Ionia traveled back to Mason today to compete in the CAAC Red conference meet finals.  Ionia finished 2nd with a score of 417 points, missing first place by one point!

Maelys Bonafe is the conference champion in the 200 yard IM with a new school record of 2:14.85.  She also took first in the 500 yard freestyle beating her own school record with a 5:26.22.   

Madeline McGee is the conference champion in the 50 yard freestyle, breaking her school record with a 24.36.  She took second in the 100 yard backstroke, breaking her own school record with a time of 1:00.18.

Anouk Demel is the conference champion in the 200 yard freestyle, and she third in the 100 yard butterfly, both with personal best times.

Josie Phelps took silver in diving and will advance to regional competition on Thursday.

Brynn Lepien took the bronze in the 100 yard freestyle with a personal best time.

The relay team of McGee, Josie Phelps, Demel and Bonafe are conference champions in the 200 yard freestyle relay, breaking their own school record.

The relay team of McGee, Lepien, Demel and Bonafe are conference champions in the 400 yard freestyle relay.

The relay team of Sydney Estep, Calah Holman, Phelps, and Lepien took home the bronze in the 200 medley relay.

All of the swimmers exceeded expectations and swam their hearts out!  We had 6 girls finish in the top 8 in individual events. 11 more finished in the top 16.  In addition to the 33 best times yesterday, there were 41 more today.   The girls raced well to the wall to out-touch the competition in several close races.  Seniors Sage Brown, Calah Holman, and Bella Reisbig all had best times in every event.  It was a fabulous end to a great season, and the team represented Ionia well.  

Several swimmers will advance to the Division 3 state meet on November 19-20.