Mundelein High School - Sports

VARSITY - 1st Row (Seated): Sarah Honda, Michelle Lau, Allanah Larsen

2nd Row (Kneeling): Yesenia Rossi, Becca Schmidt, Alexis Philbrick, Sarah Falconer, Kristin Aucutt-Manager, Taylor Reckert, Alice Denny, Ally Whitson

3rd Row: Diving Coach Melissa Sethna, Polly Hirt, Alexis Jones, Head Swim Coach Jenny Curry, Cassie Brueckbauer, Sara Marciniak, Asst. Coach Nancy Johnson

2007 RESULTS:
From Saturday, November 17:
RESULTS FROM STATE - CONGRATS, TAYLOR!
Diving
1, Lisi Rowland, Wilmette Loyola Academy, 426.50. 2, Paige Grant, Winnetka New Trier, 380.70. 3, Mary Kate Campbell, Oak Park Fenwick, 378.85. 4, Kerrin Seymour, Lincolnshire Stevenson, 361.75. 5, Taylor Reckert, Mundelein, 358.70. 6, Sam Stenn, Lincolnshire Stevenson, 347.10. 7, Norah Cetin, Champaign Centennial, 344.85. 8, Brittany Tazzioli, Libertyville, 343.75. 9, Heidi Johnson, Arlington Heights Hersey, 342.20. 10, Chrissy Riordan, Homewood-Flossmoor, 333.05. 11, Emily Weber, Champaign Centennial, 328.30. 12, Mary Sue LeMay, Sterling Newman Central Catholic, 321.85.

From Friday, November 16:
RESULTS FROM STATE - CONGRATS, TAYLOR & POLLY!
Diving
1, Chrissy Riordan, Homewood-Flossmoor, 248.55. 2, Mary Sue LeMay, Sterling Newman Central Catholic, 249.80. 3, Heidi Johnson, Arlington Heights Hersey, 250.05. 4, Norah Cetin, Champaign Centennial, 250.95. 5, Emily Weber, Champaign Centennial, 254.70. 6, Sam Stenn, Lincolnshire Stevenson, 255.10. 7, Brittany Tazzioli, Libertyville, 260.35. 8, Kerrin Seymour, Lincolnshire Stevenson, 267.85.
9, Taylor Reckert, Mundelein, 270.80.
10, Mary Kate Campbell, Oak Park Fenwick, 274.25. 11, Paige Grant, Winnetka New Trier, 284.05. 12, Lisi Rowland, Wilmette Loyola Academy, 300.40.

Diving
(Top 12 overall qualify for finals)
1, Lisi Rowland, Wilmette Loyola Academy, 300.40. 2, Paige Grant, Winnetka New Trier, 284.05. 3, Mary Kate Campbell, Oak Park Fenwick, 274.25.
4, Taylor Reckert, Mundelein, 270.80.
5, Kerrin Seymour, Lincolnshire Stevenson, 267.85. 6, Brittany Tazzioli, Libertyville, 260.35. 7, Sam Stenn, Lincolnshire Stevenson, 255.10. 8, Emily Weber, Champaign Centennial, 254.70. 9, Norah Cetin, Champaign Centennial, 250.95. 10, Heidi Johnson, Arlington Heights Hersey, 250.05. 11, Mary Sue LeMay, Sterling Newman Central Catholic, 249.80. 12, Chrissy Riordan, Homewood-Flossmoor, 248.55. 13, Kelly Hendricks, Hoffman Estates Conant, 247.95. 14, Abby Grilli, Hinsdale Central, 246.75. 15, Nicole Kmieciak, Naperville Central, 242.45. 16, Nikki Schropp, Oswego East, 242.35. 17, Shelby Brown, Normal Community, 154.45. 18, Leslie Cannon, Winnetka New Trier, 152.90. 19, Megan Stubbs, Libertyville, 152.80.
20, Polly Hirt, Mundelein, 152.70.
21, Paige Steffen, Bloomington, 151.60. 22, Alissa Wyffels, Moline, 149.65. 23, Elizabeth Chollet, Aurora West, 147.25. 24, Christine Douthwaite, Buffalo Grove, 142.75. 25, Ashley Fromm, Glenview Glenbrook South, 141.80. 26, Kristi Carling, LaGrange Lyons, 141.35. 27, Katie Deboo, Hoffman Estates, 141.05. 28, Helen Padden, Chicago Mother McAuley, 140.85. 29, Angela Tatar, Rockford Auburn, 140.75. 30, Megan Calabrese, Orland Park Sandburg, 140.60. 31, Caitlyn Cavoto, Naperville North, 136.50. 32, Amy Madden, Barrington, 135.00. 33, Allie Peters, Frankfort Lincoln-Way East, 134.90. 34, Carrie Dinelli, Northbrook Glenbrook North, 134.05. 35, Chelsea Roseri, Palatine Fremd, 133.40. 36, Danielle Goebbert, St. Charles North, 132.85. 37, Kaitlyn Zedrick, Champaign Central, 127.35. 38, Maureen Doyle, Barrington, 125.65. 39, Kelsie Perkins, Jacksonville Routt, 125.25. 40, Kelsey Clemson, Dunlap, 124.40. 41, Gina Picone, Downers Grove South, 122.60. 42, Mallory Fisher, Palatine, 121.15. 43, Kelly Napier, Galesburg, 118.20. 44, Brittany Borst, Palatine Fremd, 116.10. 45, Keri Eberhardt, Tinley Park Andrew, 114.60. 46, Amanda Whitmer, Champaign Central, 108.05. 47, Kate Donnelly, Chicago St. Ignatius College Prep, 104.00. 48, Katie Burns, Oak Lawn Richards, 103.60.

From Saturday, November 10:
RESULTS FROM SECTIONALS
Congratulations to senior, Polly Hirt, and junior, Taylor Reckert. Both girls qualified for this year's swimming and diving state meet to be held this Friday at New Trier High School.

Polly Hirt was the Sectional Diving Champion with a lifetime best score of 427.95. Polly is returning to the state meet where last year she placed 17th overall in her first time qualifying.

Taylor Reckert placed 3rd at the Sectional meet and earned a qualifying score of 408.90 to punch her ticket downstate. This will be her first trip to the state meet!

This is the 5th year in a row the Mustangs have qualified the maximum alloted divers to the state meet where they also have a streak of placing at least one of the girls in the Top 12 for the past three years. A streak only matched by one other school in the state of Illinois. Diving Preliminaries start at 9am and tickets can be bought at the door for $10 at New Trier High School.

GOOD LUCK LADIES!

TEAM SCORES
Libertyville 261, Lake Forest 248, Glenbrook North 313, Deerfield 131, Warren 129.

STATE QUALIFIERS
200 medley relay — Libertyville 1:50.87, Lake Forest 1:51.28; 200 free — Adams (LF) 1:55.68, Bunney (GbkN) 1:56.49; 200 IM — Mitchell (Lib) 2:11.24, Bessette (Antioch) 2:11.32, Davitt (LF) 2:11.73, Kawasaki (Dfld) 2:12.52; 50 free — Boyd (Dfld) :24.83; diving — Hirt (Mundelein) 427.95.

OTHER QUALIFIERS:
Tazzioli (Lib) 412.75, Reckert (Mundelein) 408.90, Stubbs (Lib) 377.65, Dinelli (GbkN) 359.30, Kopp (Highland Park) 340.00, Wright (War) 319.55; 100 fly — Rowland (Vernon Hills) :58.16, St-hr (LF) :58.70, Davitt (LF) :59.85, Bessette (Antioch) :59.97; 100 free — Adams (LF) :53.65; 500 free — Szostak (GbkN) 5:12.78; 200 free relay — Lake Forest 1:39.55; 100 back — St-hr (LF) :59.38, Rowland (Vernon Hills) :59.75; 100 breast — Bohling (Lib) 1:07.57; 400 free relay — Lake Forest 3:39.91, Libertyville 3:39.54.

From Saturday, October 13:
MUSTANG DIVERS PLACE 3rd IN THE TEAM COMPETITION AT THE EVANSTON DIVING INVITE!
The Lady Mustang Divers continued to prove that they are among the state's elite with a 3rd place team finish at the Evanston Diving Invitational. The invite is considered a mini-state meet with the top 30 diving teams and top 75 divers in the state competing. Overall, the Mustangs placed Polly Hirt and Taylor Reckert in the Top 12 with a 5th and 11th place individual showing repsectively. Becca Schmidt in her first time at the invite finished a solid 36th.

This is the 3rd time in 6 years that the Mustangs placed in the Top 3 and have never placed lower than 6th in the team competition.

Great job ladies!

From Saturday, October 6:
HERSEY INVITATIONAL RESULTS
TEAMS
Prospect 216, Warren 209.5, Hersey 203.5, McHenry 147, Mundelein 133, St. Viator 121, Buffalo Grove, Cary Grove 95, Maine West 79, Niles West 74, Oak Forest 11, Elk Grove 8.

INDIVIDUALS
Diving — 1. Reckert (MHS) 232.70, 2. Johnson (Hers) 225.60, 3. Hirt (MHS) 222.80;

200 yard medley relay — 1. McHenry 1:59.32, 2. St. Viator 1:59.70, 3. Prospect 2:01.32;

200 free — 1. Sohn (Pros) 2:03.30, 2. O'Connor (War) 2:05.78, 3. Stoklosa (Pros) 2:08.92;

200 IM — 1. Falconer (MHS) 2:18.60, 2. Gill (Hers) 2:18.68, 3. Wellhausen (Hers) 2:23.42;

50 free — 1. Nordyke (Pros) 26.18, 2. Calewarts (War) 26.43, 3. Marciniak (MHS) 26.57;

100 fly — 1. Holladay (StV) 1:02.09, 2. Gill (Hers) 1:02.15, 3. Wellhausen (Hers) 1:05.24;

100 free — 1. O'Connor (War) 57.72, 2. Gullen (NW) 57.74, 3. Nordyke (Pros) 57.99;

500 free — 1. Sohn (Pros) 5:33.44, 2. Stoklosa (Pros) 5:39.82, 3. Meszaros (McH);

200 free relay — 1. Prospect (Nordyke, Pietraszek, Sohn, Wilson) 1:46.21, 2. War 1:46.27, 3. MHS 1:48.86;

100 back — 1. Calewarts (War) 1:03.27, Spacapan (Pros) 1:05.01, 3. Chou (War) 1:05.27;

100 breast — 1. Nolan (StV) 1:11.87, 2. Nowak (MW) 1:12.30, 3. Falconer (MHS) 1:12.36;

400 free relay — 1. Prospect (Nordyke, Schueler, Sohn, Wilson) 3:50.62, 2. War 3:51.12, 3. Hers 3:55.71.

From Monday, September 24:
LAKE COUNTY INVITE RESULTS
TEAMS
Stevenson 315, Barrington 295, Lake Forest 210, Libertyville 161, Deerfield 98.5, Mundelein 88, Warren 78, Vernon Hills 73.5, Zion-Benton 40, Highland Park 18, Waukegan 12

From Wednesday, September 20:
MUNDELEIN 110 - VERNON HILLS 76
The Lady Mustang swimmers beat Vernon Hills Thursday night to conclude their first home meet of the season. Top performances were given by: Alice Denny in the 200 freestyle, Sarah Falconer in the 200 I.M., and 100 Backstroke, Taylor Reckert and Polly Hirt in 1 meter diving, Sara Marciniak in the 100 freestyle, Cassie Brueckbauer in the 100 breaststroke, the 200 Freestyle relay team of Jessica Bilski, Sara Marciniak, Cassie Brueckbauer, and Sarah Falconer, and the 400 yard freestyle relay team of Michelle Lau, Sara Marciniak, Melanie Spedale, and Sarah Falconer.

Next up for the Mustangs' Monday, September 24th- Lake County @ Barrington
Thursday, September 27th- Stevenson @ home 5p.m.

From Saturday, September 15:
MUNDELEIN TAKES 6th OUT OF 8 TEAMS @ GLENBROOK NORTH
Mundelein took place in the Spartan Sprint Classic on September 15. The Lady Mustangs placed 6th out of 8 teams. Sophomore Cassie Brueckbauer was the standout this week, winning the 50 breaststroke by about a half second. Polly Hirt and Taylor Reckert went 1, 2 again in diving this week, putting Mundelein in first before the swimming began.

Other top five finishes were the 200 Yard Medley Relay team of Alexis Jones, Cassie Brueckbauer, Michelle Lau, and Sara Marciniak, Michelle Lau in the 100 I.M. and 50 butterfly, Cassie Brueckbauer in the 100 breaststroke, Sarah Falconer in the 100 Backstroke and the 50 freestyle, Sara Marciniak in the 50 freestyle and 25 breaststroke, and the 100 yard Medley Relay team of Alexis Jones, Cassie Brueckbauer, Alannah Larsen, and Melanie Spedale.

Next up for the Lady Mustangs, Thursday @ home against Vernon Hills @ 5p.m., come out and support!

From Saturday, September 8:
MUNDELEIN TAKES 2nd IN NILES WEST INVITE
Sandburg 438, Mundelein 256, Niles West 219, Urbana 196, Vernon Hills 191, Niles North 87

The Lady Mustangs' swimming and diving team took part in the Niles West Early Bird Invite on Saturday September 8th. The Mustangs took 2nd out of 6 teams present at the invite, losing only to Sandburg High School.

Sarah Falconer gave a first place performance in the 200 I.M., beating her opponents by a body length or more. She also gave a stand out third place performance in the 100 Breaststroke.

Divers Polly Hirt, Taylor Reckert, and Becca Schmidt took 1st, 2nd and 4th in diving to put Mundelein in 1st before the swimming portion of the invite even started.

Other top 5 performances were given by the 200 medley relay team of Alexis Jones, Sarah Falconer, Michelle Lau, and Melanie Spedale.

Cassie Breuckbauer in the 200 free and 100 Breaststroke, Sara Marciniak in the 50 free, Michelle Lau in the 100 butterfly, the 200 free realy team of Cassie Breuckbauer, Sara Marciniak, Alice Denny, and Sarah Falconer, and the 400 free relay team of Cassie Breuckbauer, Michelle Lau, Melanie Spedale, and Sara Marciniak.

From Friday, August 31:
DEERFIELD 105 - MUNDELEIN 81
Freshman Alexis Jones, Sophomore Cassie Breuckbauer, Junior Michelle Lau, and Senior Sara Marciniak took 1st place in a close finish, and perhaps the most exciting part of the swim meet, in the 200 Medley relay. Senior Sarah Falconer put in a stellar performace to win both of her individual events (200 I.M. and 100 breaststroke) and anchoring both the 200 and 400 free relays.

Cassie Breuckbauer took a close second to Falconer in the 100 breaststroke and gave a great performance in the 50 freestyle.

Junior Michelle Lau posted some great first meet times in the 100 butterfly and 200 I.M. Freshmen Sarah Honda, Alexis Philbrick, and Ally Whitson all gave great performances in their events as well.

The Mustang's were in a distant second until divers, Polly Hirt, Taylor Reckert, and Becca Schmidt gave great performances in their 6 rounds of 1 meter diving. Taylor Reckert scored an astounding 7, 7, and 7.5 in one round of diving to take second overall to teammate Polly Hirt.

2006-2007 Varsity

HOME meets in Red - Conference meets are bold

Away meets in Blue, click on the school for directions.

Day	Date	Location/Opponent	Time/Result	Record
Thu	8/31	Deerfield	WIN 110-75	1-0
Sat	9/9	Niles West Invitational	2nd Place
Tue	9/12	Buffalo Grove	WIN 99-84	2-0
Sat	9/16	Glenbrook North Invitational	5th of 8
Tue	9/19	@ Stevenson	L 129-57	2-1
Thu	9/21	Libertyville	L 100-86	2-2
Sat	9/23	Lake County Meet	3rd of 6
Thu	9/28	@ Zion-Benton	WIN 102-62	3-2
Thu	10/5	Vernon Hills	WIN 111-61	4-2
Sat	10/7	Hersey Invite	2nd of 12
Tue	10/10	@ Lake Forest	L 124-62	4-3
Sat	10/15	Evanston Diving Invitational	No Team Score
Sat	10/15	Stevenson Swimming Invitational	5th of 9
Thu	10/19	Warren	L 96-90	4-4
Sat	11/4	NSC Championship	5th of 7
Sat	11/11	IHSA Sectional Championship	3rd of 8
Fri	11/17	IHSA State Finals	-
Sat	11/18	IHSA State Championship	-

FROM SATURDAY AT EVANSTON

STATE FINALS RESULTS
TEAM:
26th Place: Mundelein

DIVING:
9th Place: Courtney Wilhelm 351.80

200 FREESTYLE:
8th Place: Megan Thompson 1:55.17

FROM FRIDAY AT EVANSTON

STATE PRELIM RESULTS
DIVING:
4th Place: Courtney Wilhelm 276.80 (Qualifies for State)
17th Place: Polly Hirt 160.10

200 FREESTYLE:
12th Place: Megan Thompson 1:55.31 (Qualifies for State)

200-YARD INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY:
35th Place: Sarah Falconer 2:14.18

500-YARD FREESTYLE:
13th Place: Megan Thompson 5:07.56

FROM SATURDAY

MUSTANGS TAKE 3rd AT LAKE FOREST SECTIONAL!

Congratulations to the Girls Swimming and Diving team for their 3rd place finish at the Lake Forest Sectional on Saturday. The team was able to advance team members: Courtney Wilhelm, Megan Thompson, Polly Hirt, and Sarah Falconer to the IHSA State Meet. The team also broke 4 school records as Megan Thompson lowered her school records in the 200 and 500 Free, Sarah Falconer broke the school record in the 100 Breaststroke and the 400 Free Relay team of Megan Thompson, Sara Marciniak, Siobhan Larsen, and Sarah Falconer smashed the old one by 1.5 seconds.

The girls also had heartbreaking near misses in several events where they just missed the state cut. The 200 Medley Relay team of Megan Thomspon, Cassie Brueckbauer, Siobhan Larsen, and Sarah Falconer missed the state cut by .42 of a second. Sara Marciniak missed the state cut in the 50 Free by .20 of a second, Sarah Falconer missed the state cut in the 100 Breaststroke by .12 of a second. And finally, the 400 Free Relay team missed the state cut by .95 of a second. Even with the close misses the girls swam and dove very well with every girl swimming and diving lifetime bests.

After losing 9 swimmers from last years powerhouse team, the girls were able to re-load due to their work ethic and team chemistry and match the success of last years team. Great job girls!

Courtney, Megan, Polly and Sarah will be competing at Evanston High School this weekend. Good Luck girls!

FROM SATURDAY

MUSTANGS TAKE 4th IN NSC CONFERENCE MEET!

The Mustangs took 4th in the Conference meet Saturday afternoon at Vernon Hills. The Mustangs were led by Conference champions Megan Thompson - who continues to lower her own school record in the 500 Free - and Courtney Wilhelm in diving.

The good day for the Mustangs also included Top 6 individual finishers: Sarah Falconer (200 IM and 100 Breast), Sara Marciniak (50 Free), and Polly Hirt (Diving).

The Mustangs will next compete at Lake Forest on Saturday in the Sectional meet where they hope to qualify for the state meet.

WAY TO GO TAYLOR!

Congratulations to Taylor Reckert for winning the NSC JV Conference Indivdual Diving title. Taylor keeps the championship at Mundelein as she is the 5th individual diving champion in the last 5 years. Her winning score is high enough to qualify her for the state meet. Congratulations, Taylor!

FROM THURSDAY

MUSTANGS 90 WARREN 96

The Mustangs battled conference rival Warren to the very last relay before getting touched out and falling 96-90. The meet was a close one with 3 lead changes and both teams tied going into the final event. For the Mustangs individual victories from Courtney Wilhelm, Sarah Falconer and Megan Thompson led the way, but the story was the depth of each team where swimmers and divers battled for 2-5 places to score for each team and swing the momentum back and forth.

The Mustangs next compete at JV and Varsity Conference in two weeks.

FROM SATURDAY
MUSTANGS TAKE 2nd
AT HERSEY JAMOREE
The Mustangs took 2nd at the 12 team Hersey Jamboree in Saturday action. The Mustangs jumped out in front for a early lead and held off the other challengers throughout the meet to edge out the Warren Blue Devils by 4 points to place 2nd. Individual event winners included Courtney Wilhelm and Megan Thompson in Diving and the 200 Freestyle respectively. Other top 6 finishers for the Mustangs included:

200 Medley Relay (2nd): Megan Thompson, Cassie Brueckbauer, Siobhan Larsen, and Sarah Falconer
200 Freestyle Relay (4th): Sara Marciniak, Nikki Andre. Michelle Lau, and Cassie Brueckbauer
400 Freestyle Relay (2nd): Megan Thompson, Siobhan Larsen, Sara Marciniak, Sarah Falconer
Diving: Polly Hirt (4th)
200 IM: Sarah Falconer (2nd), Cassie Brueckbauer (5th)
100 Freestyle: Sara Marciniak (5th)
500 Freestyle: Megan Thompson (2nd)
100 Breaststroke: Sarah Falconer (3rd), Cassie Brueckbauer (4th)

The team next competes against Lake Forest Tuesday in Conference action.

FROM SATURDAY
MUSTANGS TAKE 3rd AT LAKE COUNTY INVITE
The Mustangs capped off a tough week of competition by placing third at the Lake County Invite on Saturday. After losing two meets to Conference front runners, Stevenson and Libertyville, the Mustangs were looking to end the week on a positive note.

The Mustangs took the lead early on with divers Courtney Wilhelm, Taylor Reckert, and Polly Hirt placing 2nd, 4th, and 5th respectively. Top 6 finishers for the Mustangs included Megan Thompson in the 200 and 500 Freestyle where she broke her own school record and swam faster than the state qualifying standard. Sarah Falconer in the 200 IM and 100 Backstroke and Sarah Marciniak in the 50 Free.

Other Top 12 Finishers included: Alice Denny, Maura Coughlin, Colleen Stancyzkiewicz, Nikki Andre, Siobhan Larsen, Cassie Brueckbauer, and Michelle Lau. All three Relays for the Mustangs placed in the Top 6. The relays included: Megan Thompson, Cassie Brueckbauer, Siobhan Larsen, and Sarah Falconer in the 200 Medley Relay. Sara Marciniak, Siobhan Larsen, Michelle Lau, and Nikki Andre in the 200 Free Relay and Megan Thompson, Sara Marciniak, Cassie Brueckbauer, and Sarah Falconer in the 400 Free Relay.

The Mustangs next compete at Zion Benton on Thursday.

FROM THURSDAY
LIBERTYVILLE 100 - MHS 86
200 medley relay - Libertyville 1:58.22;
200 free - Neubauer (Lib) 1:59.56;
200 IM - Ott (Lib) 2:16.22;
50 free - Marciniak (Mun) :27.31;
Diving - Reckert (Mun) 208.45;
100 fly - Ott (Lib) 1:04.89;
100 free - Davidsen (Lib) :57.37;
500 free - Thompson (Mun) 5:20.28;
200 free relay - Libertyville 1:49.61;
100 back - Blair (Lib) 1:06.78;
100 breast - Falconer (Mun) 1:11.38;
400 free relay - Mundelein (Thompson, Larsen, Marciniak, Falconer) 3:53.48.

FROM WEDNESDAY
STEVENSON 129 - MHS 57
200 medley relay - Stevenson 1:55.39;
200 free - Wanland (Stev) 1:59.77;
200 IM - McKee (Stev) 2:12.80;
50 free - Kerstetter (Stev) :25.55;
Diving - Wilhelm (Mun) 217.95;
100 fly - Alland (Stev) 1:03.33;
100 free - Wanland (Stev) :55.82;
500 free - McKee (Stev) 5:14.79;
200 free relay - Stevenson 1:42.62;
100 back - VanLieshour (Stev) 1:03.34;
100 breast - Falconer (Mun) 1:10.60;
400 free relay - Stevenson 3:43.66.

FROM SATURDAY
GLENBROOK NORTH INVITE RESULTS
TEAM SCORES
Libertyville 124, Glenbrook North 111, Glenbrook South 110, Deerfield 108, Mundelein 103, Niles West 74, Niles North 50, Waukegan 15.

INDIVIDUAL PLACEWINNERS
100 medley relay - Glenbrook North :51.90 (meet record);
200 medley relay - Mundelein 1:56.23;
100 free - Glenbrook South 1:48.76 (meet record);
50 free - Niles West :3.23;
25 free - Glenbrook South :23.57 (meet record);
100 IM - Glenbrook South 1:48.76 (meet record);
Diving - Mundelein 705.40;
100 fly - Libertyville 2:04.87;
50 fly - Glenbrook South :58.72;
25 fly - Deerfield 27:18;
500 free - Libertyville 5:13.20;
300 free relay - Glenbrook South 2:26.34 (meet record);
100 back - Glenbrook North 2:04.68;
50 back - Glenbrook South :56.25 (meet record);
25 back - Niles West :30.94;
100 breast - Libertyville 2:19.63 (meet record);
50 breast - Mundelein 1:07.01;
25 breast - Deerfield 31:30 (meet record);
200 free relay - Glenbrook South 1:39.95 (meet record)

MUSTANGS GO ON WINNING!
MUSTANGS IMPROVE TO 2-0
9/12 - The Mustangs fought off a determined Buffalo Grove team last night in non-conference action.

The Mustangs started the meet off with a victory in the 200 Medley Relay consisting of Megan Thompson, Cassie Brueckbauer, Siobhan Larsen, and Sarah Falconer. From there, the Mustangs used their depth to keep pace with the Buffalo Grove as the Bison went on to win the next two events.

The Mustangs took another first by Sarah Falconer in the 50 Free and then went 1-2-3 in diving with Courtney Wilhelm, Polly Hirt, and Taylor Reckert each scoring above 200 points for the Mustangs which also put all three of them among the top point scorers in the area.

Bufflalo Grove closed the gap in the next three events before the Mustangs shut the door with a 1-3 finish in the 200 Free Relay consisting of Sara Marciniak, Siobhan Larsen, Michelle Lau, Cassie Brueckbauer and the third place relay of Nikki Andre, Yesenia Rossi, Colleen Stancyzkiewicz, and Melanie Spedale. From there the Mustangs won the 100 Backstroke -Megan Thompson, 100 Breaststroke -Cassie Brueckbauer, and went 2-3 in the 400 Free Relay consisting of: Sarah Falconer, Sara Marciniak, Michelle Lau, Megan Thompson, and Nikki Andre, Alice Denny, Melanie Spedale, and Maura Coughlin.

The Mustangs are in action again this Saturday at the Glenbrook North Sprint Classic before facing conference foes Stevenson and Libertyville next week.

MUSTANGS GOIN' STRONG!
MUSTANGS TAKE 2nd AT NILES WEST INVITE!
The Mustangs took 2nd place at the Niles West Invite over the weekend. The Mustangs opened the meet up right with Polly Hirt and Courtney Wilhelm taking 2nd and 3rd in the diving competition. The swimmers were led by Megan Thompson who won the 200 and 500 Freestyle and broke both meet records. Cassie Brueckbauer also took 1st place for the Mustangs in the 100 Breaststroke.

Other Top 3 finishers for the Mustangs included:
Sarah Falconer in the 200 IM and 100 Backstroke, Sara Marciniak in the 50 Free, the 200 Medley Relay team of Megan Thompson, Cassie Brueckbauer, Sarah Falconer, Sara Marciniak, the 200 Free Relay team of Siobhan Larsen, Nikki Andre, Michelle Lau, Cassie Brueckbauer, and the 400 Free Relay team of Megan Thompson, Siobhan Larsen, Sara Marciniak, and Sarah Falconer.

The team nexts competes against Buffalo Grove at home Tuesday and then at the Glenbrook North Invite on Saturday.

MUSTANGS START OUT STRONG!
MUNDELEIN TAKES DOWN THE WARRIORS!
The Mustangs opened their 2006 campaign the right way by defeating visiting Deerfield 110-75. Mundelein opened up the meet with a first place finish in the 200 Medley relay which consisted of Megan Thompson, Cassie Brueckbauer, Michelle Lau and Sarah Falconer. From there the Mustangs would win the next four events with Megan Thompson, Sarah Falconer and Sara Marciniak each winning the 200 Free, 200IM, and 50 Free respectively. Courtney Wilhelm. Polly Hirt, and Taylor Reckert would go 1-2-3 in divng with Courtney and Polly each over the 200 point mark and Taylor just missing it with a 195. The Mustangs continued their winning ways and won the last two relays as well with Nikki Andre, Cassie Brueckbauer, Siobhan Larsen and Sara Marciniak winning the 200 Free Relay and Thompson, Larsen , Falconer, and Marciniak winning the 400 Free relay.

The Mustangs next compete at the Niles West Invite September 9th.

2005-2006 Varsity

HOME meets in CAPS - Conference meets in bold - Tourneys in red

Day	Date	Location/Opponent	Time/Result	Record
Tue	8/30	PALATINE	WIN 128-58	1-0
Sat	9/10	Niles West Invitational	1st out of 6
Tue	9/13	HOFFMAN ESTATES	WIN 144-42	2-0
Sat	9/17	Glenbrook North Invitational	3rd of 8
Tue	9/20	STEVENSON	Loss 123-63	2-1
Thu	9/22	Libertyville	Loss 115-71	2-2
Sat	9/24	Lake County Meet @ VHHS	5th of 11
Thu	9/29	ZION-BENTON	WIN 133-50	3-2
Thu	10/6	Vernon Hills	WIN 132-54	4-2
Sat	10/8	Hersey Invite @ Olympic Pool - Arlington Hts.	1st out of 12
Tue	10/11	LAKE FOREST	Loss 123-63	4-3
Sat	10/15	Evanston Diving Invitational	10:00 am
Sat	10/15	Stevenson Invitational	6th of 9
Thu	10/20	Warren	Tie 93-93	4-3-1
Sat	11/5	NSC Championship	4th of 7
Sat	11/12	IHSA Sectional Championship	4th
Fri	11/18	IHSA State Finals @ Evanston	Dive 9:00 am Swim 4:00 pm
Sat	11/19	IHSA State Championship @ Evanston	Dive 1:00 pm Swim 2:00 pm

11/19/05
SATURDAY'S RESULTS FROM EVANSTON

STATE RESULTS

Diving: Elysse Rowland, Loyola, 396.20; Mallory Mullady, Lake Forest, 375.90; Madeline Bauer, New Trier, 368.45; Courtney Cozad, Champaign Centennial, 367.45; Katie Boyer, Neuqua Valley, 360.65; Erin O'Daniel, Barrington, 359.65; Monica Oddo, Glenbrook South, 355.25; Kyla Bachtell, Waubonsie Valley, 348.80; Sadie Rothstein, Niles West, 334.50; Casey Herman, Libertyville, 333.65; Courtney Wilhelm, Mundelein, 333.60; Nikki Spillone, Mundelein, 323.50

11/12/05

SATURDAY'S RESULTS

MUSTANGS TAKE 4th AT SECTIONAL AND ADVANCE QUALIFIERS TO STATE!

The Mustangs took 4th at the IHSA Sectional meet yesterday at Lake Forest and qualified individuals in 3 events for the state meet next weekend. The day started our strong again as a solid performance from divers Nikki Spillone and Courtney Wilhelm helped qualify them for the state meet. From there the momentum continued as the 200 Medley Relay of: Megan Thompson, Cailtlin Falconer, Nicole Kerstetter, and Liza Dickinson swam underneath the qualifying standard to punch their ticket and break the school record as well. Megan Thompson lowered her own school record and continued the momentum for the Mustangs as she then qualifed individually in the very next event -the 200 Freestyle.

From there the Mustangs had some heartbreaking swims as both Liza Dickinson and Sara Marciniak missed qualifying in the 50 Free by .16 and .33 of a second respectively. The close misses would continue as Megan Thompson missed by .32 of a second in the 500 Free. The 200 Free Relay of Liza Dickinson, Sarah Falconer, Sara Marciniak, and Nicole Kerstetter moved up to 3rd place but missed the state cut by .93 of a second. And finally the 400 Free Relay of Liza Dickinson, Sarah Falconer, Nicole Kerstetter, and Megan Thompson swam within .2 of the school record, but missed qualifying for state by .89 of a second.

Overall the Mustangs did well as they moved up a place from last year's Sectional and will return 8 out of 12 Sectional athletes.

The Mustangs next compete at the state meet at Evanston High School on Friday and Saturday.

11/5/05

SATURDAY'S RESULTS

MUSTANGS TAKE 4th AT CONFERENCE MEET!
TEAM SCORES
Lake Forest 310.5, Stevenson 287, Libertyville 236.5, Mundelein 170, Warren 135.5, Zion-Benton 71.5, Vernon Hills 62.

The Mustangs took 4th at the Conference Meet this past weekend behind state ranked Lake Forest, Stevenson, and Libertyville. The Mustangs opened up strong with Nikki Spillone and Courtney Wilhelm placing 2nd and 4th respectively in the diving competition. From there, the Mustangs solidified their 4th place standing by placing multiple individuals and relays in the Top 6. The Top 6 finishers included:

200 Medley Relay (4th): Megan Thompson, Caitlin Falconer, Nicole Kerstetter, and Liza Dickinson.

200 Freestyle: Megan Thompson (6th)

50 Freestyle: Liza Dickinson (5th)

200 Freestyle Relay (3rd): Liza Dickinson, Sarah Falconer, Siobhan Larsen, and Nicole Kerstetter

400 Freestyle Relay (4th): Liza Dickinson, Sarah Falconer, Nicole Kerstetter, Megan Thompson

The Mustangs next compete in the Sectional Meet this Saturday with state berths on the line.

11/4/05

CONGRATS POLLY!
Congratulations to Polly Hirt for winning the NSC JV Conference Diving meet last night at Vernon Hills. With Polly's win, the Mustangs have had the JV Conference diving champion for the last 4 years now.

The Mustangs dominated the competition overall with 5 girls placing in the Top 12. Other Top 12 finishers included: Taylor Reckert, Victoria Kerstetter, Kelsey Teegen and Kassie Brenton.

The JV Conference swimming competition is Nov. 4 at Vernon Hills at 5:00 p.m. with the Varsity Swimming and Diving Conference meet taking place Nov. 5 at Lake Forest with diving starting at 9:00 a.m. and swimming starting at 1:00 p.m.

2004-2005 Varsity

Date	Meet	Result		Record
9/11 - 9am/12pm	Away - Niles West Invite	2nd of 6	Invite
9/14 - 5pm	Away - Libertyville	Loss 117-70	Conf.	0-1
9/18 - 10am/1pm	Away - Glenbrook North Invite	3rd of 8	Invite
9/21 - 5pm	Away - Hoffman Estates	Win 130-56	Non-Conf.	1-1
9/23 - 5pm	Home - Vernon Hills	Win 126-60	Conf.	2-1
9/25 - 9am/1:30pm	Away - Lake County@L-F	4th of 7	Invite
9/29 - 5pm	Home - Stevenson	Loss 130-56	Conf.	2-2
10/4 - 5pm	Away - Palatine	Win 119-67	Non-Conf.	3-2
10/7 - 5pm	Away - Lake Forest	Loss 127-59	Conf.	3-3
10/9 - 9am/12pm	Away - Hersey Invite	4th of 12	Invite
10/14 - 5pm	Home - Warren	Loss 102-84	Conf.	3-4
10/16 - 10am	Away - Evanston Diving Meet	1st of 23	Invite
10/16 - 1pm	Away - Stevenson Invite	8th	Invite
10/21 - 5pm	Away - Zion-Benton	Win 119-67	Conf.	4-4
11/6 - 9am	NSC @ Stevenson - Diving
11/6 - 1pm	NSC @ Stevenson - Swim Meet	4th out of 7
11/13	IHSA Sectionals	5th out of 16	State Series
11/19-11/20	IHSA State	19th	State Series

Also from 2004-2005:

6/29/05
NIKKI SPILLONE NAMED
ALL-AMERICAN DIVER
Mundelein High School senior Nikki Spillone has been ranked one of the top 100 divers in the country by the National Interscholastic Swim Coaches Association. Nikki is ranked number 55 out of the top 100 public high school female one-meter divers in the country, and is one of five divers from Illinois who made the All-America list. A BIG congratulations goes to Nikki for this accomplishment.

12/2/04
MELISSA SETHNA NAMED ILLINOIS DIVING COACH OF THE YEAR!
Mundelein High School diving coach Melissa Sethna has just been named the IHSA Illinois Diving Coach of the Year. She was surprised with this honor at the IHSA All-State Banquet on December 8. Sethna's two top divers, senior Lucy Hirt, and junior Nicole Spillone, took first and fifth place in the Illinois State Diving Championships this year. In addition, Sethna had four other top notch divers who finished 1-2-3-4 in the JV Conference Meet. The MHS Diving Team, under Coach Sethna, had five divers who could score over 300 - no other team in Illinois can boast this depth. Last year, her two top divers also competed in the state meet, both securing finishes in the top 20.

Sethna has coached the Mundelein High School diving team for the past three years, and worked as a volunteer coach with the team the previous two seasons. She is only the fourth female diving coach in Illinois to win this award.

"MHS is extremely proud of Coach Sethna, and the outstanding job she has accomplished in a very short amount of time," commented Mike Dayton, Director of Activities and Community Development.

11/19/04
NIKKI SPILLONE TAKES FIFTH
LUCY HIRT IS 2004 STATE DIVING CHAMP!
MHS senior Lucy Hirt won Mundelein its first State Championship since the Mustangs Boys Gymnastic Team won in the 1999-2000 season. In Saturday's finals, clutch dives by Lucy expanded her points lead from Friday and she won comfortably over Urbana H.S. senior Marina Mendoza. Nikki Spillone also did very well on Saturday and moved up to 5th, edging Mallory Mullady of Lake Forest by 2/10 of a point. Mundelein was the only school with 2 divers in the Top 12 at the state meet, cementing their status as the top diving team in the state this year! Overall, the Mustangs took 19th in the state, equalling their best finish ever.
CONGRATULATIONS TO LUCY, NIKKI, AND COACH MELISSA SETHNA!

11/19/04
MHS ONLY SCHOOL WITH 2 IN CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND
LUCY & NIKKI DIVE INTO THE FINALS!
Lucy Hirt and Nikki Spillone made a big splash in the Diving Event at the IHSA State Semi-finals held in Evanston before a standing-room only crowd. Our Mustangs both qualified for Saturday's finals in the Championship Round. Lucy finished first in the qualifying event, while Nikki came in sixth. In the swimming events, sophomore Megan Thompson also did Mundelein proud as she placed a great 38th in the entire state in the the 200 yard freestyle and 28th in the 500 Freestyle! Congratulations to our State Qualifiers! Good luck to our terrific twosome diving in Saturday's Big Show!

1 Lucy Hirt (Sr.), Mundelein (H.S.) 297.20
2 Elysse Rowland (Fr.), Wilmette (Loyola Academy) 287.55
3 Courtney Cozad (So.), Champaign (Centennial) 285.30
4 Marina Mendoza (Sr.), Urbana (H.S.) 285.25
5 Kyla Bachtell (Jr.), Aurora (Waubonsie Valley) 272.30
6 Nikki Spillone (Jr.), Mundelein (H.S.) 271.25
7 Emily Walter (Sr.), LaGrange (Lyons) 269.80
8 Mallory Mullady (So.), Lake Forest (H.S.) 261.60
9 Alyx Korn (So.), Palatine (H.S.) 256.10
10 Kate Prorok (Sr.), Arlington Heights (Hersey) 254.15
11 Lauren Griffin (Sr.), Flossmoor (Homewood-F.) 244.75
12 Monica Oddo (So.), Glenview (Glenbrook South) 242.50

11/13/04

Mustangs place 5th at Sectionals!

The Mustangs placed 5th at Sectionals behind state powers: Lake Forest, Barrington, Libertyville, and Stevenson. In doing so, the Mustangs still managed to break two school records and advance 3 individuals to the state swim meet. The Mustangs got off to a great start with the 1-2 punch of Lucy Hirt and Nikki Spillone as they placed 1-2 respectively in the diving competition punching their ticket to the state meet. The swimmers continued the momentum, dropping time but narrowly missing qualifying their 200 Medley Relay consisting of Megan Thompson, Sarah Falconer, Caitlin Falconer and Liza Dickinson by 1.7 seconds. Sophomore, Megan Thompson, then became the first female swimmer in school history to qualify in the 200 Freestyle and in doing so broke her own school record. She also qualified in the 500 Freestyle later on that day once again becoming the first female in school history to qualify in that event and lowering her own school record. Sprinters Sara Marciniak and Liza Dickinson, competing in their first sectional missed the state cut in the 50 free each by a little over a half of a second. The swimmers kept battling but ended up missing qualifying their 200 Freestyle relay (Siobhan Larsen, Caitlin Falconer, Elizabeth Klink, and Sara Marciniak) and 400 Freestyle relay (Megan Thompson, Liza Dickinson, Siobhan Larsen, and Sara Marciniak) by 5 seconds and 2.7 seconds respectively. Overall the young Mustangs placed higher at Sectionals than they had the previous 2 years and look forward to the future as next year they return 10 out of 12 sectional team members!