Bemidji finishes 6th at Border Battle meet

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By Pioneer Staff Report

September 21, 2024 at 6:35 PM

WEST FARGO, N.D. 鈥� The Bemidji High 歪歪漫画 girls swimming and diving team finished sixth at the Border Battle meet Saturday afternoon.

Kennedy Olson continued her stellar season by taking first place in the meet's diving event, notching a score of 386.20.

Finley Zothman earned a pair of top-three finishes at the Border Battle, placing third in the 50-yard freestyle (25.89) and second in the 100-yard freestyle (55.98).

Elle Wille finished in the top-10 in two events: the 200-yard freestyle (2:10.73, seventh) and the 500-yard freestyle (5:59.80, seventh).

Zothman, Wille, Josie Carter and Ella Yoder teamed up to capture third in the 200 freestyle relay.

Another Bemidji relay team earned a solid finish at the meet. Zothman, Wille, Emily Haack and Quinn Friedt finished sixth in the 400-yard freestyle with a time of 4:01.02.

Team Results

1-Legacy 392; 2-Horace 362.5; 3-West Fargo Sheyenne 289; 4-Fargo North 264; 5-West Fargo 204; 6-Bemidji 153; 7-Andover 142; 8-Detroit Lakes 134; 9-Willmar 103.5; 10-Albany 96.

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