Girls swimming and diving: Invite victories for Barrington, Hersey
Barrington's girls swimming and diving team proved to be the class of the Lake County Invitational hosted by Lake Forest on Saturday.
The Fillies, who remain perfect in both invitationals and duals to start the season, finished with 327 points to top runner-up Stevenson (260) and third-place Libertyville (183).
Junior Maggie Emary and sophomore Bridget O'Leary did much of the damage for Barrington by winning twice individually.
Emary was tops in the 200-yard IM (2:09.87) and 500 free (5:04.60). O'Leary won the 200 free (1:54.51) and continued to drop time with a victory in the 100 free (53.13).
The Fillies also got a win from Ally Penrod in the 100 breast (1:06.49) along with top-three finishes from Becca Galovich (200 free, third), Emma Graves (third in 100 fly and 500 free), Ellie Graves (500 free, second), Penrod (200 IM, third) and Catherine Kitzman (100 breast, second).
Tea Ragnini, Emary, O'Leary and Penrod wrapped up the meet with a victory in the 400 free relay in 3:35.84.
Senior Rachel Song came up with a pair of victories for Stevenson. She won the 100 fly in 58.00, edging out teammate Jessica Lenhart, and Song won the 100 back in 59.06.
Song also took the butterfly leg of the winning 200 medley relay with teammates Ashley Carollo, Danielle Fang and Morgan Bosse (1:50.50).
Vernon Hills sophomore Drew Petereit had the top finish in the 50 freestyle (25.04), and Libertyville's Claire Neuberger won diving with an 11-effort score of 383.70.
Hersey wins Stampede: Olivia Kusio broke the pool record with a winning time of 1:08.04 in the 100-yard breaststroke as Hersey took top team honors in the invitational hosted by Buffalo Grove.
Kusio was a winner in all four races for the Huskies, taking the 200 IM in 2:15.73 along with legs on two winning relays. She joined Mili Meredith, Jenny Lutz and Claire Lutz on the medley (1:53.22), then the Lutz sisters and Claire Fink on the 200 free relay (1:42.75).
Other winners for Hersey included Jenny Lutz in the 100 fly (1:00.68) and Madeline Bovino in diving (379.75).
Jacobs/Hampshire had a double winner in Izzy Bavaro, who prevailed in both the 100 free (56.61) and the 100 back (1:00.88).
Mundelein's Molly Mishler won the 50 free in 25.46, edging out Conant's Aly Wooley (25.61), and Cary-Grove Ashlynn Baker had the top 200 free time (2:03.05).
Hersey, which got a runner-up finish from Julia Gerstung in the 100 fly, was way out in front with 478 points in the team picture. Mundelein scored 278 to finish second, just ahead of Jacobs/Hampshire (272) and Prospect (252.5).
The top finish for the Knights came from Gracie Dix, who placed fourth in the 50 free (26.24).
Record effort from Sprenger: Elk Grove sophomore Anna Sprenger set a meet record in the Grenafiesta Invitational her team hosted, finishing her 11-dive list with a score of 389.55.
The IMSA/Yorkville co-op won the meet with 596 points and had meet-record efforts from Colleen O'Conner in the 100 breast (1:10.83) and 200 IM (2:16.71), Linnea Lee-Brown in the 50 free (25.30) and the medley (1:55.12) and 200 free (1:42.14) relays.