Naperville North ladies swimming glides previous Metea Valley

The ladies swimming and diving season splashes into one other week of DVC competitors with Metea Valley visiting the pool at Naperville North. This spotlight is sponsored by BMO.

The Mustangs make the primary splash

After the Mustangs win the 200 medley relay, the 200 freestyle swimmers leap into the water. Jules Swatland from North swims in lane 5 whereas teammate Jane Freeman glides by way of lane three. In lane 4 is Alyssa Rivero from Metea Valley, who emerges because the chief. Rivero hangs on and will get to the wall in first place due to a remaining attain with a time of two:03.92. Swatland takes second whereas Freeman finishes third.

Next up is the 200 Individual medley, the place Ellen Chua from Metea Valley battles for the entrance with Katelyn Vonnahme from North. Swimming in lane 4, Chua steadily builds a lead and takes the first-place end, pulling away within the freestyle. The Huskies present their depth with Vonnahme in second, Izzy Serscher in third, and Natalie Brown in fourth.

North will get on the board with a win from Sofia Oliveira within the 50-yard freestyle. After a quick break, the swimmers leap again in with the 100-yard butterfly. Another race and one other Mustang win as Metea provides to its first-place whole on the night time. Molly Schalk pulls away from North’s Abby Pobozny and Jane Freeman to win by over 5 seconds with a time of 1:02.58. Isabel Sinzheimer from Metea finishes fourth.

Schalk additionally picked up a win within the 500-yard freestyle later within the meet.

After profitable the 200 IM earlier within the night time, Ellen Chua returns for the 100 freestyle and is ready to maintain off Jules Swatland from North competing in lane 5. The Mustangs win six of the primary seven races, but it surely’s nonetheless a slim lead due to the factors earned by the depth of Naperville North.

The Huskies rack up a number of wins down the stretch to drag away

Just just a few races remaining when the 100-yard backstroke hits the water. Rylee Rhoads from Metea Valley swims in lane 4. North freshman Sofie Rutkowski builds an early lead and expands it because the race goes alongside. Rutkowski takes the win over Rhoads with a time of 1:02.95 because the Huskies transfer into first place within the workforce standings.

Naperville North appears to develop on that lead with the 100-yard breaststroke in what seems to be one of the aggressive races of the night time. Laney Lund from Naperville North appears to overhaul the early chief, Aarohi Bhatia, in lane 4 from Metea Valley. Fellow Mustang Olivia Linduska is within the hunt as effectively in lane six. Lund is ready to maintain off the 2 Mustangs on the wall by simply over a second with a time of 1:12.25. Bhatia takes third, a half-second in entrance of Linduska.

The Huskies crank up the music for the ultimate race of the night time with the 400 free relay. The North workforce of Tasha Mantel, Sofie Rutkowski, Laney Lund, and Abby Pobozny competes in lane 5. The high Mustang group consists of Alyssa Rivero, Makayla Paulding, Isabel Sinzheimer, and Yhari Resendiz. Despite Rivero giving Metea an early lead, Rutkowski and Lund swim the 2 quickest legs of the race because the Huskies draw back and finish the night time with a win. Naperville North wins a fun-filled night time of competitors by the rating of 106-79 over Metea Valley.

Lucy Hunter of Naperville North wins the diving portion of the occasion, adopted by teammates Derryn Milner and Madison Moungey. Mackenzie Olson was the highest Mustang in fourth place.