of 1:11.77. 

The Yellowjackets took second place in the three team meet with a score of 477. Fergus Falls won the meet with a score of 616, while Thief River Falls took third place with a score of 430. 

200 Medley Relay: 1. Lucie Meyer, Katelyn Kratzke, Lucy Schultz, Molly Meyer 2:13.20, 4. Maggie Vickmark, Madison Kratzke, Elle McDonald, Kaydi Mursu 2:20.95, 7. Madison Lohse, Cate Diggins, Kylie Lamb, Megan Galbrect 2:30.17

200 Freestyle: 2. Maggie Vickmark 2:21.72, 5. Molly Meyer 2:25.21, 9. Jaelyn Rodewald 2:33.60, 11. Kylie Lamb 2:49.29

100 IM: 8. Madison Lohse 1:32.72

200 IM: 3. Lucy Schultz 2:38.95, 4. Kaydi Mursu 2:48.02, 5. Megan Galbrecht 2:52.01, 7. Katelyn Kratzke 3:02.31

50 Freestyle: 5. Elle McDonald 30.17, 10. Kjirsten Anderson 33.29, Madison Kratzke 33.83

1 Meter Diving: 1. Brittney Lorentz 238.40, 2. Avery McAllister 224.60

50 Butterfly: 6. Mona Schuette 41.69