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Craig, Parker win Big Eight swim meets

Janesville Parker swam its best meet of the season and defeated visiting Madison East, 104-65, in a Big Eight Conference girls meet Friday.

“The girls did an amazing job tonight,” said Parker coach Becky Wilson. “With the excitement of Homecoming, the girls swam their hardest.”

Senior captain Leslie Jones and junior Hailey Leisten each earned first-place finishes in all four events they swam.

Jones was a member of the 200 medley relay and 400 freestyle relay teams, and also won the 500 freestyle (5:55.47) and 100 backstroke (1:09.24).

Leisten was a member of the winning 200 medley relay and 400 freestyle relay teams, and won the 200 freestyle (2:11.13) and 100 freestyle (57.43) events.

Other individual event winners for the Vikings were freshman Jana Burner in the 50 freestyle (27.74) and sophomore Liz Armstrong in the 100 butterfly (1:18.44).

PARKER 104, EAST 65

200 medley relay—1. Parker (Leslie Jones, Ruth Sodemann, Emma Fischer, Hailey Leisten), 2:06.49.

200 freestyle—1. Hailey Leisten (JP), 2:11.13; 2. Annika Pohlman (ME), 2:14.36; 3. Mary Ottelien (ME), 2:31.46.

200 individual medley—1. Greta Herrin (ME), 2:36.33; 2. Emma Fischer (JP), 2:41.19; 3. Margaret Duffy (ME), 2:49.91.

50 freestyle—1. Jana Burner (JP), 27.74; 2. Liz Armstrong (JP), 29.20; 3. Stephanie Le (ME), 29.46.

100 butterfly—1. Liz Armstrong (JP), 1:18.44; 2. Allison August (JP), 1:24.44; 3. Taylor Hill (ME), 1:26.03.

100 freestyle—1. Hailey Leisten (JP), 57.43; 2. Aidan Coffin Ness (ME), 1:06.17; 3. Madi Wargowsky (JP), 1:07.13.

500 freestyle—1. Leslie Jones (JP), 5:55.47; 2. Greta Herrin (ME), 6:08.41; 3. Jana Burner (JP), 6:28.36.

200 freestyle relay—1. Parker (Liz Armstrong, Ruth Sodemann, Allison August, Jana Burner), 1:58.23; 2. East, 2:07.29.

100 backstroke—1. Leslie Jones (JP), 1:09.24; 2. Emma Fischer (JP), 1:14.51; 3. Annika Pohlman (ME), 1:15.17.

100 breaststroke—1. Stephanie Le (ME), 1:20.65; 2. Rachel Perkins (JP), 1:21.13; 3. Ruth Sodemann (JP), 1:23.75.

400 freestyle relay—1. Parker (Leslie Jones, Hailey Lesiten, Emma Fischer, Jana Burner), 4:09.17.

Junior varsity—Parker 73, East 20.

Craig downs Beloit

Sierra Rhodes was a busy swimmer for Janesville Craig, and it helped the Cougars defeat Beloit, 99-71, in a Big Eight meet at Beloit.

Rhodes, a sophomore, competed in back-to-back-to-back events and finished first in all of them.

She began her tripleheader by winning the 100 freestyle in 58.24. Rhodes didn’t rest long before she was back in the pool in the 500 freestyle, which she won in 5:39.49.

Rhodes then swam the third leg of the 200 freestyle relay along with Emma Schmaling, Kendall Cawkins and Maggie Gorman. The Cougars won the event in 1:47.99.

“She asked me if she could do that,” Craig coach Brian Kitzman said of the three events in a row challenge. “I’m not sure I’ve ever had a swimmer do that. It’s a pretty gutsy thing to do.”

Alexis Roach provided victories in the 200 freestyle (2:06.75) and 100 breaststroke (1:15.23), and was a member of the winning 200 medley relay and 400 freestyle relay teams.

Courtney May contributed a victory in the 200 individual medley (2:38.69) as Craig went to 1-3 in the Big Eight.

“It was a very, very exciting meet,” Kitzman said. “Beloit really swam us tough.”

Craig is off until next Friday when it hosts Madison La Follette.

CRAIG 99, BELOIT 71

200 medley relay—1. Craig (Maggie Gorman, Alexis Roach, Emma Schmaling, Sierra Rhodes), 2:03.36; 2. Beloit, 2:08.42.

200 freestyle—1. Alexis Roach (JC), 2:06.75; 2. Cecelia Cardenas (BM), 2:13.80; 3. Taylor Johnson (JC), 2:20.48.

200 individual medley—1. Courtney May (JC), 2:38.69; 2. Caroline Locke (BM), 2:42.64; 3. Lindsey Hassenfelt (BM), 2:44.24.

50 freestyle—1. Madeline Franklin (BM), 26.35; 2. Maggie Gorman (JC), 27.02; 3. Emma Schmaling (JC), 27.06.

100 butterfly—1. Madeline Franklin (BM), 1:06.03; 2. Emma Schmaling (JC), 1:09.32; 3. Gretchen Quinn (JC), 1:12.02.

100 freestyle—1. Sierra Rhodes (JC), 58.24; 2. Cecilia Cardenas (BM), 59.91; 3. Kara Thung (JC), 1:01.47.

500 freestyle—1. Sierra Rhodes (JC), 5:39.49; 2. Gretchen Quinn (JC), 5:51.56; 3. Jalayne Good (JC), 6:16.31.