The Austin girls swim team, sparked by four first-place finishes, grabbed second place in the 10-team Centennial Relays.

Monday, September 27, 1999

The Austin girls swim team, sparked by four first-place finishes, grabbed second place in the 10-team Centennial Relays.

The relay meet was held Saturday at Centennial High School, which is north of the Twin Cities.

Austin’s finishes are as follows:

1. Centennial 326

2. Austin 298

3. White Bear Lake 290

4. Park Cottage Grove 260

5. North St. Paul 210

6. Chisago Lakes 202

7. Tartan 194

8. Blake 166

9. Maple Grove 102

10. Barnesville, Wis. 98

400-yard Medley Relay: Austin finished fourth in 4 minutes, 49.76 seconds with a team of Liz Goskesen, Carrie Braaten, Alisha Farrell and Lauren Goettsch;

800 Freestyle Relay: Austin first in 8:44.50 with a team of Becky Sanford, Sarah Heins, Stacy Bjorlie and Tristen Kusterer;

200 Medley Relay: Austin first in 2:00.05 with a team of Sanford, Amy Martin, Meghan Walsh and Goettsch;

400 Individual Medley Relay: Austin fourth in 4:58.79 with a team of Walsh, Braaten, Farrell and Audrey Kunert;

200 Free Relay: Austin first in 1:51.69 with a team of Goettsch, Martin, Heins and Amanda Martin;

Diving: Austin fourth with 137.20 points with a team of Jori Baldus and Danielle Chapek;

300 Butterfly Relay: Austin fifth in 3:22.27 with a team of Walsh, Farrell, Amy Bowe and Bjorlie;

100 Free Relay: Austin seventh in 0:59.14 with a team of Liz Goskesen, Nicole Champlin, Lisa Mader and Bobbie King;

850 Crescendo Relay: Austin first in 9:21.56 with a team of Martin, Lisa Champlin, Bjorlie and Sanford;

300 Backstroke Relay: Austin third in 3:31.78 with a team of Goskesen, Martin, Bowe and Kusterer;

300 Breast-stroke Relay: Austin fifth in 3:56.19 with a team of Martin, Nicole Champlin, Lisa Mader and Braaten;

400 Free Relay: Austin second in 4:02.80 with a team of Goettsch, Heins, Kusterer and Lisa Champlin.