BY FRED KRONER
fred@mahometnews.com
Eden Oelze and Olivia McMurry each secured top four finishes in two individual events and helped two relays placed among the top four in Saturday’s Urbana University High Invitational.
M-S placed second in the eight-school meet.
Chicago University High was the team champion, scoring 413 points. The Bulldogs had 316 points. Third-place Urbana Uni High ended with 302 points.
Oelze had third-place finishes in both the 200-yard individual medley (2 minutes, 34.82 seconds) and the 100-yard butterfly (1:06.18). McMurry took fourth in the 50-yard freestyle (27.51) and the 100-yard backstroke (1:09.39).
The top Bulldog placer was diving runner-up Carly Raver. She totaled 158.15 points. Teammate Payton Turk was fourth in diving (154.05).
Miranda Marcelli and Kate Raver were other M-S competitors who were individual placers in two events.
Marcelli was fifth in the 200-yard freestyle (2:27.68) and sixth in the 100-yard freestyle (1:04.42).
Kate Raver was seventh in the 200-yard freestyle (2:30.77) and eighth in the 100-yard freestyle (1:06.34).
Olivia Ross added a seventh-place performance in the 100-yard breaststroke (1:27.88) and Bella Davenport was eighth in the 500-yard freestyle (7:40.49).
The 200-yard freestyle relay foursome captured third place in a time of 1:54.19. McMurry, Marcelli, Ross and Oelze were on the relay.
The same four swimmers helped the 200-yard medley to a fourth-place finish in 2:09.64.
The M-S 400-yard freestyle relay nabbed sixth place in 4:58.84. Teaming up on that relay were Kate Raver, Natalie Heaton, Turk and Davenport.
In the junior varsity portion of the meet, Chicago University High scored 538 to capture first place. M-S was fourth with 180 points.
The Bulldogs are back in action on Tuesday at Danville in a meet that also includes Charleston and Paxton-Buckley-Loda.
