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Appleton North grabs eight state meet berths, Appleton West/Kimberly three at WIAA Division 1 girls swimming & diving sectional

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NEENAH – Appleton North earned eight state meet berths and Appleton West/Kimberly had three after competition at a WIAA Division 1 girls swimming & diving sectional on Saturday at Neenah Middle School.

Winners of each event and the next-best 18 finishers in each event statewide qualify for the 2024 WIAA State Girls Swimming & Diving Championships on Saturday, Nov. 16, at Waukesha South High School.

All three of Appleton North’s relay teams qualified for state, including two sectional champions. The Lightning’s 200-yard medley relay team of freshmen Maddie Loken, Elise Brazzale and Aeryn Weber, along with senior Ana Flanagan, won in 1:48.18; Afton Scoresby, Loken, Sophia Golub and Flanagan won the 200 freestyle relay in 1:37.97; and the 400 freestyle relay team of Brazzale, Golub, Weber and Scoresby placed third in 3:38.61 to qualify for state.

Flanagan won the 100 breastroke in 1:03.75 and will be joined at state by Loken, who was third in the event in 1:06.11. Flanagan also reached state in a fourth event as she placed second in the 50 freestyle in 23.83.

Also moving on in individual events for the Lightning were Brazzale in the 100 butterfly as she placed second in 58.27 seconds and Scoresby in the 100 freestyle as she finished second in 53.02.

Appleton West/Kimberly’s Callee DeBruin was the lone swimmer to make it for the co-op team as she took third in the 500 freestyle in 5:24.53.

Ava Strassburg won the diving competition with 459.70 points and teammate Luiciana Blair placed third with 434.70 as both will compete at the state meet for Appleton West/Kimberly.

Appleton East/Hortonville/Kaukauna did not have any state qualifiers.

WIAA Division 1 Girls Swimming & Diving Sectional
Nov. 9, at Neenah Middle School
Team scores: 1. Bay Port 348; 2. Appleton North 324; 3. Oshkosh West 244; 4. Neenah 224; 5. De Pere/West De Pere 214; 6. Green Bay Southwest 208; 7. Appleton West/Kimberly 168; 8. Sheboygan North/South 141; 9. Fond du Lac/Oakfield 114; 10. Oshkosh North/Lourdes 92; 11. Pulaski 92; 12. Appleton East/Hortonville/Kaukauna 58; 13. Manitowoc 56; 14. Beaver Dam 12.
Winners, and Appleton North, Appleton West/Kimberly and Appleton East/Hortonville/Kaukauna finishers
Diving: 1. Ava Strassburg (AHK) 459.70; 3. Luciana Blair (AWK) 434.70; 6. Adeline Rauen (AWK) 365.20; 12. Olivia Stephenson (AN) 274.50.
200 medley relay: 1. Appleton North (Maddie Loken, Ana Flanagan, Elise Brazzale, Aeryn Weber) 1:48.18; 6. Appleton West/Kimberly (Callee DeBruin, Isabella Rivas, Alaina Hagany, Brooklyn VanGompel) 1:56.28; 12. Appleton East/Hortonville/Kaukauna (Lainey Breaker, Nora Boucher, Jenna Smedberg, Alison Erickson) 2:04.66.
200 freestyle: 1. Kiersten Dietschweiler (OW) 1:51.38; 5. DeBruin (AWK) 2:02.20; 6. Sophia Golub (AN) 2:03.10; 7. Weber (AN) 2:04.12; 21. Lacey Graverson (AWK) 2:21.23.
200 individual medley: 1. Ivana Neverman (GBSW) 2:07.78; 3. Brazzale (AN) 2:13.26; 13. Graisyn Rabideau (AWK) 2:26.33; 14. Rivas (AWK) 2:26.92; 16. Ava Komp (AN) 2:29.37; 17. Jenna Smedberg (AEHK) 2:31.08; 19. Breaker (AEHK) 2:33.87; 22. Charlotte Woolf (AEHK) 2:44.28; 23. Bryn Hansen (AWK) 2:46.37; 24. Cassie Phillips (AEHK) 3:02.04.
50 freestyle: 1. Samara Zeinert (OW) 23.74; 2. Flanagan (AN) 23.93; 5. Afton Scoresby (AN) 25.22; 23. Erickson (AEHK) 27.37; 24. Madison Witz (AWK) and Avery Eisenschink (AEHK) 27.54; 30. Julia Wenzel (AN) 27.99; 34. Boucher (AEHK) 28.70; 36. Jade Biese (AEHK) 28.73; 42. Lucy Dollevoet (AWK) 30.03.
100 butterfly: 1. Carly Larson (DWDP) 56.33; 2. Brazzale (AN) 58.27; 6. Margo Maddaloni (AN) 1:01.82; 9. Hagany (AWK) 1:03.59; 17. Eisenschink (AEHK) 1:10.84.
100 freestyle: 1. Etta Yonke (OW) 52.91; 52.91; 2. Scoresby (AN) 53.02; 7. Golub (AN) 56.08; 11. VanGompel (AWK) 57.23; 22. Witz (AWK) 1:01.94; 29. Biese (AEHK) 1:04.01.
500 freestyle: 1. Dietschweiler (OW) 5:00.28; 3. DeBruin (AWK) 5:24.53; 7. Weber (AN) 5:31.88; 8. Maddaloni (AN) 5:35.92; 20. Erickson (AEHK) 6:12.32; 21. Graverson (AWK) 6:18.23; 22. Woolf (AEHK) 6:23.34; 26. Dollevoet (AWK) 6:44.71.
200 freestyle relay: 1. Appleton North (Scoresby, Loken, Golub, Flanagan) 1:37.97; 8. Appleton West/Kimberly (Hagany, Witz, VanGompel, DeBruin) 1:45.37; 12. Appleton East/Hortonville/Kaukauna (Eisenschink, Biese, Boucher, Erickson) 1:51.49.
100 backstroke: 1. Zeinert (OW) 57.66; 9. Rabideau (AWK) 1:05.18; 15. Breaker (AEHK) 1:06.95; 22. Bartell (AEHK) 1:18.50.
100 breaststroke: 1. Flanagan (AN) 1:03.75; 3. Loken (AN) 1:06.11; 10. Komp (AN) 1:15.62; 11. Rivas (AWK) 1:15.78; 12. Smedberg (AEHK) 1:15.86; 16. Boucher (AEHK) 1:18.67; 18. Hansen (AWK) 1:21.97; 22. Phillips (AEHK) 1:28.23.
400 freestyle relay: 1. Oshkosh West (Yonke, Zeinert, Sarah Draxler, Dietschweiler) 3:34.01; 3. Appleton North (Brazzale, Golub, Weber, Scoresby) 3:38.61; 7. Appleton West/Kimberly (Hagany, Witz, Rivas, VanGompel) 3:56.18; 12. Appleton East/Hortonville/Kaukauna (Breaker, Woolf, Smedberg, Eisenschink) 4:11.93.

Click here for complete sectional results, courtesy of the WIAA