Clintonville High School senior Gabrielle Goerlinger capped her high school swimming career Friday with a pair of top-10 finishes in her third trip to the WIAA State Division 2 Swimming and Diving Championships at the University of Wisconsin Natatorium in Madison.
Goerlinger, who last week won sectional championships in the 100-yard backstroke and 200 freestyle, earned her highest finish in three trips to state with a fifth-place finish in the backstroke. She managed to shave more than a second off of her sectional time, finishing in 1:00.43.
Georlinger finished 10th in the event last year with a time of 1:01.28 and finished 11th in 2012 with a time of 1:01.67.
The event was won by Baraboo senior Katie Coughlin, who finished in 56.56. Coughlin was followed by Edgewood’s Lauren Bergmann (58.12), DeForest’s Gabby Loeck (59.25) and Grafton’s Natalie Keshemberg (1:00.20).
In the 200 freestyle, Goerlinger took off 2.52 seconds from her sectional-winning time to finish eighth.
She finished eighth in the event last year with a time of 1:59.85.
New Berlin West senior Madison Tew won the event with a time of 1:50.67. McFarland’s Marissa Wolff (1:53.68) was second, followed by New Berlin Eisenhower’s Paige Carter (1:54.43), Edgewood’s Kelly Rodriguez (1:54.44), New Berlin Eisenhower’s Bella Passamani (1:57.42), Whitnall’s Kelly McElvain (1:57.44) and Monona Grove’s Wendy Pfefferkorn.
Shawano/Bonduel swimmers Ali Hanson and Clare Martell will compete in the Division 1 championships Saturday.
Hanson, a four-time state qualifying senior, will swim the 50 and 100 freestyle. Martell, a three-time state qualifying junior, will swim the 100 breaststroke.
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