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Relay Sweep Powers Tigers to Team Title in Fort Dodge

Relay Sweep Powers Tigers to Team Title in Fort Dodge

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Fort Dodge, Ia (Northwest Iowa Now) – The Spencer Girls Swim Team traveled to Fort Dodge for the Gary Winkler Invite on Saturday.

The Tigers started off the evening with a first-place finish in the 200y Medley Relay.  A team of Emerson Wittrock, Halle Sears, Aubrey Paterson, and Aubrey McFarland clocked 1:54.64.

Sears got back in the pool for the next event, winning the 200y Free with a time of 2:00.97.  Spencer’s Kaela Weston finished 5th with a time of 2:20.84.

Wittrock took 3rd for the Tigers in the 200y Individual Medley, finishing with a time of 2:28.67.

In the 50y Free, Spencer’s Ava Vogt took 3rd with a time of 26.84, and teammate Maisy Schmidt was 4th at 27.6.

For the 100y Fly, Paterson won for Spencer with a time of 1:00.91.

Vogt picked up another top 5 individual finish, taking 3rd in the 100y Free with a time of 59.74 and Schmidt was 4th at 1:02.63.

Spencer’s team of Paterson, Vogt, McFarland, and Sears won the 200y Free with a time of 1:44.72.

Sears won her second individual event with a time of 1:01.9 in the 100y Backstroke with Wittrock taking 2nd at 1:02.47 and McFarland 5th at 1:05.86.

Jade Henson of Spencer was 4th in the 100y Breaststroke at 1:17.79.

The Tigers capped off a strong evening by completing the Relay Sweep.  Paterson, Wittrock, Vogt, and McFarland won the 400y Free with a time of 3:50.08.

In the Team Scores, Spencer won with 376.5 points, clearing 2nd place Carroll by 69 points.  Sioux City Metro was 3rd, Fort Dodge 4th, and Algona finished 5th.

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