J-Hawks go deep to beat Wahlert swimmers
Wahlert won eight of the 12 events, but Jefferson's depth paved the way for a J-Hawk victory Tuesday night in a Mississippi Valley Conference girls swimming meet at Jefferson.
Kailey Drake was a quadruple winner for the J-Hawks in a 98-88 win over Wahlert. Drake easily won the 50 and 100 freestyle events and also swam on the victorious 200 medley and free relays. Her winning time in the 100 was nearly six seconds faster than runnerup Taylor Topping from Wahlert. She also won the 50 by more than two seconds.
Jefferson had six second-place finishes and 12 thirds to pull out the win.
Drake was Jefferson's only individual winner.
JEFFERSON 98, WAHLERT 88
200 medley relay - 1. Jefferson (Erin Kibby, Leah Groe, Kylie Steimer, Kailey Drake) 2:01.63, 2. Wahlert 2:03.12, 3. Jefferson (Gabrielle Armstrong, Emily Ritchie, Brittany Rains, Michelle Wharton) 2:08.63
200 free - 1. Taylor Topping (DW) 2:18.91, 2. Brittany Rains (CRJ) 2:22.41, 3. Jourdan McChesney (CRJ) 2:26.13
200 IM - 1. Emily Schroeder (DW) 2:24.24, 2. Kylie Steimer (CRJ) 2:36.48, 3. Madelaine Thomas (DW) 2:40.55
50 free - 1. Kailey Drake (CRJ) 25.98, 2. Sean Klab (DW) 28.09, 3. Erin Kibby (CRJ) 28.70
Diving - 1. Betsy Osterberger (DW) 225.65, 2. Rachael Schaefer (DW) 187.25, 3. Mo Groe (CRJ) 176.10
100 fly - 1. Lauren Noel (DW) 1:04.27, 2. Kylie Steimer (CRJ) 1:08.73, 3. Ashley Anderson (CRJ) 1:16.21
100 free - 1. Kailey Drake (CRJ) 57.66, 2. Taylor Topping (DW) 1:03.38, 3. Megan Kibby (CRJ) 1:04.65
500 free - 1. Lauren Noel (DW) 5:54.50, 2. Emily Howington (CRJ) 6:34.71, 3. Liz Kenney (CRJ) 6:35.82
200 free relay - 1. Jefferson (Emily Ritchie, Erin Kibby, Kylie Steimer, Kailey Drake) 1:48.63, 2. Wahlert 1:53.15, 3. Jefferson (Megan Kibby, Hailey Sullivan, Emily Howington, Emma Edelen) 1:58.36
100 back - 1. Emily Schroeder (DW) 1:07.41, 2. Erin Kibby (CRJ) 1:09.13, 3. Gabrielle Armstrong (CRJ) 1:13.03
100 breast - 1. Madelaine Thomas (DW) 1:14.62, 2. Sean Kalb (DW) 1:20.12, 3. Emily Ritchie (CRJ) 1:21.15
400 free relay - 1. Wahlert (Lauren Noel, Taylor Topping, Taylor Tittle, Emily Schroeder) 4:06.99, 2. Jefferson (Gabrielle Armstrong, Megan Kibby, Emily Howington, Brittany Rains) 4:18.67, 3. Jefferson (Michelle Wharton, Hailey Sullivan, Emma Edelen, Jourdan McChesney) 4:29.10