Tridents are going strong

Hosting a strong team from Lakeland and competing in the Spartan Relays at Superior High School, the Lake Holcombe-Ldysmith-Flambeau-Bruce-Bloomer swimmers took the victory over Lakeland, 108-59, to move to two wins and a loss this season, while at Superior, the Tridents took fourth place in the eightteam invitational, missing out on second by just 6 points.

Sept. 7 Lakeland Union

Standout swims from the home meet against Lakeland include a first place finish in the 200-yard freestyle by sophomore Megan DeWitt. Later in the meet, DeWitt also took first in the 500-yard freestyle, with a time of 6:34.84.

Just two days later, at the Superior Relays, DeWitt was again swimming these events and improved her times in both. Junior Hannah Minton set a new personal best, with a first place finish in the 100yard freestyle, with a time of 1:00.39.

Senior Madilyn Kempen swam a 1:08.15, 100-yard butterfly, to take first over Lakeland’s Saylor Timmerman, while junior Sarah Allard claimed first in the 100-yard backstroke, with a time of 1:18.07.

“Overall, we had a good night, and I was really happy with how the girls swam,” said coach Matt Bunton. “We continue to work on technique and that’s starting to pay dividends, which is great to see.”

Sept. 9 Superior

With the Spartan Relays always a fun meet for the Trident swimmers, it made sense to start their attack right away, with the relay team of junior Alyxandria Lunemann, sophomore Abigail Fye, DeWitt and freshman Nayeli Schilling, taking third place in the 200-yard medley relay, with a time of 2:14.82.

Next up, Minton, Kempen and Allard claimed second in the 3x100-yard individual medley relay, with a time of 3:36.12. The 4x50-yard freestyle team of freshman Sidney Heath, junior Lauren Hanson, sophomores Willow Peterson and Lyra Moffitt, took fifth place, with a time of 2:13.79.

A first place finish was achieved in the 4x-50-yard butterfly relay by Allard, Minton, Lunemann and Kempen, in a time of 2:05.08. Another third place finish in the 900 Crescendo Relay was earned by Minton, Heath, Hanson and DeWitt. The Tridents took third places again in the 3x100-yard backstroke and 3x100-yard breaststroke relays.

Wrapping up the meet, the 4x100-yard freestyle team of Schilling, Sidney Heath, Hanson and Fye took fourth, with a time of 4:31.72.

“All our girls had great swims today and represented our communities well…” said Bunton.