Editor’s note: Tracy Henson submitted this report.
On Saturday, September 8, 2018, Clinton, Davenport Central, Davenport West, Davenport North, Dubuque Hempstead, Morrison, Muscatine, Pekin, and Tipton Girls’ High School swim teams competed, in the River Queen Swimming and Diving Invitational at Clinton High School, Clinton, IA. Morrison Fillies have 11 swimmers, which is almost twice as many as the six girls that swam last year. They had a fantastic first meet of the season, with three Varsity wins. Gracen Harmon won the 200 Freestyle; Sydney Norman won the 200 Individual Medley; and the relay team of Sydney, Sadie, and Sara Norman, and Gracen Harmon won the 200 Freestyle Relay by five seconds! In the JV division, Rosie Knaggs won the 100 Butterfly. The Morrison Varsity girls earned 233 points, which was enough to win the Varsity competition. Pekin High School was 2nd with 215 points, and Davenport Central was 3rd with 184 points. In the JV division Pekin won with 244 points; Muscatine was 2nd with 198 points; Morrison JV girls brought home 3rd place with 140 points. Congratulations to the Morrison High School Fillies on a strong start to their high school season!
Fillies are shown left-to-right, front row: Kate Henson, Kalli Fisher, Kendra Fisher, Lorilee Hutson, and Laney Edgeton; back row: Lindsey Houldson, Sadie Norman, Sara Norman, Sydney Norman, Gracen Harmon, and Rosie Knaggs.
The Fillies’ times and places follow.
200 Medley Relay: Varsity – Sadie Norman, Kate Henson, Sydney Norman, Lindsey Houldson – 2nd Place – 1:59.10. JV: Laney Edgeton, Kendra Fisher, Rosie Knaggs, Lorilee Hutson – 4th Place – 2:20.89.
200 Free: Varsity – Gracen Harmen – 1st Place – 2:06.78, Lindsey Houldson – 6th Place – 2:20.86. JV: Kalli Fisher – 6th Place – 2:57.63.
200 IM: Varsity – Sydney Norman – 1st Place – 2:22.91, Kate Henson – 3rd Place – 2:32.83. JV: Rosie Knaggs – 2nd Place – 3:00.92.
50 Free: Varsity – Sara Norman – 3rd Place – 25.89. JV: Kalli Fisher – 1st Place – 33.52.
100 Fly: Varsity – Sadie Norman – 2nd Place – 1:02.96. JV: Rosie Knaggs – 1st Place – 1:28.96.
100 Free: Varsity – Gracen Harmon – 2nd Place – 57.09, Sara Norman – 3rd Place – 57.47.
500 Free: Varsity – Lindsey Houldson – 4th Place – 6:29.44. JV – Lorilee Hutson – 2nd Place – 7:06.46.
200 Free Relay: Varsity – Sydney Norman, Sadie Norman, Sara Norman, Gracen Norman – 1st Place – 1:43.63. JV – Lorilee Hutson, Rosie Knaggs, Kalli Fisher, Laney Edgeton – 2nd Place – 2:06.25.
100 Back: Varsity – Sadie Norman – 2nd Place – 1:03.36. JV: Lorilee Hutson – 5th Place – 1:27.52.
100 Breast: Varsity – Kate Henson – 4th Place – 1:16.80, Sydney Norman – 6th Place – 1:17.97. JV – Kendra Fisher – 2nd Place – 1:36.00.
400 Free Relay: Varsity – Lindsey Houldson, Sara Norman, Kate Henson, Gracen Harmon – 2nd Place – 3:58.67.