By Paul Lecker

Sports Reporter

HUDSON — The Marshfield girls swim team placed 11th out of 13 teams at the WIAA Division 1 sectional Saturday at Hudson High School.

Hudson won the team title with 301.5 points, Eau Claire Memorial finished second with 291.5, and Wausau East took third with 278.

Sophie Koehn placed seventh in both the 100 freestyle (58.91 seconds) and 100 backstroke (1:05.64) for Marshfield’s top finishes.

Elizabeth Holbrook finished eighth in the 100 breaststoke (1:12.21) and 12th in the 100 breaststroke (2:22.72) as well for the Tigers.

Koehn, Holbrook, Valerie Kushnir, and Megan Donahue had Marshfield’s top relay finish, taking eighth in the 200 medley relay in 2:00.92.

The event winners move on to the 2014 WIAA State Girls Swimming Championships in Madison next Saturday.

2014 WIAA Division 1 Girls Swimming Sectional

Nov. 8 at Hudson High School

Team scores: 1. Hudson 301.5; 2. Eau Claire Memorial 291.5; 3. Wausau East 278; 4. Chippewa Falls/McDonell 259; 5. Stevens Point 232; 6. D.C. Everest 213; 7. Holmen/Aquinas/Onalaska 157; 8. Eau Claire North 121; 9. Wisconsin Rapids 119; 10. Superior 117; 11. Marshfield 92; 12. Wausau West 69; 13. La Crosse Logan/Central 8.

Winners and Marshfield finishers

Diving: 1. Ele Higley (ECM) 503.50.
200 medley relay: 1. Wausau East (Hailey Bunkleman, Sarah Kane, Hannah Plummer, Bethany Novak-Tveten) 1:51.68; 8. Marshfield (Sophie Koehn, Elizabeth Holbrook, Valerie Kushnir, Megan Donahue) 2:00.92.
200 freestyle: 1. Kaitlin Heinen (SUP) 1:54.89; 21. Sarah Claessens (MAR) 2:11.44; 28. Elise Ashby (MAR) 2:26.86; 30. Megan Nordbeck (MAR) 2:37.66.
200 IM: 1. Sarah Manz (ECM) 2:12.08; 12. Holbrook (MAR) 2:22.72; 22. Charlotte Urban (MAR) 2:49.40.
50 freestyle: 1. Devin Cicha (HUD) 24.37; 22. Michelle Fernandez (MAR) 28.74; 26. Erika Roeglin (MAR) 29.59.
100 butterfly: 1. Cicha (HUD) 58.93; 26. Kushnir (MAR) 1:08.78; 30. April Read (MAR) 1:11.57.
100 freestyle: 1. Carli Olson (CF/M) 52.78; 7. Koehn (MAR) 58.91; 14. Donahue (MAR) 1:00.38.
500 freestyle: 1. Heinen (SUP) 5:10.47; 15. Claessens (MAR) 5:51.21; 28. Madi Hall (MAR) 6:34.63; 29. Grace Hilbelink (MAR) 6:36.36.
200 freestyle relay: 1. Chippewa Falls/McDonell (Olson, Ashton Ott, Nadine Porzondek, Erica Shakal) 1:39.49; 12. Marshfield (Roeglin, Fernandez, Kushnir, Claessens) 1:54.72.
100 backstroke: 1. Madalyn Peterson (DC) 1:01.73; 7. Koehn (MAR) 1:05.64; 14. Donahue (MAR) 1:07.53; 19. Molina Barker (MAR) 1:10.91.
100 breaststroke: 1. Lianna Wood (HUD) 1:06.61; 8. Holbrook (MAR) 1:12.21.
400 freestyle relay: 1. Chippewa Falls/McDonell (Olson, Ott, Porzondek, Shakal) 3:39.58; 10. Marshfield (Claessens, Donahue, Koehn, Holbrook) 4:01.30.

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(Hub City Times Sports Reporter Paul Lecker is also the publisher of MarshfieldAreaSports.com.)