Photo by Sam Thiel Marshall’s Maddie Larson competes in the 200 yard individual medley during their meet against Willmar on Tuesday. Marshall defeated Willmar 105-79.

MARSHALL — After spending its first month of the season on the road, the Marshall girls swimming and diving team held its first home meet of the season on Tuesday, defeating Willmar 105-79.

“We had our whole roster here, which was a big deal and keeping everyone healthy and in play,” Marshall coach Nikki Axe-Bell said. “I was able to move some people around and see some different swims from people I haven’t seen this season and this was our first time swimming at home and we always swim confidently at home and enjoy their home pool and that was true again here. This was our fifth meet in eight school days so they are pretty sore and tired.”

In the 200 yard medley relay, the team of Mansi Bell, Maddie Larson, Hailey Brandt and Clara Bader took first with time of 2:01.56 while the team of Alex Larson, Emma Beavers, Alli Kopitski and Autumn Deutz took second with a time of 2:06.71 and the team of Elizabeth Coudron, Paige Milstead, Taylor Brandt and Aaliyah Podratz took sixth with a time of 2:23.65. In the 200 yard freestyle, Kopitski took second with a time of 2:12.79 while Milstead took fifth with a time of 2:22.75 and Coudron took sixth with a time of 2:30.14. In the 200 yard individual medley, Maddie Larson took first with a time of 2:26.75 while Alex Larson took second with a time of 2:31.14 and Beavers took fourth with a time of 2:33.09. In the 50 yard freestyle, Grace Rokeh took second with a time of 26.78 seconds while Hailey Brandt took third with a time of 27.33 seconds and Deutz took fourth with a time of 27.79 seconds.

In the 1 meter dive, Bader took second with a score of 176.75 while Reagan Brandt took third with a score of 158.50 and Brooklyn Gossen took fourth with a score of 149.80. In the 100 yard butterfly, Hailey Brandt took first with a time of 1:04.49 while Bell took third with a time of 1:09.29 and Reagan Brandt took fifth with a time of 1:14.76. In the 100 yard freestyle, Rokeh took first with a time of 58.94 seconds while Bader took second with a time of 59.48 seconds and Gossen took fifth with a time of 1:04.47. In the 500 yard freestyle, Kopitski took second with a time of 5:56.72 while Milstead took third with a time of 6:17.51 and Podratz took sixth with a time of 6:37.90.

In the 200 yard freestyle relay, the team of Bader, Rokeh, Alex Larson and Bell took first with a time of 1:48.58 while the team of Beavers, Maddie Larson, Reagan Brandt and Gossen took third with a time of 1:56.96. In the 100 yard backstroke, Deutz took second with a time of 1:09.33 while Alex Larson took third with a time of 1:09.37 and Bell took fourth with a time of 1:10.65. In the 100 yard breaststroke, Maddie Larson took first with a time of 1:14.23 while Beavers took second with a time of 1:15.45 and Eryn Kraft took fifth with a time of 1:13.26 to round out their times.

Up next

Marshall will compete next on Oct. 14 at home against Tri-City United at 6 p.m. Axe-Bell said their biggest takeaway is continuing to fine-tune some fundamental skills as well as properly recovering as a group.

“They did a nice job of finishing their races and getting their hands to the wall; we have some people who are new to high school swimming, so just understanding what dual meet scoring is about and watching the scoreboard and fine-tuning our starts, turns and general knowledge of the sport,” Axe-Bell said. “We will have a two-week break now because we’ve been in a cycle for a week and a half of train, recover and prepare, so this will be a good opportunity for us to get some yards in which we haven’t been doing because we’ve been doing a lot of race-ready work.”