BABBITT—Northeast Range/Ely swimmers posted a couple first-place varsity finishes in their meet with Rock Ridge on Tuesday.
The NER/Ely 400 freestyle relay team of Tuuli Koivisto, Sabrah Hart, Emelia Swenson, and Alli Krekelberg topped the field in their contest with a time of 5:22.73. Hart claimed an individual first in the 100 backstroke with a time of 1:29.82.
“We’re having a great season,” said Head Coach Cheri DeBeltz. We may not be winning the meets but with swimming that is a unique thing because each of the swimmers can and have been improving so much. We have such a young team they are really stepping up and swimming some great times!”
The team also notched some second place performances in events with multiple competitors. In the 200 medley relay, the team of Koivisto, Anna Larson, Via DeBeltz, and Alyssa Ice notched a second place finish with a time of 2:19.23.
DeBeltz finished as an individual in the 200 freestyle, while the team of DeBeltz, Ice, Larson and Swenson took second in the 200 freestyle relay with a time of 2:01.05.
Rock Ridge, a much larger school, topped the meet overall, with 50 total points to 31 for NER/Ely.