SL swimming wins Ludington Relays for third straight year

Spring Lake's varsity swim team took first place at the Ludington Relays for thie third straight year and for the first time under new coach Nikki Theune. "This meet is always a great way to start the season,' she said. "It's fun and it gives us a chance to see how the other teams in our conference are doing.' The Lakers opened the meet on a positive note, with their 400 medley relay team of Jaylen Adkins, Lydia Gleason, Roxane Strobel and Ginny Cotterall taking first place.

Tribune Staff

Aug 24, 2011

Other top finishes for the Lakers included the 200 breaststroke team of Audrey Gleason, Dani DiTrapani, Emma Donnelly, and Lydia Gleason; and the 500 crescendo relay squad of DiTrapani, Anny Heyblom, Hadlee Garrison and Cotterall.

“I saw the girl next to me and I knew I could catch her, but I didn’t even think catching the girl in first place was possible until I hit the wall,” said Cotterall, who had an tremendous 200 freestyle split and brought the team to first place.

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