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The Chisago Lakes swimming and diving team opened its conference dual-meet season by splitting a pair of meets. Thursday, September 6 the Wildcats handled Spring Lake Park 104-80 at the CLHS pool. Tuesday, September 11, the 'Cats suffered a 58-42 loss at Irondale.

Cl 104, Spring Lake Park 80

Andrea Olson and Brogan Lee had two individual firsts and shared in two relay wins each to lead the CL win. Leah Secord chipped in an individual win and took part in the relay victories.

Chisago Lakes wins vs. SLP

Event

Name Time

200 Freestyle

Brogan Lee 2:14.17

200 Individual Medley

Andrea Olson 2:36.16

100 Butterfly

Brogan Lee 1:15.32

100 Freestyle

Leah Secord 1:01.78

500 Freestyle

Andrea Olson 6:09.52

200 Freestyle Relay

Secord, Lee, Heidi Willhite, Olson 1:54.55

400 Freestyle Relay

Willhite, Lee,

Olson, Secord 4:13.71

Wildcats who earned second place finishes included the 200 medley relay team (Mallory Schneider, Sarah Kopp, Anna Stein, Leah Hathaway), Secord (200 freestyle), Willhite (50 freestyle, 100 freestyle), Alex Thomsen (diving), Hathaway (500 freestyle), Laura Goossen (100 backstroke), Kopp (100 breast stroke) and 400 freestyle relay (Stein, Rishawn Radziwill, Goossen, Hathaway).

"Spring Lake Park was a fun meet. We thought it would be a close meet, but we pretty much ended up running away with it," said Wildcat head coach Ed Wakefield. "It was nice to get off to a winning record in the conference with such a young team.

"After getting beat in the medley relay, going one, two, three in the in the 200 freestyle was a great turning point. Sophomore Brogan Lee had possibly the best meet of her life. The 200 and 400 freestyle relays should be good relays for us this year," Wakefield added.

Chisago Lakes at Irondale

Against Irondale, the Wildcats managed only two firsts in the 12-event meet. Thomsen won the diving (177.35) and Kopp was first in the 100 breast stroke (1:24.24)

Finishing second for the 'Cats were Lee (200 and 100 freestyle), Cassie Schlegel (diving), Olson (500 freestyle) and Willhite, Lee, Olson and Secord (200 and 400 freestyle relays).

Coach Wakefield said, "Irondale is a very fast team. It was our team's first experience swimming in a four-lane pool in a couple of years. The divers were great. We did not swim our best. We were tired from a tough workout the day before. But, Irondale was really fast, anyway."

The Wildcats host Totino-Grace tonight (Thursday, September 20) and travel to St. Louis Park next Thursday. Both meets get underway at 6 p.m.

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