Redskins end swimming dual season with victory

PONTIAC — The Morris Lady Redskins pulled out a 94-92 swimming victory over Pontiac Tuesday night by winning and taking a third place in the final event.
Diane Ashley, Heather Lamb, Nicole Michaelowski and Chelsea Cravens teamed up for a 4:47.75 to claim the 400 meter free relay for Morris while Marissa Jones, Cassie Balazic, Katelyn Miller and Aimee Nugent took third in 5:23.18.
It was seven events won by the Lady Redskins. Morris got a pair of individual wins by Ashley along with Cravens while Alyssa Applebee and Heather Lamb also were individual winners.
Cravens doubled in the 100 breaststroke [1:25.65] and the 100 butterfly [1:17.33] while Ashley took the 200 Individual Medley [2:58.49] and the 100 free [1:11.49]. Applebee totaled 210.45 points in the diving while Lamb touched first in the 400 free [5:38.46].
Ashley, Cravens, Lamb and Kayla Onsen were second in 2:25.72 while Katelyn Miller, Michalowski, Meghan Sweet and Marisa Jones wound up third in 2:41.85. Arielle Piper, Kristen Kay, Stephanie Rodriguez and Lauren Sweet were fourth [non-scoring] in 2:42.53. Other Morris exhibition teams were Ashley Olsen, Harmony Alford, Mary Woverton and Stephanie Barretto [3:10.12}; Katie Yard, Luren Sokolinski, Madelyn Flood and Kirsten Olsen [3:10.75]; plus MaryKate Messing, Liz Avila, Jana Berryman and Sarah Sidy [3:11.00].
Aimee Nugent was third [2:44.01], Lamb fourth [2:44.09] and Carolyn McLaughlin sixth [3:09.07] in the 200 freestyle. Kayla Onsen [:33.15] was second, Jones {:33.53] fourth and Lauren Sweet [:35.77] sixth in the 50 meter free. Woverton was fourth [123.30 points] and Alex Rossi fifth [104.25] in the diving.
Cassie Balazic was fourth in 1:30.49 and Meghan Sweet fifth [1:32.09] next in the 100 fly. Kayla Onsen was fifth [1:18.05] and Sokolinski sixth [1:29.03] in the 100 free. Nugent [5:59.87] was second in the 400 free while Katie Lincoln was sixth in 7:02.60.
Applebee, Meghan Sweet, Michalowski and Kayla Onsen were second in 2:16.23 in the 200 free relay. Rhiannon Baklazic, Miller, Nugent and Jones were fourth in 2:21.45. McLaughlin, Maggie Ascolani, Kay and Lauren Sweet were fifth [2:34.54] while Ashley Olsen, Avila, Barretto and Gen Toussaint took seventh in 2:38.83. Messing, Bryanna Niswonger, Berryman and Rodriguez were eighth in 2:49.11.
Miller [1:28.98] was second, Meghan Sweet [1:34.49] third and Piper [1:37.63] fourth in the 100 backstroke. Rodriguez was third [1:38.16] and Applebee sixth [1:43.69] in the 100 breast. Applebee, Ascolani, Lincoln and McLaughlin were fifth in 6:03.47 in the 400 relay.
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