Class A boys swimming power Breck/Blake beat Wayzata 69-33 Thursday at Breck School in Golden Valley. Henry Webb of Breck/Blake set a new pool record in the 500 freestyle with a time of 4:45.82. The Bearstangs are six-time defending state champions in class A.
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“John Jacobson talks with Wayzata swimmers Madison Preiss and Colleen Donlin plus head coach Elizabeth Hansen. The Trojans won the Section 5AA meet and will defend their state Class AA title this week at the University of Minnesota. Airing on the November 10, 2014 edition of Channel 12’s Sports Jam.”
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The Star Tribune has an in depth feature article on the Wayzata Girls Swimming team you can read by going to this link: http://m.mnswimminghub.com/news_article/show/424936?referrer_id=869316
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Defending state girls’ swimming and diving champion Wayzata defeated Armstrong 98-80 in the first dual meet of the season for both teams. Madison Preiss of Wayzata won both the 100 backstroke and the 200 Individual Medley and broke the pool record in the 200 IM.
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The Wayzata Swim and Dive team won the Section 5AA Meet with a total of 672 points. Mounds View came in second with 421 points while Armstrong finished in third place with 283 points. The Trojans will compete in the State Meet November 18-20 at the University of Minnesota Aquatic Center.
Thursday, November 18 – 6:00PM – Diving Prelims
Friday, November 19 – 6:00PM – Swimming Prelims
Saturday, November 20 – 6:00PM – Swimming and Diving Finals
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The 2009 Minnetonka Challenge will be held Saturday, July 18, and challenge swimmers to swim five miles from Excelsior Beach to Wayzata Bay.Mandatory check-in is from 5:30 to 6:20 a.m. at Excelsior Beach and is followed by a mandatory pre-race meeting at 6:30 a.m.
Fruit, muffins and drinks will be served at the finish line at Wayzata Beach and the award ceremony will wrap things up from 10:30 to 11 a.m.
Participants must register for the swim and pay an entry fee of $25. Register for the Minnetonka Challenge online by July 14 to participate.
For more information visit the Minnesota Masters Swimming Web site.
Map courtesy of Mapquest.
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Lehigh Sports is reporting that Wayzata Native Dan Johnson has earned his second consecutive Scholar-Athlete of the year award for men’s swimming and diving at Lehigh University in Bethlehem Pennsylvania. Here is an excerpt from the article:Johnson will be looking to defend his 200 yard freestyle title from a season ago this weekend at Bucknell’s Kinney Natatorium. A two-time first-team All-Patriot League selection for the Mountain Hawks, Johnson will be looking to improve on last year’s championships where he earned two individual silver medals to go along with his gold in the 200 free.
The Wayzata, Minnesota native enters his final Patriot League Championship meet on the heels of another strong regular season, where he scored points in all 11 meets for the Brown and White. Johnson totaled 15 individual race wins during the regular season, competing in the 50, 100 and 200 yard freestyle events. He also was on six event-winning relay teams, and swept the sprint freestyle events in meets versus Patriot League rivals Lafayette and Army. Johnson heads into this weekend’s Patriot League Championships as the individual career points leader in his class.
To read the full story, follow this link: Johnson repeats as PL Scholar-Athlete of the Year.
Image courtesy of Lehigh Sports.
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Check out this Youtube of Wayzata Swimmers competing in the 200IM at the second meet of the season.
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Jackie Stenroos, a sophomore at Wayzata High School, has been featured as one of the Star Tribune’s athletes of the week. The article indicates that Jackie utilized a training method called tapering, in which she doesn’t work out as hard as she gets ready for a big meet. Stenroos recorded four first-place finishes at the Class 2A, Section 5 swim meet winning:
- 200 yard individual medley
- 100 breaststroke
- participating on 200 medley relay team
- participating on 400 freestyle relay team
Jackie will be particpating at the state swim meet at the University of Minnesota. For the full Star Tribune article, visit this link: Prep athletes of the week.
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