Article updated: 10/27/2012 7:46 PM

Just like that, a new MSL champ: Fremd

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Coach Andrew Kittrell, middle, soaks up a winning team effort with his Fremd swimmers after Saturday's Mid-Suburban League meet at Barrington.

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Barrington's Mekenna Scheitlin, right, and teammate Olivia Hoffman celebrate a 1-2 finish in the 100-yard butterfly during Saturday's Mid-Suburban League meet at Barrington.

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Fremd senior Breanna Anderson heads for victory in the 100-yard freestyle in Saturday's Mid-Suburban League meet at Barrington.

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Barrington junior Mekenna Scheitlin celebrates a winning effort in the 50-yard freestyle during Saturday's Mid-Suburban League meet at Barrington.

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Barrington's Mekenna Scheitlin, right, and Olivia Hoffman celebrate a 1-2 finish in the 100-yard butterfly during Saturday's Mid-Suburban League meet at Barrington.

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Barrington freshman Kristen Jacobsen provides a winning finish in the 200-yard freestyle in Saturday's Mid-Suburban League meet at Barrington.

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Barrington's run of consecutive girls swimming and diving conference championships, which covered two decades, was finished by fractions of seconds. Fremd earned narrow victories against its Barrington competitors in the first two relays of the Mid-Suburban League meet on Saturday, the 200 -yard medley and the 200 free relays. If meet host Barrington had won either of those two races, the team standings would have ended up differently. But Fillies coach Jim Bart and his team were nothing but gracious in seeing their enduring reign of dominance end in the blink of an eye. "First and foremost, we offer our congratulations to Fremd," said Bart. "Their girls did what they needed to do to win the meet. They earned it." Fremd finished with 291 points, and Barrington had 283.