By Chad Koenen

Publisher

Grace Hamm captured a pair of first place finishes in two swimming meets last week, while Hope Hamm captured the top spot in diving in Moorhead. On Tuesday night, the swimmers competed in Moorhead, before traveling to Fergus Falls on Saturday for the Otter Invite. 

Grace Hamm took first place in the 100-yard butterfly in both Moorhead and Fergus Falls, while Hope Hamm took first place in the Moorhead meet on Tuesday night in diving. 

Tuesday

Hope Hamm took first place in diving with a score of 214.7 and Grace Hamm took first place in the 100-yard butterfly with a time of 1:03.58 at the Moorhead Spuds meet on Tuesday night.

In addition to the pair of first place finishes, Peggy Whitteron took second place in the 500-yard freestyle with a time of 6:15.45. 

“The girls swam and dove well! Our divers had a great meet—many of them having high scores on the season which is great to see,” said Samantha Salathe. “There were some speedy swimmers from other teams yesterday and many of our girls took the opportunity to race them and had great results because of it. They continue to work hard in the pool. Excited for the upcoming meets.”

Saturday

Detroit Lakes/Frazee traveled to Fergus Falls on Saturday for the Otter Invite. 

Hope Hamm continued her solid season in diving as the Frazee student took third place, behind just a pair of Perham/New York Mills divers. Hamm finished with a score of 194.55. 

Grace Hamm took first place in the 100-yard butterfly with a time of 1:04.6. She defeated the second place finisher by over 8 seconds as Mesa Kittelson of Morris/Minnewaska took second place with a time of 1:12.89.

As a team, Detroit Lakes/Frazee took second place with a score of 361.5. Fergus Falls won the meet with a score of 277.5

Fergus Falls Otter Invite

200 Medley Relay: 2. Emily Peterson, Marian Martin, Grace Hamm, Peggy Whitteron 2:06.73, 9. Hannah Barberg, Adelyn Hamar, Ashley Whitteron, Amelia Allen 2:18.62, 14. Kinley Wheeling, Adelia Hagel, Emily Schindler, Avery Braaten 3:01.08

200 Freestyle: 3. Peggy Whitteron 2:20.92, 6. Maggie Vickmark 2:23.70, 11. Emmery Wheeling 2:35.21, 13. Brielle Amundson 2:40.41, 14. Greta Pender 2:40.60

100 IM: 2. Rylie Wendt 1:12.02, 3. Marian Martin 1:13.64, 16. Adelia Hagel 1:33.27, 17. Kinley Wheeling 1:38.90

200 IM: 6. Ashley Whitteron 2:47.30, 7. Adelyn Hamar 2:50.79, 10. Savannah Hayes 3:05.45

50 Freestyle: 6. Hannah Barberg 28.22, 11. Sophia Karlgaard 29.72, 16. Amelia Allen 31.81, 18. Adelia Hagel 33.84, 24. Kinley Wheeling 35.70, 28. Avery Braaten 37.16

1 Meter Diving: 3. Hope Hamm 194.55, 9. Alonna Moench 146.85, 10. Marissa Cooper 141.25

50 Butterfly: 4. Emily Peterson 31.30, 8. Evelyn Martin 36.57, 10. Brielle Amundson 37.41, 12. Greta Pender 42.90, 14. Emily Schindler 44.10

100 Butterfly: 1. Grace Hamm 1:04.60

100 Freestyle: 5. Emily Peterson 1:03.00, 7. Liberty Peterson 1:03.70, 10. Ashley Whitteron 1:08.41, 16. Emily Schindler 1:20.96

500 Freestyle: 4. Peggy Whitteron 6:25.84

200 Freestyle Relay: 3. Grace Hamm, Rylie Wendt, Emily Peterson, Peggy Whitteron 1:52.54, 8. Ashley Whitteron, Evelyn Martin, Sophia Karlgaard, Liberty Peterson 2:01.05, 11. Greta Pender, Brielle Amundson, Emmery Wheeling, Savannah Hayes 2:10.15, 13. Riley Zurn, Emily Schindler, Avery Braaten, Kinley Wheeling 2:23.05

50 Backstroke: 5. Amelia Allen 40.47, 9. Avery Braaten 47.41

100 Backstroke: 3. Rylie Wendt 1:12.06, 4. Hannah Barberg 1:12.86, 7. Emmery Wheeling 1:20.00, 9. Liberty Peterson 1:22.15

50 Breaststroke: 6. Sophia Karlgaard 42.97

100 Breaststroke: 3. Marian Martin 1:18.73, 4. Grace Hamm 1:23.30, 9. Adelyn Hamar 1:28.78, 11. Evelyn Martin 1:29.40

400 Freestyle Relay: 3. Liberty Peterson, Adelyn Hamar, Marian Martin, Rylie Wendt 4:20.47, 8. Amelia Allen, Evelyn Martin, Emmery Wheeling, Sophia Karlgaard 4:42.78, 11. Brielle Amundson, Adelia Hagel, Greta Pender, Savannah Hayes 5:01.61

Moorhead Meet

200 Medley Relay: 4. Emily Peterson, Marian Martin, Grace Hamm, Peggy Whitteron 2:06.45, 7. Hannah Barberg, Adelyn Hamar, Ashley Whitteron, Sophia Karlgaard 2:17.33, 8. Emmery Wheeling, Evelyn Martin, Brielle Amundson, Greta Pender 2:28.67

200 Freestyle: 4. Quinn Rogstad 2:20.47, 5. Liberty Peterson 2:21.97, 9. Ashely Whitteron 2:35.71

200 IM: 3. Grace Hamm 2:28.75, 6. Riley Wendt 2:35.11, 7. Marian Martin 2:36.71

50 Freestyle: 5. Hannah Barberg 28.08, 6. Emily Peterson 28.17, 9. Amelia Allen 31.60

1 Meter Diving: 1. Hope Hamm 214.70, 3. Izabella Goodrich 190.15, 6. Marissa Cooper 154.20

100 Butterfly: 1. Grace Hamm 1:03.58, 7. Peggy Whitteron 1:09.24, 9. Ashley Whitteron 1:16.99

100 Freestyle: 3. Emily Peterson, 5. Liberty Peterson 1:03.65, 7. Quinn Rogstad 1:04.23

500 Freestyle: 2. Peggy Whitteron 6:15.45, 4. Riley Wendt 6:25.70, 7. Emmery Wheeling 6:55.92

200 Freestyle Relay: 4. Grace Hamm, Emily Peterson, Riley Wendt, Peggy Whitteron 1:56.01, 5. Ashley Whitteron, Liberty Peterson, Hannah Barberg, Quinn Rogstad 1:58.74, 8. Brielle Amundson, Carlee Zurn, Savannah Hayes, Amelia Allen 2:10.69

100 Backstroke: 7. Hannah Barberg 1:13.11, 8. Sophia Karlgaard 1:17.82, 9. Savannah Hayes 1:27.69

100 Breaststroke: 4. Marian Martin 1:19.16, 9. Adelyn Hamar 1:28.18, 10. Evelyn Martin 1:28.60

400 Freestyle Relay: 3. Quinn Rogstad, Liberty Peterson, Marian Martin, Riley Wendt 4:17.74, 6. Sophia Karlgaard, Evelyn Martin, Emmery Wheeling, Adelyn Hamar 4:42.67, 8. Brielle Amundson, Greta Pender, Savannah Hayes, Amelia Allen 4:56.68