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Bemidji earns 1st in every event at home meet against Warroad

The Bemidji High ÍáÍáÂþ»­ swimming and diving team had a great showing in its home meet against Warroad Tuesday evening.

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Swimmers prepare to compete in the 50-yard freestyle during a triangular meet on Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2024, at the BHS pool.
Madelyn Haasken / Bemidji Pioneer

BEMIDJI – The Bemidji High ÍáÍáÂþ»­ swimming and diving team finished atop every event in its meet against Warroad Tuesday evening, winning 142-41.

Finley Zothman earned a time of 2:11.24 in the 200-yard freestyle to capture the first of Bemidji’s first-place finishes in the solo events. Zothman, alongside Anna Friedt, Abby Daman and Naomi Olson, kicked the events off by finishing first in the 200-yard medley relay with a time of 2:06.41.

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Olson also picked up a pair of first-place finishes in individual events, clocking 2:47.55 in the 200 IM and 1:13.79 in the 100 butterfly.

Ellie Willie was the Lumberjacks’ top swimmer in the 50-yard freestyle (27.36). She also notched gold in the 100-yard freestyle (1:01.22).

As the only team fielding divers, Bemidji earned all three of the event's placements, led by Kennedy Olson’s 228.25 points.

Daman led the way in the 500 freestyle with a time of 5:47.10.

Abby Olson’s 1:16.57 finish in the 100 backstroke was good for first in the event and Quinn Friedt’s 1:26.80 in the 100 breaststroke grabbed the Jacks’ final first-place finish in individual events on the night.

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