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WISCONSIN RAPIDS – Marshfield senior Faith Risa won her third career 200-yard individual medley title at the 2022 Wisconsin Valley Conference Girls Swimming Meet on Thursday at Lincoln High School.
Faith Risa won in 2:12.04, a full two seconds better than her winning time at last year’s conference meet. Her win was the only victory for the Tigers, who finished fourth in the team standings.
Stevens Point repeated as conference champion, winning six events to finish with 559 points. D.C. Everest was second with 455, Merrill third with 283 and Marshfield fourth with 272.
Combined with the dual meet standings, Stevens Point topped the conference with 26 points, four better than D.C. Everest. Marshfield, Merrill and Wausau East tied for third with 14 points.
Faith Risa earned one of five runner-up finishes for the Tigers as she was second in the 100 breaststroke in 1:07.10. She won the event the last two years. This was her first individual race defeat in conference in the last three seasons.
Also placing second for Marshfield were sophomore Terra Risa in the 100 backstroke (1:03.09), Skylar Onsager in the 100 freestyle (55.73), and the 200 medley and 400 freestyle relay teams of the Risa sisters, Onsager and Brooke Begotka.
Begotka added a third-place finish in the 100 butterfly (1:02.54), Ireland Moran was third in the 100 backstroke (1:03.95), Onsager took fourth in the 50 freestyle (25.43) and Terra Risa finished fourth in the 100 butterfly (1:02.83) as well for Marshfield.
Stevens Point’s Jenna Breitbach was named WVC Girls Swimmer of the Year and Wausau East’s Derek Steinke was chosen as Coach of the Year.
Marshfield will compete in the WIAA Division 1 sectional meet at Hudson on Nov. 5.
2022 Wisconsin Valley Conference Girls Swimming Meet
Oct. 27, at Lincoln High School, Wisconsin Rapids
Team scores: 1. Stevens Point 559; 2. D.C. Everest 455; 3. Merrill 283; 4. Marshfield 272; 5. Wausau East 240; 6. Wausau West 180; 7. Wisconsin Rapids 164.
Final team standings: 1. Stevens Point 26; 2. D.C. Everest 22; 3. Marshfield, Merrill and Wausau East 14; 6. Wausau West 6; 7. Wisconsin Rapids 2.
Winners and Marshfield finishers
200 medley relay: 1. Stevens Point (Klare Pilger, Sophie Johnston, Jenna Breitbach, Jocelyn Trzebiatowski) 1:50.60; 2. Marshfield (Terra Risa, Faith Risa, Brooke Begotka, Skylar Onsager) 1:54.13; 12. Marshfield (Ireland Moran, Hannah LaPointe, Sophia Smrz, Ella Allar) 2:09.57.
200 freestyle: 1. Trzebiatowski (SP) 1:59.56; 8. Begotka (MAR) 2:11.39; 19. Sofia Garneau (MAR) 2:35.80.
200 individual medley: 1. F. Risa (MAR) 2:12.04; 15. LaPointe (MAR) 2:43.51.
50 freestyle: 1. Katie Hall (DC) 25.22; 4. Onsager (MAR) 25.43; 8. Moran (MAR) 26.28; 17. Allar (MAR) 29.04.
100 butterfly: 1. Marisol Swenson (DC) 59.12; 3. Begotka (MAR) 1:02.54; 4. T. Risa (MAR) 1:02.83.
100 freestyle: 1. Pilger (SP) 53.19; 2. Onsager (MAR) 55.73; 16. Garneau (MAR) 1:06.29; 21. Samantha Kilty (MAR) 1:15.03.
500 freestyle: 1. Trzebiatowski (SP) 5:29.05; 16. Smrz (MAR) 6:44.06.
200 freestyle relay: 1. D.C. Everest (Lilliana Jessen, Nevaeh Mathwich, Swenson, Hall) 1:41.67; 10. Marshfield (Allar, Garneau, Smrz, Moran) 1:57.55; 16. Marshfield (S. Kilty, Ally Leonhardt, Ryann Kilty, Cami Wucherpfennig) 2:12.94; 18. Marshfield (Kate Grande, Bailey Mueller, Katie Wernberg, Lucy Curtis) 2:15.64.
100 backstroke: 1. Pilger (SP) 58.14; 2. T. Risa (MAR) 1:03.09; 3. Moran (MAR) 1:03.95; 17. LaPointe (MAR) 1:16.97.
100 breaststroke: 1. Amber Winter (MER) 1:06.66; 2. F. Risa (MAR) 1:07.10; 16. Allar (MAR) 1:25.74; 19. R. Kilty (MAR) 1:30.50.
400 freestyle relay: 1. Stevens Point (Breitbach, Trzebiatowski, Johnston, Pilger) 3:42.63; 2. Marshfield (T. Risa, Begotka, F. Risa, Onsager) 3:52.20; 16. Marshfield (LaPointe, R. Kilty, Wucherpfennig, Garneau) 4:51.77.
Diving: 1. Fiona Gaugert (WR) 361.40.