By Chad Koenen

Publisher

The Perham/New York Mills swim team was busy last week with a pair of meets. On Tuesday the team traveled to Detroit Lakes to take on the Lakers in a dual, before traveling to Fosston on Saturday to participate in a triangular. 

Tuesday

Brittney Lorentz and Avery McAllister took first and second place in diving and the 200-yard medley relay team out-touched the team from Detroit Lakes by just half a second at a dual against Detroit Lakes on Tuesday night.

Lorentz took first place in diving with a score of 233.2, while McAllister took second place with a score of 230.1. The next closest competitor was Hope Hamm of Detroit Lakes who finished with a score of 198.4. 

The 200-yard individual medley relay team of Elle McDonald, Taylor Ziemke, Jaclyn Rodewald and Molly Meyer took first place with a time of 2:05.03 to narrowly defeat the Detroit Lakes team who finished in second place with a time of 2:05.56. 

Other top finishes include: Ziemke in the 200-yard freestyle with a time of 2:11.78, Ziemke in the 50-yard freestyle with a time of 26.48, Meyer in the 100-yard freestyle with a time of 1:01.19 and McDonald in the 100-yard backstroke with a time of 1:10.07.

Saturday

The Perham/NY Mills swim team traveled to Fosston on Saturday for a triangular against Fosston/Bagley/Crookston and Warroad/Roseau/Greenbush/Middle River. 

The Perham/NY Mills swimmers came away with a first place finish with a score of 148, while Fosston/Bagley/Crookston finished in second place with 90 points. 

The Yellowjackets got things rolling right off the bat with the 200-yard medley relay team of Elle McDonald, Cate Diggins, Jaelyn Rodewald and Taylor Ziemke taking first place with a time of 2:09.48. 

Molly Meyer captured first place in the 200-yard freestyle with a time of 2:19.72 to take the top spot in that event by almost 8 seconds. 

McDonald made it three straight top finishes for the Perham/NY Mills swimmers as she took first place in the 200-yard individual medley with a time of 2:38.10. Ziemke followed up that performance with a first place finish in the fourth event, the 50-yard freestyle, with a time of 26:08. 

Ziemke captured first place in the 500-year freestyle with a time of 6:01.18 to win that event over 21 seconds and Cate Diggins took first place in the 100-yard breaststroke with a time of 1:24.7.

Also capturing first place was the 200-yard freestyle relay team of Rodewald, McDonald, Meyer and Ziemke with a time of 1:54.05.

Perham vs. Laker Girls

9/26/23

1 Meter Diving: 1. Brittney Lorentz 233.20, 2. Avery McAllister 230.10

200 Medley Relay: 1. Elle McDonald, Taylor Ziemke, Jaelyn Rodewald, Molly Meyer 2:05.03, 4. Madison Lohse, Cate Diggins, Elise Janke, Megan Galbrecht 2:19.01

200 Freestyle: 1. Taylor Ziemke 2:11.78, 2. Maggie Vickmark 2:18.32, 6. Madeleine Lamb 2:50.42

200 IM: 4. Jaelyn Rodewald 2:45.33, 5. Madison Kratzke 2:51.21, 6. Elise Janke 2:53.88

50 Freestyle: 1. Taylor Ziemke 26.48, 4. Molly Meyer 29.90, 6. Kylie Lamb 30.42

100 Butterfly: 2. Elle McDonald 1:13.41, 4. Jaelyn Rodewald 1:17.79, 6. Madison Lohse 1:29.52

100 Freestyle: 1. Molly Meyer 1:01.19, 5. Cate Diggins 1:07.26

500 Freestyle: 3. Megan Galbrecht 6:31.74

200 Freestyle: Relay: 2. Elle McDonald, Molly Meyer, Jaelyn Rodewald, Taylor Ziemke, 4. Kylie Lamb, Cate Diggins, Madeleine Lamb, Elise Janke 2:10.28

100 Backstroke: 1. Elle McDonald 1:10.07, 4. Maggie Vickmark 1:15.10, 6. Madison Lohse 1:20.20

100 Breaststroke: 2. Madison Kratzke 1:24.25, 3. Cate Diggins 1:24.78, 6. Madeleine Lamb 1:37.93

400 Freestyle Relay: 2. Maggie Vickmark, Elise Janke, Kylie Lamb, Megan Galbrecht 4:29.00, 4. Aubree Sonnenberg, Madison Lohse, Madeleine Lamb, Madison Kratzke 5:11.25

Fosston Invite

9/30/23

200 Medley Relay: 1. Elle McDonald, Cate Diggins, Jaelyn Rodewald, Taylor Ziemke 2:09.48, 3. Aubree Sonnenberg, Madison Kratzke, Madison Lohse, Kylie Lamb 2:29.95

200 Freestyle: 1. Molly Meyer 2:19.72, 2. Megan Galbrecht 2:27.06, 4. Kylie Lamb 2:30.71

200 IM: 1. Elle McDonald 2:38.10, 2. Jaelyn Rodewald 2:45.07

50 Freestyle: 1. Taylor Ziemke 26.08, 5. Katelyn Kratzke 33.18, 6. Aubree Sonnenberg 35.89, 7. Lily Bakken 41.63

100 Butterfly: 2. Jaelyn Rodewald 1:18.08, 4. Madison Lohse 1:31.38

100 Freestyle: 2. Molly Meyer 1:02.99, 3. Maggie Vickmark 1:04.78, 4. Kylie Lamb 1:07.59, 8. Lily Bakken 1:35.67

500 Freestyle: 1. Taylor Ziemke 6:01.18, 4. Megan Galbrecht 6:35.65

200 Freestyle Relay: 1. Jaelyn Rodewald, Elle McDonald, Molly Meyer, Taylor Ziemke 1:54.05, 4. Cate Diggins, Kylie Lamb, Maggie Vickmark, Megan Galbrecht 2:04.06

100 Backstroke: 2. Elle McDonald 1:09.16, 3. Maggie Vickmark 1:16.50, 5. Madison Lohse 1:20.99, 8. Aubree Sonnenberg 1:39.74

100 Breaststroke: 1. Cate Diggins 1:24.70, 2. Madison Kratzke 1:25.77

400 Freestyle Relay: 2. Maggie Vickmark, Megan Galbrecht, Cate Diggins, Molly Meyer 4:26.24, 4. Madison Lohse, Aubree Sonnenberg, Lily Bakken, Madison Kratzke 5:34.26