Another banner for the wall.

The Chesterton girls swim team won its 14th consecutive Duneland Athletic Conference title on Saturday with a 493 points to beat out second place Lake Central (409).

“We’ve been using the number as a motivational tool,” Chesterton coach Kevin Kinel said. “Now we’ve got both our teams past the record of 13. The kids really responded. LC and CP are both really good teams.

“I didn’t think this would be easy and it wasn’t.”

Crown Point finished third with 398 points, followed by Valparaiso (246), LaPorte (175), Michigan City (151.5), Portage (134) and Merrillville (95.5).

The Trojans picked up individual event titles in the 50 Free as Vanessa Krause won in 23.89 and in the 500 Free with a victory from Julia Campbell in 5:06.06.

“We’re improving and I have to believe that all the big meets we’ve been to and all the tough meets we’ve been in have to help and I think they did,” Kinel said. “The kids came through with a good performance.”

Chesterton also won the 200 Free Relay with the group of Brittany Borzych, Madisyn Coudriet, Kelly Craig and Campbell winning in 1:39.27.

The 200 Medley Relay of Stephanie Krause, Kate Curley, Vanessa Krause and Coudriet finished second in 1:49.06, while the 400 Free Relay of Vanessa Krause, Campbell, Curley and Craig were second in 3:34.39.

“All our relays were incredible with best times,” Kinel said.

Runner-up finishers for the Trojans included Campbell in the 200 Free (1:54.62), Curley in the 200 IM (2:10.89) and the 100 Back (1:00.17), Borzych in the 50 Free (24.73), Vanessa Krause in the 100 Fly (55.85) and Craig in the 100 Breast (1:09.59).

“The plan was to group our kids if we didn’t win an event,” Kinel said. “Vanessa’s time in the 100 Fly would have shattered the conference record and Brittany Boryzch swam great races in the 50 free and 100 Fly.”

Third place point scorers were Meagen Curley in the 200 IM (2:13.83), Trenee Fancher-Keller in the 100 Free (54.62), Stephanie Krause in the 100 Back (1:01.39) and Borzych in the 100 Breast (1:09.85).

“Meagen Curley in the IM and the 100 Free dropped big time,” Kinel said. “Trenee Fancher-Keller in the 100 Free had another great race for us.”

1. Chesterton, 493; 2. Lake Central, 409; 3. Crown Point, 398; 4. Valparaiso, 246; 5. LaPorte 175; 6. Michigan City, 151.5; 7. Portage, 134; 8. Merrillville, 95.5.

200 Medley Relay -- 1. Crown Point, 1:48.55; 2. Chesterton (Stephanie Krause, Kate Curley, Vanessa Krause, Madisyn Coudriet), 1:49.06; 3. Lake Central, 1:53.91; 4. LaPorte, 2:00.94; 5. Michigan City, 2:02.75; 6. Portage, 2:04.92; 7. Valparaiso, 2:05.55; 8. Merrillville, 2:08.22.

200 Free -- 1. Aly Tetzloff (CP), 1:53.22; 2. Julia Campbell ©, 1:54.62; 3. MacKenzie Artim (CP), 1:57.12; 4. Kelly Craig ©, 1:57.51; 5. Traci Muszalski (LC), 1:57.89; 6. Trenee Fancher-Keller ©, 2:01.22; 7. Kaitlyn Steffus (V), 2:01.71; 8. Liz Markiewicz (LC), 2:03.25.

200 IM -- 1. Holly Schuster (CP), 2:10.48; 2. Kate Curley ©, 2:10.89; 3. Meagen Curley ©, 2:13.83; 4. Stephanie Krause ©, 2:13.99; 5. Alex St. Amour (CP), 2:14.58; 6. Hailey Garlich (LC), 2:18.60; 7. Courtney Joseph (P), 2:24.95; 8. Jessica Lopez (LC), 2:25.55.

50 Free -- 1. Vanessa Krause ©, 23.89; 2. Brittany Borzych ©, 24.73; 3. Racheal Bukowski (CP), 24.74; 4. Madisyn Coudriet ©, 24.85; 5. Victoria Springman (LC), 25.47; 6. Holly Spears (LC), 25.52; 7. Robin Townsend (M), 26.70; 8. Erin Delahunt (V), 26.73.

1-Meter Diving -- 1. Charlie Wayne (CP), 374.80; 2. Ashley Holland (CP), 340.85; 3. Khalela El-Naggar (V), 330.80; 4. Abby Prince (LC), 324.85; 5. Taylor McBride (V), 318.20; 6. Kristen Copple (LC), 317.40; 7. Ireland McLind (V), 291.70; 8. Allie Ormsby (MC), 287.35.

100 Fly -- 1. Aly Tetzloff (CP), 55.69; 2. Vanessa Krause ©, 55.85; 3. Carly Jackson (L), 58.21; 4. Kaitlyn Steffus (V), 59.60; 5. Liz Markewicz (LC), 59.92; 6. Erin Socha ©, 1:00.17; 7. Marita Banta-Long ©, 1:00.91; 8. Marina Vasquez (LC), 1:03.53.

100 Free -- 1. Racheal Bukowski (CP), 54.16; 2. Madisyn Coudriet ©, 54.52; 3. Trenee Fancher-Keller ©, 54.62; 4. Holly Spears (LC), 54.66; 5. Meagan Curley ©, 54.82; 6. Victoria Springman (LC), 55.28; 7. Jessica Lopez (LC), 56.82; 8. Erin Delahunt (V), 58.76.

500 Free -- 1. Julia Campbell ©, 5:06.06; 2. Carly Jackson (L), 5:08.74; 3. Traci Muszalski (LC), 5:12.71; 4. Wendy Banta-Long ©, 5:13.52; 5. MacKenzie Artim (CP), 5:13.63; 6. Marita Banta-Long ©, 5:28.53; 7. Brianna Shoemaker (LC), 5:30.26; 8. Sydney Perry (V), 5:38.65.

200 Free Relay -- 1. Chesterton (Brittany Borzych, Madisyn Coudriet, Kelly Craig, Julia Campbell), 1:39.27; 2. Lake Central, 1:41.03; 3. Crown Point, 1:46.62; 4. Valparaiso, 1:46.94; 5. Michigan City, 1:51.03; 6. Portage, 1:55.24; 7. LaPorte, 2:00.09; 8. Merrillville, 2:00.14.

100 Back -- 1. Holly Schuster (CP), 59.95; 2. Kate Curley ©, 1:00.17; 3. Stephanie Krause ©, 1:01.39; 4. Marina Vasquez (LC), 1:01.91; 5. Hailey Garlich (LC), 1:02.49; 6. Courtney O’Keefe ©, 1:03.90; 7. Abby Wellman (CP), 1:05.27; 8. Lauren McQuarters (L), 1:05.75.

100 Breast -- 1. Alex St. Amour (CP), 1:09.16; 2. Kelly Craig ©, 1:09.59; 3. Brittany Borzych ©, 1:09.85; 4. Alaina Willis (LC), 1:10.49; 5. Mae Bass ©, 1:11.89; 6. Hallee Willis (LC), 1:13.90; 7. Brianna Shoemaker (LC), 1:14.21; 8. Brielle Warnock (L), 1:15.89.

400 Free Relay -- 1. Crown Point, 3:32.27; 2. Chesterton (Vanessa Krause, Julia Campbell, Kate Curley, Kelly Craig), 3:34.39; 3. Lake Central, 3:43.73; 4. LaPorte, 3:53.46; 5. Valparaiso, 3:54.00; 6. Portage, 4:05.68; 7. Merrillville, 4:12.62; 8. Michigan City, 4:19.83.

Posted 1/14/2013