The Rochester John Marshall Rockets dispatched the Farmington Tigers girls swimming and diving team 98-82 in a non-conference meet at the Dodge Middle School pool on October 23, 2012. It was the final tune-up for Jen Marshall's squad before the Missota Conference Championships at Northfield on Saturday, Oct. 27.
Marshall
remarked, "I am very excited to see how the girls are swimming right now
as we head into the championship season.
We had some great swims last night including some nice time drops. The
divers are also doing very well and working hard to improve their dives."
Rochester
John Marshall's dominance showed as they won nine (including the first nine
events) of the 12 separate competitions. Always strong in diving, Farmington's
Melanie Brothers (156.75) won a tight battle with John Marshall's Allison
Garett (155.85) while Nikki Cayard (142.75) and Kendall Novak (139.15) were
third and fourth, respectively, in one-meter diving.
The Tigers'
Kaitlyn O'Reilly took first in the 100-yard breaststroke in 1:09.69 and FHS
also claimed the final event, the 400-yard freestyle relay. Kirsten Kracke
(1:01.9), Ellie Sundet (58.82), Chelsea Gehrke (59.36), and O'Reilly (57.81)
finished in 3:57.89 to beat the Rocket quartet by 14 seconds. O'Reilly
(1:02.74) was also runner-up in the 100-yard butterfly to Allison Schumacher
(59.73).
John
Marshall's Taylor Bass won the 100-yard backstroke (1:02.21) by barely besting Kracke
(1:02.94). In the 200-yard individual medley, Bass was also first in 2:15.39
with Farmington's Cora Ruzicka third (2:23.41).
Ruzicka had a fine race in the 100-yard freestyle, finishing second in
57.20 to John Marshall's Anna Becker (56.29) with Farmington's Robin Ellis and
Chelsea Gehrke both third in 58.40.
Madison Emery of the Rockets also took two events - the 500-yard
freestyle (5:13.81) and the 200-yard freestyle (2:01.14) with Kracke second at
2:04.50. Meanwhile, Ellis (26.63) was
second in the 50-yard freestyle to Schumacher (25.15).
