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CLOQUET— The Northeast Range/Ely swim team came home with some hardware from the Lumberjack Log Jam tournament held here on Saturday, with three first-place finishes in a field of five teams …
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CLOQUET— The Northeast Range/Ely swim team came home with some hardware from the Lumberjack Log Jam tournament held here on Saturday, with three first-place finishes in a field of five teams and dozens of swimmers. Overall, the team swam to a strong third-place finish with 402 points. Cloquet-Esko-Carlton finished first in the home event with 535 points.
Anna Larson and Via DeBeltz took individual firsts against some of the biggest fields they’ve faced all season. DeBeltz topped the pool in the 500 freestyle over 13 other competitors with a time of 6:15.63, nearly 18 seconds ahead of the second-place finisher in the event. Swimming against 18 other competitors, Larson claimed the 50 freestyle with a time of 27.49, edging the second-place finisher by 0.17 seconds.
DeBeltz notched a second-place finish in the 200 freestyle, with a time of 2:19.35. Larson added a third-place finish in the 100 butterfly with a time of 1:12.36, just two seconds back of the winner.
Larson and DeBeltz were joined by Brynn Larson and Tuuli Koivisto to take first in the 200 freestyle relay in a field of 12 teams.
Overall, it was one of the most impressive performances of the NR/E squad all season and it points to a squad that is peaking at the right time with sectional competition right around the corner. The team is set to swim at Grand Rapids on Saturday and will be in International Falls on Tuesday before a week-long break ahead of sections.