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Reactions from Harper Creek’s second straight All-City ladies swim crown
Reactions from Harper Creek’s second straight All-City ladies swim crown
BATTLE CREEK – For the primary time at school historical past, Harper Creek is metropolis champs in ladies swimming in back-to-back years.
Harper Creek received the 2026 All-City Girls Swimming and Diving Championship Meet in its house pool on Saturday, Sept. 12.
“First time in our history at Harper Creek. So we feel pretty good about that,” Harper Creek ladies coach Chad Wager stated. “This is an impressive goal. Andy (Fredenburg) is doing a good job with his girls at Lakeview. Battle Creek is growing. So it’s good for our girls to get this done. They have been working hard.”
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In a sport that has lengthy been dominated by rival Lakeview, Harper Creek received final yr for the primary time since 2017. Harper Creek had 543 staff factors to complete first with Lakeview second at 459 and Battle Creek Central third.
Junior Ella Laupp, who had 4 first-place finishes, was excited for the staff win.
“It is very exciting. Our coach has pushed us so hard to get us to this moment. Hard practices the whole week. Just feels really good to win a second time in a row and make history,” Laupp stated.
Laupp received the 200-yard freestyle in a time of 1:57 and she or he completed first within the 500 freestyle in 5:17.28. She was additionally the anchor of a first-place relay staff within the 400 freestyle (4:02.96), together with Megan Cook, Taylor Dutkiewicz and Myla Slayton. The 200 free relay additionally took first for the Beavers with Katie Duckworth, Eve Jerome, Ella Dutkiewicz and Laupp.
Cook, additionally a junior, had three firsts for the Beavers. Cook received the 50 free in a time of 26.01 and received the 100 free in 57.62, alongside along with her win within the 400 free relay.
Duckworth, a freshman, had three firsts as nicely for Harper Creek, profitable the 100 breaststroke (1:13.80) and the 200 IM (2:28.63) in addition to the 200 free relay.
Slayton, a sophomore for Harper Creek, received the 100 butterfly (1:08.56) and the 100 backstroke (1:13.80), in addition to the 400 relay.
The Beavers additionally completed first within the third relay, profitable the 200 medley relay with the staff of Taylor Dutkiewicz, Abigail Cook, Ella Dutkiewicz and Eve Jerome in a time of two:01.52.
Lakeview had one first place end as Keira Byrd received the diving with a rating of 208.15. The Spartans’ Payton Werner was runner-up in two particular person occasions, together with the 200 free and the five hundred free.
But the distinction within the scoring got here principally from Harper Creek’s depth because the Beavers took first and second in a number of occasions.
“Depth is huge. We have some state level swimmers and we have girls trying to get back to the state and they are working hard at that and it’s showing up,” Wager stated.
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