Swimmers second at Cloquet meet

by Tom Coombe

Anna Larson had an individual victory and was part of a first-place relay as Northeast Range/Ely took second Tuesday at a triangular event.

Host Cloquet-Esko-Carlton won the Lumberjack Log Jam, but the  Nighthawks were a solid second, well ahead of third-place Stella Maris Academy of Duluth.

“We had a great night,” said NRE Head Coach Cheri DeBeltz. “Lots of fun for our young team.”

Larson, one of two Nighthawks swimmers to earn All-Iron Range Conference recognition at the IRC meet the week before, teamed with All-IRC honoree Alyssa Ice, Tuuli Koivisto and Via DeBeltz to win the 200 freestyle relay convincingly. Their time was 1:57.95, almost eight seconds better than the runner-up combination from CEC.

Larson, a junior, also pulled out a victory in the 100 butterfly in 1:12.45.

Via DeBeltz had not one but two individual runner-up performances.

The sophomore placed second in the 100 breaststroke (1:24.75) as well as the 200 freestyle (2:19.330.

Koivisto also was second - in the 500 freestyle (6:29.49)  - and Larson added a second-place finish in a razor-tight 50 freestyle (28.19) race decided by two-tenths of a second.

Ice battled Cloquet’s Allie Laine to the finish in the 100 freestyle, placing second in 1:04.77, just .18 seconds behind the winner.

Larson, Ice, Koivisto and Via DeBeltz also teamed up to take second in the 400 freestyle (4:19.38).

Individual thirds went to Ice  (50 freestyle, 28.31) and Kovisto (2:48.96).

Other NRE placers were as follow:

• 200 medley relay - 4. Sabrah Hart, Jorden Borchert, Alli Krekelberg, Grace Flynn, 2:33.03;

• 200 freestyle - 6. Isla Carlson, 2:48;41; 9. Lindsay Israel, 2:57.12;

• 200 individual medley - 6. Krekelberg, 2:57.46; 8. Moon Vetos-Keen, 3:34.04;

• 50 freestyle - 7. Brynn Larson, 32.31;

• 100 butterfly - 5. Krekelberg, 1:21.98, 7. Hart, 1:27.74;

• 100 freestyle - 7. Ivy Ohlhauser, 1:16.62, 8. Brynn  Larson, 1:17.06,  11. Bella Moskowitz, 1:32.4;

• 500 freestyle - 6. Flynn, 7:14.74, 7. Carlson, 7:32.63;

• 200 freestyle relay - 5. Borchert, Ohlhauser, Israel, Carlson, 2:14;

• 100 backstroke - 7. Hart, 1:27.78, 9, Vetos-Keen, 1:32.05, 10. Israel, 1:43.02;

• 100 breaststroke - 5. Borchert, 1:32.82;

• 400 freestyle relay - 4. Krekelberg, Hart, Flynn, Borchert, 5:01.77, 6. Carlson, Brynn Larson, Ohlhauser, Vetos-Keen, 5:16.13.