Central helps Badger to fifth straight sectional title
By Jason Arndt
Staff Writer
Westosha Central High School qualified one for the WIAA Division 1 girls state swim meet, and nearly had another, following its sectional contributions to the Lake Geneva Badger co-op team.
The Badger co-op, which captured its fifth consecutive sectional title Saturday, edged Racine Case by 53 points at Kenosha Tremper.
The co-op consists of Badger, Westosha Central, Wilmot Union High School, Walworth Big Foot and Williams Bay.
However, the Falcons played a crucial role in helping the Badger co-op secure the title.
Among the Falcon contributors was sophomore Eden Wember, who qualified for the state meet at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Saturday, after she helped Badger’s 200-yard freestyle relay team to a second-place sectional finish.
Eden Wember, who finished eighth in both the 50- and 100-yard freestyle events, teamed up with Katelyn O’Brien, Molly Dover, and Theresa VanSchyndel in the 200-freestyle competition.
Meanwhile, Eden Wember and Westosha Central sophomore Claire Koeppel partnered with Cora Rafe and VanSchyndel on the third-place 400-yard freestyle relay squad.
Koeppel added fifth in the 200 yard freestyle and sixth in the 500 freestyle.
For Westosha Central junior Rylee Kennell, who finished fourth in the 100 yard breaststroke, came up less than a second from qualifying for the state meet.
Kennell’s time of 1 minute, 8.89 seconds was 72/100 seconds shy of the establish mark of 1.08.17.
Junior Elise Wember placed seventh in the 200 individual medley and eighth in the 100-yard butterfly.
Wilmot Union High School’s Lauren Pryor, a junior, finished behind Elise Wember in the butterfly.
Senior Sarah Verzal placed 14th in the 100-yard freestyle.
Team scores: 1. Badger 341, 2. Racine Case 288, 3. Kenosha Tremper 253, 4. Greenfield 239, 5. Indian Trail 231, 6. Burlington 197, 7. Franklin 196, 8. Oak Creek 191, 9. Racine Horlick 124, 10. South Milwaukee 79, 11. Martin Luther 54, 12. Bradford 42, 13. Racine Park 37, 14. Saint Thomas More 26, 15. Milwaukee Ronald Reagan 4.
200 medley relay: 1. Badger (Cora Rafe, Grace Gillingham, Molly Dover, Katelyn O’Brien) 1:49.19, 2. Indian Trail 1:49.91, 3. Tremper 1:50.99, 4. Greenfield 1:54.14, 5. Franklin 1:54.47, 6. Racine Horlick 1:57.29, 7. Burlington 1:58.92, 8. Racine Case 2:00.60.
200 freestyle: 1. Emelia Selky, Case, 1:56.70; 2. Lily Lustig, Greenfield, 1:58.73; 3. Theresa VanSchyndel, LG, 1:58.83; 4. Alice Pennings, Racine Case, 2:01.17; 5. CLAIRE KOEPPEL, LG, 2:01.61.
200 individual medley: 1. Lexie DuChene, Tremper, 2:04.05; 2. Cassie Ketterling, Oak Creek, 2:07.43; 3. Trinity Gilbert, ITA, 2:08.35; 4. Cora Rafe, LG, 2:11.96; 7. ELISE WEMBER, LG, 2:21.26.
50 freestyle: 1. Emily Bollendorf, Case, 24.3; 2. Grace Gavronski, Franklin, 24.81; 3. Mya Eggert, Tremper, 24.89; 5. Katelyn O’Brien, LG, 25.29; 8. EDEN WEMBER, LG, 25.59.
100 butterfly: 1. Emily Bollendorf, Case, 55.81; 2. Shelby Haines, ITA, 57.59; 3. Molly Dover, LG, 59.62; 8. ELISE WEMBER, LG, 1:02.69.
100 freestyle: 1. Misko Madison, Greenfield, 53.94; 2. Claudia Kirkpatrick, Greenfield, 53.99; 3. Caroline Yencha, ITA, 54.55; 6. Theresa VanSchyndel, LG, 55.02; 8. EDEN WEMBER, 56.19.
500 freestyle: 1. Cassie Ketterling, OC, 5:10.25; 2. Lily Lustig, Greenfield, 5:14.23; 3. Emelia Selky, Case, 5:18.99; 6. CLAIRE KOEPPEL, LG, 5:26.62.
200 free relay: 1. Franklin 1:40.01; 2. Badger (Katelyn O’Brien, Molly Dover, EDEN WEMBER, Theresa VanSchyndel) 1:40.05; 3. Tremper 1:40.77; 4. Oak Creek 1:41.43; 5. Racine Case 1:41.79; 6. Greenfield 1:42.01, 7. Burlington 1:44.56; 8. Racine Horlick 1:44.74.
100 backstroke: 1. Lexie DuChene, Tremper, 56.19; 2. Shelby Haines, ITA, 57.53; 3. Cora Rafe, LG, 59.92; 6. Molly Dover, LG, 1:02.59.
100 breaststroke: 1. Claudia Kirkpatrick, Greenfield, 1:05.53; 2. Katelyn O’Brien, LG, 1:07.21; 3. Grace Gillingham, LG, 1:08.48; 4. RYLEE KENNELL, LG, 1:08.89.
400 free relay: 1. Indian Trail 3:37.52, 2. Racine Case 3:41.17, 3. Badger (EDEN WEMBER, CLAIRE KOEPPEL, Cora Rafe, Theresa VanSchyndel) 3:43.02, 4. Franklin 3:43.38, 5. Burlington 3:46.02, 6. Oak Creek 3:47.09, 7. Tremper 3:50.21, 8. Greenfield 3:59.55.