ALEXANDRIA — Six Central Lakes Conference titles weren’t enough for the Brainerd Warriors to get over the Sartell Sabres Saturday, Oct. 28, in the Central Lakes Conference Championships.
Brainerd needed to defeat Sartell to climb into a tie for the CLC season title, but Sartell outpointed Brainerd 540-444 to win the conference crown.
The Warriors didn’t go down without a fight, however.
Brainerd scored big points in the 100 butterfly as Lind Giuliani won in 1:00.11. Autumn Larson placed fifth followed by Kaia Iske in eighth and Lily Larson in 10th out of 32 swimmers.
Linda Guiliani
Giuliani also placed second in the 100 backstroke with Greta Gearey in 10th.
Aralyn Marcelo won the 200 freestyle in 2:02.25 with Scarlett Anderson placing sixth. Marcelo was second in the 500 free with a 5:29.49 and Anderson finished eighth.
Aralyn Marcelo
Mya Tautges recorded a first-place time of 54.92 in the 100 freestyle with Isabelle Ploof finishing fourth. Ella Ostrowski added a 10th-place finish.
Mya Tautges added a second-place finish in the 50 free with Ploof in seventh.
Avery Duerr secured a third-place finish in the 200 individual medley with a 2:20.11. Brynn Haapajoki finished ninth.
Duerr secured her conference championship in the breaststroke with a 1:09.42. Haapajoki finished ninth.
Avery Duerr
As has been the case all season, Brainerd won the 200 freestyle. The foursome of Mya Tautges, Duerr, Giuliani and Ploof swam a 1:52.88.
Tautges and Ploof teamed with Marcelo and Scarlett Anderson to win the 200 free relay.
The 400 relay of Marcelo, Anderson, Giuliani and Duerr placed second.
The top three individuals and the top two relays earn all-conference honors. For individual events, places 4-6 earn honorable mention, while places 3-4 in relays earn that distinction.
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