Mayo put on a stellar display Saturday at the Rochester Recreation Center pool to capture the Big Nine Conference girls swimming and diving title for the second time in three years.
Mayo totaled 501.5 points and Northfield was a distance second place with 244.5 points. John Marshall was fifth in the 12-team field with 196 points and Century was seventh with 148 points.
Mayo won three individual events and one relay. lsabella Lichen won the diving championship by less than three points. Lauren Wood won the 100 butterfly while Kasey Ericson captured the 100 freestyle and she was second in the 200 freestyle.
Ericson was also a member of Mayo's winning 400 freestyle relay team along with Lindsey Turner, Gretchen Dowdy and Ella Thompson. Turner was second in the 500 freestyle and Mayo was also runner-up in the 200 freestyle relay.
Lauren Fee won the 200 individual medley for John Marshall.
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BIG NINE CONFERENCE MEET
Team scores
1. Mayo 501.5, 2. Northfield 244.5, 3. Faribault 239, 4. Mankato West 221, 5. John Marshall 196, 6. Winona 191, 7. Century 148, 8. Owatonna 148, 9. Albert Lea 121, 10. Red Wing 91, 11. Austin 86, 12. Mankato East 74.
Individual results
(Winner, top-10 Rochester, Austin, Red Wing finishers; relays top five)
200 medley relay — 1. Northfield 1:53.64, 3. (tie) Mayo (Annie Wu, Anna Cook, Lauren Wood, Bryn Carlstrom); John Marshall (Mara Caples, Lauren Fee, Megan Hrabak, Dana Brandt) 1:56.11. 200 freestyle —1. Abby Larson (Far) 1:57.82; 2. Kasey Erickson (Mayo) 2:00.63; 4. Alayna Patten (Cent) 2:01.78; 5. Sophia Alfred (Mayo) 2:03.62; 6. Aleia Johnson (Mayo) 2:06.57. 200 IM —1. Lauren Fee (JM) 2:14.38; 3. Anna Cook (Mayo) 2:16.30; 4. Madie DeJong (Mayo) 2:20.80; 6. Gretchen Dowdy (Mayo) 2:23;12; 7. Emily Wahlen (JM) 2:23.59; 8. Annie Wu (Mayo) 2:23.85. 50 freestyle —1. Emily Taylor (AL) 25.18; 3. Ella Thompson (Mayo) 25.52; 5. Lauren Wood (Mayo) 25.86; 7. Bryn Carlstrom (Mayo) 26.08; 9. (tie) Abby Gogolewski (Aus), Erin Todd (Mayo) 26.21. Diving— 1. lsabella Lichen (Mayo) 355.80; 4. Madelyn Mullenbach (Aus) 332.70; 5. Katie Heins (Cent) 325.00; 9. Olivia Baratz (Mayo) 286.60. 100 butterfly —1. Lauren Wood (Mayo) 1:00.95; 3. Ella Thompson (Mayo) 1:01.87; 4. Mara Caples (JM) 1:02.42; 5. Sophia Alfred (Mayo) 1:02.43; 6. (tied) Madie DeJong (Mayo) 1:03.39; 8. Cecelia DeJong (W) 1:03.69. 100 freestyle— 1. Kasey Ericson (Mayo) 54.51; 2. Alayna Patten (Cent) 55.10; 7. Bryn Carlstrom (Mayo) 57.85; 8. (tie) Erin Todd (Mayo) 58.21. 500 freestyle —1. Abby Larson (Far) 5:18.06; 2. Lindsey Turner (Mayo) 5:18.16; 2. Sara DeLone (Mayo) 5:33.8; 4. Julia Cima (cent) 5:38.01; 5. Aleia Johnson (Mayo) 5:38.74; 9. Saskia Vanderwiel (Mayo) 5:46.22. 200 freestyle relay —1. Faribault 1:41.92; 2. Mayo (Madie DeJong, Erin Todd, Ella Thompson, Kasey Ericson) 1:42.46; 5. Century (Michelle Mai, Madison Engel, Jessia He, Alayna Patten) 1:46.36. 100 backstroke —1. Jaeda Koziolek (AL) 1:02.05, 3. Mara Caples (JM) 1:03.12; 4. Annie Wu (Mayo) 1:04.42; 7. Gretchen Dowdy (Mayo) 1:05.86. 100 breaststroke —1. Sophia Nevin (Nor) 1:07.09; 4. Lauren Fee (JM) 1:12.03; 6. Anna Cook (Mayo) 1:12.89; 8. Sammy Kriese (RW) 1:13.94; 10. Isabelle Ohly (JM) 1:16.74. 400 freestyle relay —1. Mayo (Lindsey Turner, Gretchen Dowdy, Ella Thompson, Kasey Ericson) 3:43.22; 4. John Marshall (Cassidy George, Alyssa George, Mara Caples, Lauren Fee) 3:56.06.
