The Albert Lea girls’ swimming and diving team competed in the Big Nine Conference meet Friday and Saturday in Rochester.

The Tigers came away with a ninth-place finish, scoring 121 points. Rochester Mayo won the meet by a landslide, notching 501.5 points. Northfield finished second with 244.5 points.

Full team results can be found below.

1. Rochester Mayo                 501.5

2. Northfield         244.5

3. Faribault       239

4. Mankato West          221

5. Rochester John Marshall 196

6. Winona         191

7. Rochester Century         148

8. Owatonna         142

9. Albert Lea         121

10. Red Wing           91

11. Austin           86

12. Mankato East           74

Emily Taylor was a bright spot for the Tigers in the 50-yard freestyle. She showed the whole Big Nine Conference what she was about when she won the event with a time of 25.18, beating Faribault’s Megan Gehrke by .04 seconds. Taylor also competed in the 100 breaststroke and came in third place with a time of 1:10.20.

Eighth-grader Jaeda Koziolek won the 100 backstroke with a time of 1:02.05, beating a host of juniors and seniors in the process, including Mankato West’s Rachel Phinney by .06 seconds. She also competed in the 200 IM and finished ninth with a time of 2:24.82.

In relay action, the team of Natalie Nafzger. Lydia Boorsma, Taylor and Koziolek came in seventh place in the 200 medley relay with a time of 1:59.04.

Lexie Simon , Jill Peterson, Alana Skarstad and Taylor made up the team that took ninth in the 200 freestyle with a time of 1:48.94.

And in one of the final races, Skarstad, Koziolek, Nafzger and Boorsma finished in 10th place in the 400 freestyle.