(Chelsea Update would like to thank coach Andrew Thomson for the information in this story.)
On Thursday, Oct. 23, the Chelsea girls swim and dive team traveled to the Lincoln Railsplitters and won the dual by a final tally of 117-63, remaining undefeated for the season.
The Bulldogs took the opportunity to swim a unique lineup against the Splitters and give many of the girls on the team an opportunity to shine in different events. The medley relay team of Nikki Atchley, Camden Dammeyer, Sydney Hodel and Kaia Newman started off the meet by taking first place (2:15.10).
Clara Nelsen touched first in the 200 free (2:18.36) while Maria Elie finished the 200 IM first (2:44.44). In the 50 free, Jamie Wurster and Molly Olk placed first and second (27.12 and 29.97).
The diving event was the only event where the Bulldogs did not take first place. Lily Francisco finished second (197.35 points) and Sabrina Matusko finished fifth (124.85 points). The 100 butterfly saw another Chelsea finish of first and second place, with Lauren Olk first (1:09.54) and Nelsen second (1:17.22). In the 100 free, Taylor Brodbeck managed first place (1:01.10) and Emmah Boquette paced the 500 free and finished in first place (5:58.73).
The girls swept the 200 free relay, with the team of Dammeyer, Jordan Fannin, Kim Quinn and Hodel taking first (2:00.50). The team of Rachel Valek, Clare Dettling, Shelby Coller and Lauren Olk finished second (2:01.28) and third place went to the team of Wurster, Elie, Kloie Hohl and Meryl McDonnell (2:02.46).
Valek led the backstroke event (1:07.79) while Dammeyer touched first in the 100 breaststroke, narrowly missing the state cut (1:14.90). The meet finished with the 400 free relay team of McDonnell, Quinn, Alex Dana and Brodbeck touching second (4:35.70), while Lauren Olk, Cynthia Gillespie, Fannin and Collier finished third (4:41.49), and Atchley, Hohl, Dettling and Elie took fourth (4:46.20).
The Bulldogs will look to continue their unbeaten dual meet streak on Oct. 23 when they host the Tecumseh Indians.
