Monona Grove Swimming Overcomes Monroe/New Glarus, 95-73

The Monroe/New Glarus girls swimming team traveled to Monona Grove on Tuesday, Sept. 22. Monona Grove won the dual 95-73.
“Even with M-NG finishing first in only three events, they still achieved their goal of scoring more points than last year and keeping Monona Grove under 100 points,” explained Head Coach Linda Moser. “In eight of the events, we placed second, and this is an improvement from last season too. We have to keep looking at the steps forward. That gives the girls the fuel they need to practice hard and with focus.”
The team of senior Anna Wolf, sophomore Madelyn Hammer, senior Abby Oudinot, and sophomore Grace Keith took first in the 200-yard medley relay with a time of 2:00.15 while freshman Nina Schiro, senior Grace Moehn, sophomore Samantha Ellefson, and senior Anna Meritt placed fourth.
Junior Skylar Lassen won the 200-yard freestyle at 2:09.20 while teammate Keith was right behind in second at 2:12.58.
In the 200-yard IM, Schiro finished second at 2:33.60, and Wolf took third less than a second behind her.
Oudinot earned a first place finish in the 50 yard freestyle with a time of 27.27. Moehn and Ellefson finished third and fourth.
With a time of 1:06.72, Keith took fourth in the 100-yard butterfly, and freshman Emily Meritt earned fifth place.
Hammer placed second in the 100-yard freestyle at 59.50, and Anna Meritt finished in fourth place.
Also taking second place was Wolf in the 500-yard freestyle with a time of 6:07.89, and teammate Moehn took fourth.
Hammer, Anna Meritt, Lassen, and Oudinot earned second place, with a time of 1:50.71, in the 200-yard freestyle relay followed by the team of Ellefson, senior Alyssa Sinkule, freshman Linnea Tabaka, and Emily Meritt in fourth place.
With a time of 1:06.70 — just a hundredth of a second behind first place — Lassen took second in the 100-yard backstroke. She was followed by Schiro in third.
Hammer took second in the 100-yard breaststroke at 1:14.51 while Emily Meritt finished in fifth place.
Wolf, Schiro, Lassen, and Keith placed second in the 400-yard freestyle relay with a time of 4:05.93. The other Monroe/New Glarus team made up of Anna Meritt, Ellefson, Moehn, and Oudinot took third at 4:19.97.
The JV team was defeated by MG, 92-29.