Todd Fritze switched his lineup around and the Park Rapids girls swimming and diving team coasted to a 91-80 Mid-State Conference victory over Staples-Motley Thursday night at the Area High School pool.
Staples-Motley won the 200-yard medley relay to open the meet, but the Panthers dominated the rest of the way in building a 91-53 advantage before swimming exhibition in the final two events.
Brandi Werner (2:06.19), Leah Meinert (2:23.28) and Emily Nelson (2:38.28) went 1-2-3 in the 200 freestyle and Sarah Ament followed with a winning time of 2:32.36 in the 200 individual medley to give the Panthers a 30-14 lead.
Lindsey Kanten took first in diving with 143.05 points and Carly Helfrich (1:14.34) and Melissa Haas (1:22.12) went 1-2 in the 100 butterfly as Park Rapids held a 53-29 lead.
Werner (5:35.29), Alexa Zunich-Andersen (6:37.92) and Kaitlyn Nelson (6:57.13) went 1-2-3 in the 500 free-style before the Panthers went 1-2 in the 200 freestyle relay to push the margin to 83-42. Emily Nelson, Greta Ertl, Meinert and Werner won that relay in 1:57.58 while Ament, Haas, Taylor Ondracek and Zunich-Andersen followed in 1:59.07.
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The Panthers, who swam exhibition in the last two events, improved to 6-2 in dual meets this season.
Park Rapids will host Detroit Lakes in another Mid-State Conference dual meet Thursday night.
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200 medley relay: 1, Staples, 2:10.66. 2, Park Rapids (E. Nelson, Helfrich, Goebel, Niemeyer), 2:19.83. 3, Park Rapids (Ament, Ertl, Zunich-Andersen, K .Nelson), 2:19.93.
200 freestyle: 1, Werner, PR, 2:06.19. 2, Meinert, PR, 2:23.28. 3, E. Nelson, PR, 2:38.28. 4, Weyer, SM, 2:45.76.
200 individual medley: 1, Ament, PR, 2:32.36. 2, Johnson, SM, 2:42.47. 3, Ertl, PR, 2:48.13. 4, Haas, PR, 2:49.60.
50 freestyle: 1, C. VanHeel, SM, 26.98. 2, Goebel, PR, 29.26. 3, Branchaud, SM, 29.64. 4, Zunich-Andersen, PR, 29.98. 5, Givans, SM, 30.55. 6, Niemeyer, PR, 32.16.
Diving: 1, Kanten, PR, 143.05 points.
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100 butterfly: 1, Helfrich, PR, 1:14.34. 2, Haas, PR, 1:22.12. 3, Roth, SM, 1:26.29. 4, Weyer, SM, 1:28.24. 5, Knott, PR, 1:32.31.
100 freestyle: 1, C. VanHeel, SM, 1:00.88. 2, Ertl, PR, 1:04.63. 3, J. VanHeel, SM, 1:05.57. 4, Iverson, SM, 1:06.02. 5, E. Nelson, PR, 1:12.60. 6, Niemeyer, PR, 1:12.73.
500 freestyle: 1, Werner, PR, 5:35.29. 2, Zunich-Andersen, PR, 6:37.92. 3, K. Nelson, PR, 6:57.13.
200 freestyle relay: 1, Park Rapids (E. Nelson, Ertl, Meinert, Werner), 1:57.58. 2, Park Rapids (Ament, Haas, Ondracek, Zunich-Andersen), 1:59.07. 3, Staples, 2:09.14.
100 backstroke: 1, Johnson, SM, 1:13.32. 2, Goebel, PR, 1:15.72. 3, Givans, SM, 1:16.58. 4, Bjorge, SM, 1:19.25. 5, Helfrich, PR, 1:19.86. 6, K. Nelson, PR, 1:26.08.
100 breaststroke: 1, K. Iverson, SM, 1:18.53. 2, Martin, SM, 1:34.78. 3, L. Iverson, SM, 1:37.79. Exhibition: Ament, PR, 1:23.29; Meinert, PR, 1:28.25; Hanson, PR, 1:46.33.
400 freestyle relay: 1, Staples, 4:17.53. 2, Staples, 4:47.90. Exhibition: Park Rapids (Haas, Meinert, K. Nelson, Helfrich), 4:21.65; Park Rapids (Werner, Niemeyer, Ondracek, Goebel), 4:23.79.
