Marshfield has six top-10 finishes at WIAA Division 1 girls swimming sectional

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HUDSON – The Marshfield girls swim team wrapped up its season on Saturday competing at the WIAA Division 1 sectional at Hudson Middle School.

The Tigers finished ninth among the 13 teams with three individual top-10 finishes.

The top finisher in each of the 12 events qualify for the 2019 WIAA State Girls Swimming Championships at the University of Wisconsin Natatorium in Madison on Saturday, Nov. 16.

Sophomore Courtney Donahue took fourth in the 100-yard butterfly for Marshfield’s best finish, swimming the event in 1:02.50.

Junior Alyssa Franks was eighth in the 500 freestyle in 5:39.11, and freshman Skylar Onsager took eighth in 100 freestyle in 56.99 seconds and 10th in the 200 individual medley in 2:23.76 as well for the Tigers.

Marshfield’s 400 freestyle relay team of Donahue, Hope Risa, Franks and Onsager took eighth in 3:59.23, and the same four teamed to take ninth in the 200 medley relay in 1:58.81.

D.C. Everest’s Bethany Rahn and Sara Mayer will be going to state in four events. Rahn won the 200 freestyle in 1:52.85 and the 500 freestyle in 5:08.13, and Mayer took first in the 50 freestyle in 24.18 seconds and the 100 freestyle in 52.88 seconds.

Rahn and Mayer teamed with Marina Schinker and Madelynne VanErmen to win the 200 medley relay in 1:47.67, and combined with Schinker and Katelin Hall to take first in the 400 freestyle relay in 3:36.94.

Stevens Point’s Jenna Breitbach won the 100 butterfly in 59.24 seconds to also qualify for the state meet.

2019 WIAA Division 1 Girls Swimming Sectional
Nov. 9, at Hudson Middle School
Team scores:
1. Hudson 359; 2. D.C. Everest 343; 3. Stevens Point 316; 4. Chippewa Falls/McDonell 295; 5. Eau Claire Memorial 254; 6. Wisconsin Rapids 136; 7. Superior 129; 8. La Crosse Logan/Central 120; 9. Marshfield 107; 10. Onalaska/Holmen/Aquinas 100; 11. Eau Claire North 51; 12. Wausau West 35; 13. Shawano/Bonduel 30.
Winners and Marshfield finishers
Diving:
1. Emily Herman (ECM) 398.20.
200 medley relay: 1. D.C. Everest (Sara Mayer, Madelynne VanErmen, Marina Schinker, Bethany Rahn) 1:47.67; 9. Marshfield (Hope Risa, Skylar Onsager, Courtney Donahue, Alyssa Franks) 1:58.81.
200 freestyle: 1. Rahn (DC) 1:52.85; 13. Alyssa Franks (MAR) 2:08.06.
200 individual medley: 1. Ella Stein (HUD) 2:07.68; 10. Onsager (MAR) 2:23.76; 22. Ariel Fernandez (MAR) 2:49.18.
50 freestyle: 1. Mayer (DC) 24.18; 29. Abbey Boushack (MAR) 29.88; 34. Claire Critelli (MAR) 35.35.
100 butterfly: 1. Jenna Breitbach (SP) 59.24; 4. Donahue (MAR) 1:02.50; 18. Fernandez (MAR) 1:14.61.
100 freestyle: 1. Mayer (DC) 52.88; 8. Onsager (MAR) 56.99; 12. Risa (MAR) 59.12.
500 freestyle: 1. Rahn (DC) 5:08.13; 8. Franks (MAR) 5:39.11.
200 freestyle relay: 1. Hudson (Maree Elliott, Faith Eilertson, Hannah Zurn, Stein) 1:40.01; 12. Marshfield (Boushack, Critelli, Mataya Steinbach, Fernandez) 2:05.53.
100 backstroke: 1. Kate Augustyn (ECM) 57.32; 14. Donahue (MAR) 1:09.36; 16. Risa (MAR) 1:11.79; 28. Critelli (MAR) 1:34.60.
100 breaststroke: 1. Stein (HUD) 1:03.98; 29. Boushack (MAR) 1:28.51.
400 freestyle relay: 1. D.C. Everest (Rahn, Schinker, Katelin Hall, Mayer) 3:36.94; 8. Marshfield (Donahue, Risa, Franks, Onsager) 3:59.23.