DANE FUELLING
WZBD.com
Norwell won comfortably in home waters over the Columbia City Eagles Tuesday night in the first co-ed meet of the season.
Notes & Times:
-The medley relay team for Norwell put forth a great effort to beat out Columbia City by just over a second thanks to a big final 50 by Emerson Meredith, who swam a split of 26.99. It was the team’s best time of the season so far.
-Ella Krug took second behind Columbia City’s talented Erin DeVito in the IM, swimming a season-best time.
-Jillian Melcher made a big splash in the 50, winning by more than two seconds and recording a season-best time in Z Land of 25.73. Melcher’s time in last year’s sectional finals was 25.39, a mark she is likely to shatter as the season goes on.
-Emerson Meredith set a new season mark in the 1M diving by winning with a total of 180 points. Teammate Jacquelyn Meyer was second with her season best, as well.
-Ryleigh Huffman set a season best and finished third in the butterfly.
-Emerson Meredith swam the 100 Free for the first time this season and posted the fastest time in Z Land so far, winning in 1:00.15.
-Cassie Coyne became the first female in Z Land this season to break six minutes in the 500, winning in 5:57.47. That time was just three seconds slower than her season-best time last year. Coyne remains one of the favorites this year to advance to the State Finals in the 500.
-The Knights also won the 200 Free Relay, swimming a season best and winning by .68 over Columbia City’s top team of sprinters. On the team were Renee Fraze, Addyson Heyerly, Ella Krug and Cassie Coyne.
-Rilynn Ervin swam a season-best time in the backstroke to take third for Norwell. Teammate Alaina Barnhart did the same for fourth.
-Haleigh Reinhard and Olivia Daniel each swam season bests to finish second and third behind Columbia City’s Emma Johnson, who won the breaststroke in 1:15.25.
-Norwell completed the sweep of the relays with a win in the 400, with teammates Cassie Coyne, Renee Fraze, Addyson Heyerly and Emerson Meredith swimming a 4:14.56.
Results
Norwell 116 Columbia City 64
200 Medley Relay
1. Norwell 2:01.55
Melcher-M. Meredith-Krug-E. Meredith
2. Columbia City 2:02.70
3. Norwell 2:07.59
Ervin-Reinhard-Huffman-Peterson
5. Norwell 2:18.71
Barnhart-Hannie-Wenger-Claussen
200 Free
1. Holly Oelschlager-CC 2:09.40
2. Cassie Coyne-Norwell 2:12.12
3. Karrigan Melcher-Norwell 2:22.85
4. Gracie Rinkenberger-Norwell 2:26.29
200 IM
1. Erin DeVito-CC 2:25.12
2. Ella Krug-Norwell 2:30.38
3. Marlee Meredith-Norwell 2:36.42
4. Rilynn Ervin-Norwell 2:37.74
50 Free
1. Jillian Melcher-Norwell 25.73
2. Evelyn Schaekel-CC 27.87
3. Sawyer Peterson-Norwell 28.34
4. Renee Fraze-Norwell 28.85
1M Diving
1. Emerson Meredith-Norwell 180.00
2. Jacquelyn Meyer-Norwell 109.40
100 Fly
1. Erin DeVito-CC 1:05.43
2. Ella Krug-Norwell 1:06.37
4. Ryleigh Huffman-Norwell 1:12.45
5. Marlee Meredith-Norwell 1:15.18
100 Free
1. Emerson Meredith-Norwell 1:00.15
2. Evelyn Schaekel-CC 1:02.28
3. Addyson Heyerly-Norwell 1:04.77
4. Marlee Wenger-Norwell 1:07.12
500 Free
1. Cassie Coyne-Norwell 5:57.47
2. Olivia Daniel-Norwell 6:19.28
5. Molly Threewits-Norwell 7:15.59
200 Free Relay
1. Norwell 1:52.40
Fraze-Heyerly-Krug-Coyne
2. Columbia City 1:53.08
3. Norwell 1:57.94
Rinkenberger-Claussen-Reinhard-Melcher
4. Norwell 2:12.54
Ebright-Page-Hand-Hannie
100 Back
1. Holly Oelschlager-CC 1:06.09
2. Jillian Melcher-Norwell 1:06.39
3. Rilynn Ervin-Norwell 1:09.91
4. Alaina Barnhart-Norwell 1:13.99
100 Breast
1. Emma Johnson-CC 1:15.25
2. Haleigh Reinhard-Norwell 1:18.13
3. Olivia Daniel-Norwell 1:21.87
4. Karrigan Melcher-Norwell 1:25.76
400 Free Relay
1. Norwell 4:14.56
Coyne-Fraze-Heyerly-E. Meredith
2. Columbia City 4:22.10
3. Norwell 4:29.40
Peterson-Rinkenberger-Melcher-Daniel
4. Norwell 4:34.54
Threewits-Barnhart-Ervin-Huffman
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