Although the Mona Shores Middle School swim team lost to East Grand Rapids on December 15, they pushed through the whole time and kept a harsh fight. Both the boys and girls came in 2nd in the mixed 200 yard medley relay. Seventh grader Mackenzie Ralston and eighth grader Jackie Seward came in 1st and 2nd respectively in the mixed 200 yard freestyle. EGR beat the boys in the mixed 100 yard IM, but seventh grader Annika Cotner came back and placed first for the girls with time of 1:13.15. Eighth grader Dava Lakatos placed 2nd in the 1 meter dive scoring 119.10 from the judges. Seventh grader Lexi Studabaker came in first for the mixed 50 yard butterfly beating an EGR swimmer by five seconds. Cotner beat out three swimmers from EGR in the mixed 100 yard breaststroke to take another first place. The Sailors then fell to East Grand Rapids in the mixed 200 yard freestyle relay by 26 seconds. Although the Sailors fell to East Grand Rapids 217-115, they put up a fight the entire meet. “We had the feeling we might lose since we lost to them last time, but it just pushed us to work harder,” Cotner said.
