Young swimmers tune up

With the biggest varsity meet of the season approaching, many of the younger swimmers for Northeast Range/Ely got the chance to tune up last weekend at Aurora.

Saturday’s Little Giant Invitational was for swimmers in grades 7-9, and the Nighthawks placed sixth among seven teams.

While NRE didn’t have as many swimmers competing as some of the larger schools in the event, the Nighthawks still managed a first-place finish and five seconds during the course of the afternoon.

Eighth-grader Brynn Larson captured first place in the 100 yards freestyle for her age group, while Ivy Ohlhauser had two second-place finishes.

Lucy Luthens and Raegen Borchert picked up second- place finishes for the day as well, as did the 200 freestyle relay foursome of Larson, Jorden Borchert, Raegen Borchert and Ohlhaluser.

The event came in advance of the Section 7A meet, which began Thursday at Grand Rapids, with NRE hoping to advance both individuals and relays to Saturday’s finals, also at Grand Rapids.

NRE scored as follows at the Little Giant Invitational:

• 2 00 m edley r elay 5. Evelyn Moran, Jorden Borchert, Larson, Ohlhauser, 2:29.13; 7. Nicole Freking, Maddie Johnson, Lindsay Israel, Avery Bee, 2:41.82;

• 200 freestyle (8th) - 2. Ohlhauser, 2:33.01; 4. Larson, 2:39.32; 5. Isla Carlson, 2:43.12;

• 200 freestyle (9th) - 3. Jorden Borchert, 2:28.68;

• 100 individual medley (7th) - 4. Moran, 1:28.70;

• 100 individual medley (8th) - 6. Israel, 1:33.55;

• 200 individual medley (9th) - 8. Bela Moskowitz, 3:31.63;

• 50 freestyle (7th) - 2. Raegan Borchert, 30.99; 16. Collette Moskowitz, 45.89;

• 50 freestyle (9th) - 10. Elena Freking, 39.46;

• 50 butterfly (7th) - 3. Israel, 39.09;

• 100 freestyle (7th) - 3. Bee, 1:19.71;

• 100 freestyle (8th) - 1. Larson, 1:07.61; 2. Ohlhauser, 1:10.81;

• 100 freestyle (9th) - 9. Freking, 1:31.87;

• 300 f reestyle ( 7th) - 2. Luthens, 4:02.21;3. Raegan Borchert, 4:14.84;

• 200 freestyle relay - 2. Larson, Jorden Borchert, Raegan Borchert, Ohlhauser, 2:05.07; 8. Maddie Johnson, Carlson, Moran, Luthens, 2:16.16;

• 100 backstroke (7th) - 5. Moran, 1:32.15;

• 100 breaststroke (7th ) 7. Bee, 1:53.71;

• 100 breaststroke (8th) 4. Johnson, 1:38.52;

•100 breaststroke (9th) - 5. Jorden Borchert, 1:30.72;

• 400 freestyle relay - 6. Raegan Borchert, Carlson, Israel, Luthens, 4:54.67.