2 weeks Ago By Joe Brown
WILLMAR — Noelle Becker and Marin Wallestad secured first-place finishes for the Willmar girls swimming and diving team against Detroit Lakes. The visiting Lakers won the Central Lakes Conference dual 105-78 on Thursday at Willmar High School. Becker, a junior, won the 50-yard freestyle at 26.
98 seconds. Teammate Kaylee Hurley was third at 28.07.
Becker also took second in the 100 freestyle at 1:01.80. Wallestad was the winner in the 100 backstroke.
The Cardinals freshman touched the board at 1:07.69. She also placed second in the 200 individual medley at 2:33.
64. Willmar’s 200 freestyle relay, featuring Becker, Hurley, Kaelyn Swenson and Amelia Tauber, won in 1:52.97.
Kinley Newberg (200 freestyle, 2:21.06), Hurley (100 butterfly, 1:08.79), Laila Marker (500 freestyle, 6:19.
23) and Tangh Conklin (100 breaststroke, 1:22.00) were each runners-up. The Cardinals host Melrose for a non-conference dual at 6 p.
m. Tuesday at Willmar. Detroit Lakes 105, Willmar 78.
