This post was contributed by a community member. The views expressed here are the author's own.

Sports

VIDEO: GBN Girls Swim To No. 2 in CSL North

Deerfield takes first place for the second year in a row.

 and shared the Central Suburban League North swim title two years ago.  Since then, the Warriors have held the conference crown by themselves.  Deerfield edged out the Spartans (456-411) for the  at Saturday's conference meet.

Highland Park came in third (229), while Maine West (132), Niles North (112), and Maine East (51) finished in the bottom three spots.

Warrior and Spartan swimmers captured the top three spots in every individual event but two. They also claimed the top three spots in every relay except the 200-yard medley.  For more on the battle for conference dominance, .

Find out what's happening in Northbrookwith free, real-time updates from Patch.

While the other four teams struggled to find their way onto the podium, they did show significant improvement in their times.  To hear from each team, .

Team Scores:  1. Deerfield 456, 2. Glenbrook North 411, 3. Highland Park 229, 4. Maine West 132, 5. Niles North 112, 6. Maine East 51.

Find out what's happening in Northbrookwith free, real-time updates from Patch.

Individual Results:

200 yard medley relay: 1. Deerfield 1:50.82 (Ruby Powell, Hayley Levin, Alexa Scanlan, Alexis Melchiorre), 2. Glenbrook North 1:53.34 (Christina Park, Pamela Grod, Abigal Rosenberg, Maggie Paul), 3. Highland Park 1:56.31 (Samii Asher, Talia Fishbein, Emily Scheinman, Erin Reynolds).

200 Freestyle: 1. Stephanie Horowitz, Glenbrook North (1:54.79), 2. Barbra Brottman, Deerfield (1:55.00), 3. Colleen Doolan, Glenbrook North (2:02.52).

200 Individual Medley: 1. Molly Orbon, Glenbrook North (2:11.36), 2.  Hayley Levin, Deerfield (2:13.80), 3.  Ruby Powell, Deerfield (2:16.37).

Diving: 1. Erin Purdy, Deerfield (464.35), 2.  Christine Stitcher, Deerfield (401.60), 3.  Jessie Dinelli, Glenbrook North (372.90).

100 Butterfly: 1. Molly Orbon, Glenbrook North (59.66), 2. Hayley Levin, Deerfield (1:00.46), 3. Megan Crane, Niles North (1:03.56).

100 Freestyle: 1. Alexis Melchiorre, Deerfield (54.55), 2.  Colleen Doolan, Glenbrook North (56.02), 3.  Samii Asher, Highland Park (56.39).

500 Freestyle: 1. Stephanie Horowitz, Glenbrook North (5:12.95), 2.  Barbra Brottman, Deerfield (5:14.25), 3.  Marcy Kreda, Deerfield (5:30.48).

200 Freestyle Relay: 1. Glenbrook North (Christina Park, Molly Orbon, Abigal Rosenberg, Stephanie Horowitz) 1:40.45, 2.  Deerfield (Mallory Lynn, Ivana Levy, Marcy Kreda, Barbra Brottman) 1:43.47, 3.  Glenbrook North (Graicey Van Spankeren, Pamela Grod, Claire Asmussen, Colleen Doolan) 1:43.80.

100 Backstroke: 1. Ruby Powell, Deerfield (58.42 - Conference Record), 2.  Christina Park, Glenbrook North (59.95), 3.  Alexa Scanlan, Deerfield (1:00.79).

100 Breaststroke: 1. Talia Fishbein, Highland Park (1:11.01), 2.  Becca Rosenberg, Deerfield (1:13.40), 3.  Mallory Lynn, Deerfield (1:13.67).

400 Freestyle Relay: 1. Deerfield (Barbra Brottman, Ruby Powell, Hayley Levin, Alexis Melchiorre) 3:39.26, 2.  Glenbrook North (Abigal Rosenberg, Colleen Doolan, Molly Orbon, Stephanie Horowitz) 3:39.32, 3.  Glenbrook North (Maggie Paul, Graicey Van Spankeren, Mary Claire Seeberg, Claire Asmussen) 3:51.84.

Download the movie

Download the movie

We’ve removed the ability to reply as we work to make improvements. Learn more here

The views expressed in this post are the author's own. Want to post on Patch?