Marshfield girls swimming wins home Chase the Tiger Invitational

Marshfield’s Ireland Moran won the 50-yard backstroke to help the Tigers to the team title at their home Chase the Tiger Invitational. (Photo by Paul Lecker/MarshfieldAreaSports.com)

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MARSHFIELD – Brooke Begotka and Ireland Moran each won two individual events, and were part of two relay victories, as Marshfield won its home Chase the Tiger Girls Swimming Invitational on Tuesday at Marshfield High School.

Marshfield finished with 231 points in the four-team meet, six better than second-place Medford.

Begotka won the 50-yard butterfly in 27.57 seconds and the 50 breaststroke in 33.90, while Moran was first in the 50 freestyle in 26.96 and 50 backstroke in 29.09 for the Tigers.

Begotka teamed with Terra Risa, Ella Allar and Moran to win the 200 medley relay in 2:01.21, and was part of the 100 medley relay team, that included Risa, Allar and Shiloh Smith, that won in 1:00.89.

Marshfield is off until Aug. 31 when it hosts Wisconsin Rapids in its Wisconsin Valley Conference dual meet opener.

Chase the Tiger Girls Swimming Invitational
Aug. 22, at Marshfield High School
Team scores:
1. Marshfield 231; 2. Medford 225; 3. Merrill 220; 4. Colby/Abbotsford 153.
Winners and Marshfield finishers
200 medley relay:
1. Marshfield (Terra Risa, Ella Allar, Brooke Begotka, Ireland Moran) 2:01.21.
100 freestyle: 1. Bailee Sommer (MER) 1:01.21; 2. Shiloh Smith (MAR) 1:02.88; 4. Sophia Smrz (MAR) 1:08.04.
100 individual medley: 1. Marissa Miles (MER) 1:06.54; 2. Risa (MAR) 1:07.46; 7. Hannah LaPointe (MAR) 1:14.13.
100 freestyle relay: 1. Medford (Tana Rappe, Breanna Kraemer, Adayln Dittrich, Colby Bergman) 55.85; 3. Marshfield (Sophie Faber, Natalie Kanitz, Kate Grande, Katie Wagner) 1:04.40.
200 freestyle relay: 1. Merrill (Sommer, Claire Jirovec, Olivia Pajtash, Miles) 1:52.44; 3. Marshfield (Smith, Smrz, LaPointe, Moran) 1:58.62.
50 butterfly: 1. Begotka (MAR) 27.57; 3. Risa (MAR) 29.25; 12. Wagner (MAR) 37.85.
50 freestyle: 1. Moran (MAR) 26.96; 5. Allar (MAR) 28.36; 7. Smrz (MAR) 30.59.
100 medley relay: 1. Marshfield (Risa, Allar, Begotka, Smith) 1:00.89; 6. Marshfield (Smrz, Grande, Wagner, Kanitz) 1:13.04.
50 backstroke: 1. Moran (MAR) 29.09; 6. LaPointe (MAR) 34.85.
50 breaststroke: 1. Begotka (MAR) 33.90; 5. Allar (MAR0 38.24; 6. Smith (MAR) 40.30; 9. Grande (MAR) 42.94.
8×50 freestyle relay: 1. Medford (Jackie Williams, Kraemer, McKinley Meyer, Olivia Krause) 3:53.56.