2009 State Girls' Swimming and Diving Meet
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Stillwater Area earns second consecutive Class AA team title; Sartell-St. Stephen wins first Class A crown;
Six Class A records broken
Sartell-St. Stephen and Stillwater Area emerged as the team champions at the 2009 State Girls’ Swimming and Diving Meet. It was the first Class A crown for the Sabres of Sartell-St. Stephen, who placed third in 2008. In Class AA, the Stillwater Ponies earned their second consecutive title and their fourth overall.
The Class A swimmers set six new records, with Sartell-St. Stephen ninth-grader Marisa Wood involved with three of them. She set the new individual standard in the 200 freestyle and 500 freestyle and also anchored the team that set the new record in the 200 freestyle relay.
One new record was set in Class AA. The Edina team comprised of ninth-grader Madeleine Eden, ninth-grader Heather Laedtke, sophomore Nikki Larson, and senior Mary Van Metre, set the new Class AA and all-time record in the 200 medley relay at 1:44.90.
Class A
The Sartell-St. Stephen Sabres sent the four-time defending champions from Visitation of Mendota Heights packing after claiming the school’s first swimming and diving title with 236 points. The win was an improvement for the Sabres, who placed third with 162 points in 2008.
The Hutchinson Tigers finished second with 207 points and Monticello was third with 185 points. Breck School of Golden Valley was fourth with 151 and Visitation was fifth with 127.
Sartell-St. Stephen won three events on the final day of the meet and set or tied Class A records in two of them. Ninth-grader Marisa Wood set the tone with her third consecutive title in the 500 freestyle and her first in the 200 freestyle. Her finals time of 4:58.92 in the 500 was slower than her record-setting time of 4:56.20 in the preliminaries, but it was still enough to claim the gold medal. In the 200 freestyle, Wood set the Class A mark of 1:50.88 in the prelims and then tied it with the exact same time in the finals.
Wood’s final record-setting performance came when she anchored the winning 200 freestyle relay team. The Sartell-St. Stephen team, which included sophomore Tarin Anderson, senior Kate Hellie, and sophomore Molly Peichel, won its second consecutive crown with a time of 1:36.14. Just a day before, they had set the Class A record at 1:36.76 in the preliminaries.
Audrey Kumm, a junior from Hutchinson, was the only other competitor to successfully defend a 2008 title. She earned her second crown in the 100 butterfly with a time of 55.81. Kumm was also a multiple winner after helping her team win the 200 medley relay with a time of 1:48.25. Sophomore Kaylee Kucera, ninth-grader Jordan Ford, and sophomore Aspen Billiet rounded out that squad.
In addition to Wood, two Monticello swimmers set new Class A records: junior Amanda Paulson swam the 50 freestyle in 23.37 and sophomore Caley Oquist completed the 100 backstroke in 56.62.
The Hutchinson Tigers were the second relay team to set a new Class A record. Kaylee Kucera, junior Rebecca Lauer, senior Abbey Machtemes, and Audrey Kumm, edged Sartell-Stephen for the title in the 400 freestyle relay. The Tigers had a finals time of 3:32.14. In the preliminaries, Kate Hellie, Molly Peichel, sophomore Ellen Bloom, and Marisa Wood of Sartell-St. Stephen had beat the Tigers with their own record-setting time of 3:34.62.
Class AA
The Stillwater Area Ponies earned their second consecutive and fourth overall title after tallying 265 points. In addition to the past two years, the Ponies also won back-to-back championships in 2005 and 2006.
Junior Hannah Bowen led the way for Stillwater Area. She earned her second consecutive title in both the 50 freestyle and the 100 freestyle, with times of 22.76 and 50.26, respectively.
But Bowen’s winning contributions didn’t stop there; she also anchored both of the Ponies’ winning relay teams. The 200 freestyle relay team, comprised of Bowen, senior Kaela Anderson, senior Monica Radecke, and junior Torie Buberl, earned its second consecutive title with a time of 1:34.94. In 2008, the Ponies tied with Lakeville South in this event, with both teams setting the Class AA and all-time record at 1:34.80.
The Stillwater Area team of Anderson, Radecke, Bowen, and ninth-grader Claire Rutscher earned the school’s second consecutive crown in the 400 freestyle relay. Their winning time was 3:27.64.
Senior Maggie Keefer notched the final first-place showing for the Ponies. She earned her second consecutive title in one-meter diving with 451.55 points.
Edina placed second in the team competition with 205 points and Minnetonka was third at 192. The Wayzata Trojans were fourth with 157 points and the Eden Prairie Eagles followed at 133.
In addition to Bowen, junior Kiera Janzen of Cretin-Derham Hall of St. Paul and junior Abby Duncan of Champlin
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Section Tournaments
(B indicates a Bracket is available) |
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Date |
Site |
B |
| 1A |
November 11,13 2009 |
Austin |
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| 2A |
2009
Nov 12 & 14 |
College of St. Catherine
2004 Randolph Ave
St. Paul, MN 55105
651-690-6000 |
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| 3A |
November 12 & 14
2009 |
Willmar High School |
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| 4A |
**Revised**
Nov 12, 2009 Swim Prelims 6:30pm, Dive prelims 9-noon
Nov. 14, 2009
Swim/Dive Finals 1:30p |
Richfield Middle School, 7461 Oliver Avenue South,
Richfield, Minnesota 55423 |
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| 5A |
Prelims Nov 13, 2009
Finals Nov 14, 2009 |
Elk River |
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| 6A |
Nov. 13, 14, 2009 |
Sartell H.S. |
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| 7A |
November 12,14-2009 |
Grand Rapids H. S. |
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| 8A |
Nov 14, 2009 |
Warroad |
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| 1AA |
November 12,14 2009 |
Rochester Rec. Center |
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| 2AA |
November 11, 13, 2009 |
Hidden Oaks Middle School, Prior Lake |
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| 3AA |
November. 11, 13, 2009 |
Richfield Middle School |
B
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| 4AA |
Nov 12 ,2009 Swim
Prelims : 5:30 pm
Nov 13 Diving Event:
6:10 pm
Nov 14 Swim Finals:
1:30 pm
2009 |
Stillwater Jr.
High |
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| 5AA |
Swim Prelims Nov 12 6:00
Diving Nov 13, 6:00
Finals Nov
14 3:30
*Gate opens 1 hr before meet
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Minnetonka
East Middle School
17000 Lake St Extension 55345 |
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| 6AA |
2010
Nov 11 Swim Prelims: 5:00 pm
Nov 12(Diving) 5:30 pm
Nov 13 Swim Finals: 1:00 pm |
Art Downey Aquatic Center, Edina |
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| 7AA |
Swim Prelims Nov 12 6:00
Diving Nov 13, 6:00
Finals Nov
14 2:00
*Gate opens 1 hr before meet |
Northdale Middle School 11301 Dogwood St
Coon Rapids 55448 |
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| 8AA |
November 13-14, 2009 |
St Cloud Tech |
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