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The Wildcat swimmers lost to Irondale September 14 at Chisago Lakes. The final score was Irondale 106, CL 78.

“Irondale is probably one of the top two teams in the conference. So, losing to them was no surprise or disgrace,” said Wildcat head coach Ed Wakefield. “We actually swam and dove with them pretty well. Most of the races were pretty close...no big blowouts.”

Emily Stein and Lauren Koch swam to individual firsts for the ‘Cats. Stein’s 58:42 in the 100 freestyle and Koch’s 5:50.85 in the 500 freestyle gave them wins. The team’s other first came in the 400 freestyle relay. Andrea Olson, Leah Secord, Koch and Stein won the event in 4:02.84.

Ana Peltier was second in diving. Other individual second’s for the Wildcats came from Secord in the 200 freestyle, Koch in the 200 IM and Stein in the 50 freestyle. Angie Dery teamed with Stein, Koch and Secord to take second in the 200 medley relay.

Chisago Lakes placed third in the 200 freestyle, 100 freestyle, 500 freestyle, 200 freestyle relay, 100 backstroke, 100 breast stroke and the 200 freestyle relay.

“They just barely edged us out in diving, which does not happen much. But, they have three senior divers and ours are all very young. Overall, we had a pretty respectable meet against a very good team,” Wakefield added.

Totino-Grace at Chisago Lakes

The Wildcat swimmers beat Totino-Grace September 21 at Chisago Lakes. The final score was CL 101, Totino 91.

Lauren Koch led the Wildcats with two individual firsts and swam the third leg of the victorious 200 medley relay team. Koch’s 5:56.11 in the 500 freestyle and 2:14.35 in the 200 freestyle earned her team 12 points. Angie Dery, Sarah Kopp, Koch and Leah Secord finished the medley relay in 2:11.40 for the win.

Dery delivered a first in the 100 backstroke and the team’s other first came in diving. Ana Peltier led the divers with a score of 180.50. Alex Thomsen and Lindsay Carlson completed the diving sweep for the ‘Cats.

Individual seconds for the Wildcats came from Secord in the 50 freestyle (27.51) and the 100 freestyle (59.96), Andrea Olson in the 200 IM (2:39.69) and the 500 freestyle (6:04.06), Kopp in the 100 breast stroke (1:26.95) and Kathy Julik-Heine in 100 backstroke (1:17,23).

The 200 freestyle relay team (Brogan Lee, Kopp, Heidi Willhite, Olson) took second in 2:01.27. The 400 relay team also placed second. Willhite, Olson, Secord and Koch combined to swim the 400 in 4:06.89.

Lee (200 freestyle), Willhite (50 freestyle and 100 freestyle) and the 400 freestyle relay team of Lee, Leah Hathaway, Julik-Heine and Dery took thirds for the Wildcats.

Fans can catch the CL swimmers at home tonight (September 28) against the St. Louis Park Orioles. The meet begins at 6 p.m.

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