Penn's Christianson is Northern Indiana Conference girls swimming MVP
Penn High School senior Lily Christianson has been named the Northern Indiana Conference girls swimming Most Valuable Player as the all-conference was released.
Christianson is first-team All-NIC in the 100 breastroke, the 50 freestyle, the 400 freestyle and is a member of the first-team 200 medley relay team and 400 freestyle relay team. Christianson, in her four-year career, has set NIC Meet records in all but two of the 12 events. The two events she doesn't hold records in — diving and the 500 freestyle — she never competed in.
Penn coach Jess Preston has been named Coach of the Year.
Penn's Anika Guenther, Alayna Riggins and Kaia Podlin are the other members of the first-team 200 medley relay. Other Kingsmen on the first-team are Molly Barnes in the 200 and 500 freestyle, Lauren McGrath in the 200 individual medley and 100 backstroke, Riggins in the 100 butterfly, Podlin in the 100 freestyle. The 200 freestyle relay team of Podlin, Guenter, Barnes and Riggins and the 400 freestyle relay team of Podlin, Barnes, McGrath and Christianson.
Kailey Corban of Adams is the first-team diver.
Second team
200 medley relay: Penn (Lauren McGrath, Molly Shuman, Libby Marion, Emmi Richards); 200 freestyle: Claire Dobrydney (Saint Joseph); 200 individual medley: Addy Szakaly (Adams); 50 freestyle: Alayna Riggins (Penn); diving: Catalina Martinez-Gil (Penn); 100 butterfly: Avery Woods (Penn); 100 freestyle: Emmi Richards (Penn); 500 freestyle: Claire Dobrydney (Saint Joseph); 200 freestyle relay: Penn (Avery Woods, Sofia Hayes, Caroline Ball, Emmi Richards); 100 backstroke: Libby Marion (Penn); 100 breaststroke: Abby Szakaly (Adams); 400 freestyle relay: Penn (Libby Marion, Isabel Leader, Vanessa Domalewski, Avery Woods.
Honorable mention
200 medley relay: New Prairie (Alaina Brison, Olivia Reffo, Ava Lux, Emma Tulacz); 200 freestyle: Avery Woods (Penn); 200 individual medley: Anika Guenther (Penn); 50 freestyle: Emma Tulacz (New Prairie); diving: Jenna Freymuth (Adams); 100 butterfly: Carolina Ball (Penn); 100 freestyle: Chloe Whitmer (Riley); 500 freestyle: Brie Skalski (Penn); 200 freestyle relay: Adams (Addy Szakaly, Sofia Clark, Addie Rabbitt, Willa Kricheff); 100 backstroke: Vanessa Domalewski (Penn); 100 breastroke: Anika Guenther (Penn); 400 freestyle relay: Adams (Willa Kricheff, Sofia Clark, Addie Rabbitt, Addy Szakaly).
Final standings: Penn 9-0, Adams 8-1, New Prairie 7-2, Elkhart 5-4, Riley 6-3, Saint Joseph 4-5, Bremen 3-6, Marian 2-7, Jimtown 1-8, Washington 0-9.
This article originally appeared on South Bend Tribune: All-Northern Indiana Conference girls swimming team for 2023-24
