Schnaith breaks pool record in Shakopee

Red Wing senior Abbey Schnaith broke her own pool record Thursday at Shakopee for the Wingers swimming and diving team in the 100-yard backstroke.

Schnaith won in 1 minute, 0.85 seconds and broke the record she set there in 2008.

Red Wing won five events but lost 98-86 to the Sabers.

Ashley Thompson won two events and had a personal best in the 200 individual medley with a time of 2:25.43 to win that race. Thompson also got within a second of her personal best in the 100 breaststroke and won the event in 1:13.26.

The 200 medley relay team of Sydney Steger, Thompson, Hannah Walch and Schnaith won in 2:00.18, four seconds better than Shakopee.

Walch set a personal best this season in the 100 butterfly by almost two seconds with a time of 1:11.34. Walch also swam a leg of the 200 freestyle relay that finished second in 1:54.52. Julia Hofer, Jess Kolsky and Abby Sekus swam the other legs. Walch also took third in the 50 free in 27.56 seconds.

Kolsky won 1-meter diving with a score of 148.15.

Hofer took second in the 100 fly with a time of 1:11.20, a new personal best.

Hannah Kolsky dropped seven seconds off her 500 freestyle to set a new personal best of 6:08.13.

Schnaith finished second in the 200 freestyle in 2:00.22 and Amy Nemanich took second in the 500 freestyle with a time of 5:48.58.

The Wingers face Chanhassen Monday in Red Wing.

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