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The Marshfield girls swimming team began its 2017 season with a pair of relay meets over the weekend.
Marshfield won the three-team Hatchet Relays on Friday at Tomahawk, and tied for seventh at the Menomonie Relay Invitational on Saturday.
Marshfield won only two events but had five second-place finishes that helped it pull out the team win at Tomahawk with 324 points, just 10 ahead of Tomahawk.
The Tigers’ 400 medley relay team of Valerie Kushnir, Ariel Fernandez, Erika Roeglin and Kaitlin Alberts won in 4:59.81, and Marshfield also posted a victory in the 400 freestyle relay as Roeglin, Elizabeth Lecker, Hope Risa and Alyssa Franks won with a time of 4:22.50.
“Friday was a good chance to see where we could stack against teams our size and general strength. Tomahawk was a sectional team champ last year,” Marshfield coach Jason Karrels said. “It was nice to pull out a win, but it was good for me to see where I might be able to start using some of the girls in the future and it showed me which girls kept working hard in practice.”
Host school Memononie won the meet on Saturday with 542 points, only 22 ahead of second-place Chippewa Falls. Marshfield tied La Crosse for seventh with 272 points.
Marshfield’s top finish came in the 100 freestyle relay as the Tigers’ team of Roeglin, Lecker, Franks and Alberts finished second in 55.22 seconds. The Tigers also had third-place finishes by the 300 IM relay of Franks, Kushnir and Alberts (3:38.16), and the 200 butterfly relay team of Kushnir, Ariel Fernandez, Risa and Alberts (2:06.64).
“Saturday was a bit rougher as we had less than eight hours of being back before we were on the road again to Menomonie,” Karrels said. “It was a reality check for some of the newer girls who thought the night before was how the entire season was going to go. Though tired and sore, I got some good times from what I was given and I know the girls tried their best. They are always looking to learn and they had a ton of fun even if we didn’t see the best results.”
Marshfield will host a home invitational on Wednesday beginning at 5 p.m. Black River Falls, Colby/Abbotsford, Medford, Merrill, and Sparta will compete against the Tigers.
Hatchet Relays
Aug. 18, at Tomahawk High School
Team scores: 1. Marshfield 324; 2. Tomahawk 314; 3. Merrill 268.
Winners and Marshfield finishers
200 medley relay: 1. Tomahawk 1:55.65; 2. Marshfield (Kaitlin Alberts, Elizabeth Lecker, Valerie Kushnir, Hope Risa) 2:11.07.
400 medley relay: 1. Tomahawk 4:43.15; 2. Marshfield (Emily Hopperdietzel, Ariel Fernandez, Kushnir, Emilie Koran) 5:18.97.
850 freestyle relay: 1. Tomahawk 9:10.66; 2. Marshfield (Erika Roeglin, Lecker, Risa, Alyssa Franks) 9:50.17.
400 medley relay: 1. Marshfield (Kushnir, Fernandez, Roeglin, Alberts), 4:59.81; 4. Marshfield (Maggie Stangl, Ciara Petersen, Hannah Berg, Hopperdietzel), 6:13.26.
200 butterfly relay: 1. Tomahawk 1:54.25; 2. Marshfield (Franks, Fernandez, Kushnir, Alberts), 2:05.96.
200 freestyle relay: 1. Tomahawk 1:46.83; 3. Marshfield (Hopperdietzel, Franks, Lecker, Roeglin), 1:58.19; 7. Marshfield (Berg, Petersen, AmilyShree Trivedi-Ziemba, Hannah Hansen), 2:40.13.
200 backstroke relay: 1. Tomahawk 2:07.45; 2. Marshfield (Hopperdietzel, Fernandez, Risa, Alberts), 2:14.68; 4. Marshfield (Koran, Mar. Stangl, Trivedi-Ziemba, Hansen), 3:02.38.
200 breaststroke relay: 1. Tomahawk 2:23.61; 3. Marshfield (Mag. Stangl, Koran, Berg, MaryAnn Stangl), 3:16.36.
400 freestyle relay: 1. Marshfield (Roeglin, Lecker, Risa, Franks), 4:22.50; 5. Marshfield (Mag. Stangl, Trivedi-Ziemba, Hansen, Petersen), 5:50.42.
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Menomonie Relay Invitational
Aug. 19
Team scores: 1. Menomonie 542; 2. Chippewa Falls 520; 3. Medford 366; 4. River Falls 362; 5. Eau Claire North 350; 6. Black River Falls 280; 7. Marshfield and La Crosse 272.
Relay members names not provided.
200 medley B: 1. River Falls 2:10.75; 7. Marshfield 2:52.25.
200 medley A: 1. Chippewa Falls 2:02.74; 8. Marshfield 2:21.66.
800 freestyle B: 1. Menomonie 10:17.61.
800 freestyle A: 1. Chippewa Falls 9:00.09; 4. Marshfield 10:16.40.
300 IM B: 1. Chippewa Falls 3:43.82.
300 IM A: 1. Chippewa Falls 3:28.43; 3. Marshfield 3:38.16.
200 freestyle B: 1. Medford 1:59.28.
200 freestyle A: 1. Medford 1:51.03; 8. Marshfield 2:30.47.
200 butterfly B: 1. Menomonie 2:14.83.
200 butterfly A: 1. Black River Falls 1:56.31; 3. Marshfield 2:06.64.
500 cresendo B: 1. Menomonie 5:56.71; 4. Marshfield 7:22.63.
500 cresendo A: 1. Chippewa Falls 5:15.50; 5. Marshfield 5:54.34.
Diving: 1. Eau Claire North 163.1.
200 backstroke B: 1. Menomonie 2:30.31; 4. Marshfield 2:53.71.
200 backstroke A: 1. Black River Falls 2:05.44; 4. Marshfield 2:17.48.
200 breaststroke B: 1. Menomonie 2:47.33.
200 breaststroke A: 1. Chippewa Falls 2:26.79; 8. Marshfield 3:15.37.
100 freestyle B: 1. Menomonie 1:00.34; 7. Marshfield 1:14.03.
100 freestyle A: 1. Black River Falls 53.41; 2. Marshfield 55.22.
400 freestyle B: 1. River Falls 4:18.08.
400 freestyle A: 1. Chippewa Falls 3:51.95; 6. Marshfield 4:26.10.