Schnaith sets new school and pool record in 100 back

Red Wing senior Abbey Schnaith added another record to her illustrious career Thursday when she broke the school record and the pool record for the 100-yard backstroke.

Schnaith set the new mark at 59.83 seconds to win the event against Chanhassen at Twin Bluff Middle School. The previous school record was 1:00.35 and the previous pool record was 1:00.84. Schnaith already owned the school record but not the pool record.

Schnaith also saw one of her records fall at the meet as Chanhassen’s Kaia Grobe set a new pool record in the 50 free. Grobe swam in 23.84 seconds to beat the old mark of 24.06, set by Schnaith. Schnaith finished second in the race with a time of 24.5.

The Wingers fell 90-88 at the meet with the last three events run as exhibitions.

Jess Kolsky won 1-meter diving with a score of 171.9 and junior Amy Nemanich won the 500 freestyle in 5:51.29. Nemanich also took second in the 200 free in 2:10.9.

The 200 yard medley relay team of junior Sydney Steger, sophomore Ashley Thompson, sophomore Hannah Walch and Schnaith finished second in 1:58.34.

Thompson finished second in the 200 individual medley in 2:26.23 and Kelly Colwell finished third in 2:35.39. Thompson went on to finish second in the 100 breaststroke with a time of 1:12.86.

The 400 freestyle relay team of Nemanich, junior Dani Peterson, seventh-grader Claire King and Schnaith took second in 4:03.31.

Sophomore Julia Hofer took second in the 100 butterfly in 1:10.12

Sydney Steger cut eight seconds off her 200 individual medley time to finish in 2:41.7 for sixth place.

Colwell dropped nearly two seconds off her time in the 200 individual medley to finish in 2:35.39, and Hannah Kolsky cut 2.5 seconds in her 200 freestyle to finish the race in 2:15.96 for fourth place.

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