Sturgeon Bay Girls Head to State Swim Meet

It’s safe to say that Sturgeon Bay Co-Op sophomore swimmer Christy Braun will be busy at the WIAA State Girls Swimming Meet today in Waukesha.

At the Ashwaubenon Sectional Meet on March 30, Braun qualified in two individual events and added two relays. Braun placed fourth in the 100-breaststroke with a time of 1:07.12 and placed third in the 200-individual medley with a time of 2:10.70.

Braun teamed up with Cassie Rankin, Phoebe Bissen and Sanya Wienke to place second in the 200-freestyle relay with a time of 1:42.58. Braun, Maggie Ripp, Abi Schauske and Rankin finished third in the 200-medley relay with a time of 1:54.13.

“[Braun] is very dedicated, very focused and works extremely hard,” Sturgeon Bay co-coach Kelly Oram-Rankin said prior to the sectional meet. “More than her strength is her ability to set a goal and reach it.”

Bayport won the team title with 349 points, and Sturgeon Bay placed sixth with 225.5 points.

WIAA Ashwaubenon Sectional

Team Scores

1. Bay Port 349, 2. Appleton North 338, 3. Ashwaubenon 253, 4. (tie) Neenah & Appleton West/Kimberly 243, 6. Sturgeon Bay 225.5, 7. De Pere West De Pere 176, 8. Green Bay West Co-op 169, 9. Pulaski 145.5, 10. Appleton East 47.

Sturgeon Bay Results

200 Medley Relay – 3. Maggie Ripp, Abi Schauske, Cassie Rankin, Christy Braun – 1:54.73

200 IM – 3. Braun – 2:10.70

50 Freestyle – 5. Phoebe Bissen – :25.83; 13. Natalia Michalski – :27.30

100 Butterfly – 10. Bissen – 1:03.21

100 Freestyle – 7. Rankin – :57.42; 14. Danica Neville – :59.72

200 Freestyle Relay – 2. Rankin, Bissen, Sanya Wienke, Braun – 1:42.58

100 Backstroke – 5. Ripp – 1:03.28; 8. Neville – 1:05.75; 10. Brooke Strege – 1:07.44

100 Breaststroke – 4. Braun – 1:07.12; 11. Wienke – 1:17.73

400 Freestyle Relay – 8. Bissen, Neville, Michalski, Wienke – 3:59.08