ABOVE RIGHT: Jefferson/Cambridge freshman Jordyn Davis swims in the 100-yard butterfly during a WIAA Division 1 sectional March 30 at Jefferson High School. ABOVE LEFT; Zoey Rank swims in the 200-yard individual medley.
JEFFERSON — There were no better freshmen in the pool March 30 than Jefferson/Cambridge’s Jordyn Davis and Zoey Rank.
Davis won one individual event, while Rank captured two individual first-place finishes as the Jefferson/Cambridge girls swim team took third at a WIAA Division 1 sectional Tuesday at Jefferson High School.
The freshmen duo also helped the EagleJays to a first-place finish in the 200-yard medley relay. Jefferson/Cambridge finished third with 286 points, while McFarland won the sectional with 355 points. DeForest was the runner-up with 322 points.
Jefferson/Cambridge freshman Zoey Rank swims in the 200-yard individual medley during a WIAA Division 1 sectional Tuesday at Jefferson High School. Full WIAA sectional results were not available by publication time.
Davis and Rank, along with sophomore Emma Riedl and senior Josie Peterson got things started off on the right foot with a top finish in the 200 medley relay — the first event of the day. The EagleJay relay came in at 1 minute, 49.46 seconds. The second and third place times clocked in at 1:49.69 and 1:49.76, respectively.
In the third event of the afternoon — the 200-yard individual medley — Rank recorded her first individual win of the day with a time of 2:12.22. That was more than three seconds clear of the second-place time.
Just two events later, Davis finished first in the 100-yard butterfly. Davis timed in at 59.25 — the only swimmer to go under a minute in the race.
Members of the Jefferson/Cambridge girls swim team celebrate during a WIAA Division 1 sectional Tuesday at Jefferson High School.
In the final individual event of the day, Rank made it three first-place finishes overall on the day with a 1:05.64 in the 100-yard breaststroke.
Peterson just came up short in the 100-yard freestyle, clocking in at 54.48, good for second. Peterson also took third in the 50-yard freestyle with a time of 24.81.
In the 200-yard freestyle relay, Rank, Riedl, Davis and Peterson were the runners-up with a 1:41.48. Jefferson senior Heather Fox finished fourth in the 500-yard freestyle with a time of 6:00.7.
On To State
Davis, Rank, Peterson and Riedl all competed at the WIAA Alternate Girls Swimming State Championships April 6 in Waukesha. Their results will be posted online and a full story with photos will appear in the Thursday, April 15 edition of the News/Independent.
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