Congratulations to the Wayzata Synchro team for winning the 10th consecutive State Title!!!
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The Wayzata High School synchronized swim team won its fifth consecutive state championship on May 27.
Wayzata Seniors Becca Hunkins, Cayla Ebert, Natalie Bodin, Tara Williams, Riley Mangan, Alese Halvorson, Erika Weimer, Audrey Elsner, Larissa Borg, and Katelyn Osmek celebrate the 2011 state title. Photo courtesy Cayla Ebert. The team placed first in 13 of the 15 events and scored a meet high 169 points. The team took 23 routines to the state meet this year and 21 of these routines earned points by placing in the top seven. This is the first team in Wayzata High School’s history to win five consecutive state championship titles.
In addition to the team victory, several individual first-place awards were earned by WHS swimmers including:
- Hannah Ogren and Amanda Urke – First place in solo
- Hannah Ogren and Colleen Donlin – First place in short duet
- Katrin Ree and Haley Rugemer – First place in long duet
- Natalie Bodin and Cayla Ebert – First place in extended duet
- Colleen Donlin, Lucy Liu and Trisha Morrison – First place in short trio
- Katrin Ree, Haley Ruegemer and Amanda Urke – First place in long trio
- Colleen Donlin – First place in short figures
- Amanda Urke – First place in long figures
- Natalie Bodin – First place in extended figures
- Lydia Boike, Colleen Donlin, Morgan Foote, Kaitlyn Haller, Lucy Liu, Trisha Morrison, Hannah Ogren and Emily Turnquist– First place short team
- Amy Erickson, Gillian Mangan, Katrin Ree, Haley Ruegemer, Amanda Urke and Hannah Weas – First place in long team
- Natalie Bodin, Cayla Ebert, Alese Halvorson, Paige Muncy, Kjirsten Ree, Ruth Schaefer, Laurel Streed and Tara Williams – First place in extended team
Five students were also named All-State athletes and include seniors Natalie Bodin, Cayla Ebert and Alese Halvorson; and sophomores Paige Muncy and Kjirsten Ree.
Team members of the WHS synchronized swim team include the following: Seniors Natalie Bodin, Larissa Borg, Cayla Ebert, Audrey Elsner, Alese Halvorson, Becca Hunkins, Riley Mangan, Katelyn Osmek, Erika Weimer and Tara Williams; juniors Nicole Kullback, Ellie Magnuson, Kathleen Poppendeck and Laurel Streed; sophomores Morgan Foote, Mara Halvorson, Megan He, Gillian Mangan, Paige Muncy, Kjirsten Ree, Ruth Schaefer and Samantha Snidarich; freshmen Lydia Boike, Kaitlyn Haller, Trisha Morrison and Emily Turnquist; eighth graders Amy Erickson, Katrin Ree, Haley Ruegemer, Amanda Urke and Hannah Weas; and seventh graders Colleen Donlin, Lucy Liu and Hannah Ogren.
Team captains are Natalie Bodin, Cayla Ebert, Audrey Elsner, Alese Halvorson and Tara Williams
The team is coached by head coach Signe Hensel, Ali Bodin, Rachel Hoffart and Ann Rushfeldt.
Photo courtesy Ruth Schaefer. 
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The Wayzata High School synchronized swim team won its third consecutive state championship May 21 and 22. The team placed first in eight of the 15 events and scored a meet high 125 points.In addition to the team victory, several individual awards were earned by WHS swimmers including:
Samantha Snidarich – first place in short solo
Ashley Gilles and Riley Mangan – first place in short duet
Ruth Schaefer and Samantha Snidarich – second place in short duet
Natalie Bodin and Audrey Elsner – third place in extended duet
Riley Mangan, Katelyn Osmek and Ruth Schaefer – first place in short trio
Riley Mangan – first place in short figures
Ashley Gilles – second place in short figures
Erica Muncy, Kjirsten Ree and Laurel Streed – first place in long trio
Audrey Elsner – third place in long figures
Kristen Andersen, Natalie Bodin and Hannah Strauss-Albee – first place extended trio
Ali Eull, Katelyn Osmek, Amber Loken, Riley Mangan, Ruth Schaefer, Samantha Snidarich, Erika Weimer, Ashley Gilles – first place in short team
Jenny Caffoe, Mara Halvorson, Katie Kemmitt, Megan He, Rebecca Hunkins, MariBeth Paese, Kathleen Poppendeck – second place in short team
Larissa Borg, Audrey Elsner, Ti Arika Hines, Allison Jahn, Paige Muncy, Mackenzie Neal, Kjirsten Ree, Laurel Streed – first place in long team
Natalie Bodin and Audrey Elsner were named to the all-state teamTeam members of the WHS synchronized swim team include the following:
Seniors, Monica Mathews, Erica Muncy and Hannah Strauss-Albee; juniors, Kristen Andersen, Stacy Caprio, Ashley Gilles, TiArika Hines and Allison Jahn; sophomores, Alexandra Alviani, Natalie Bodin, Larissa Borg, Kelly Caprio, Cayla Ebert, Audrey Elsner, Ali Eull, Alese Halvorson, Lindsay Hawkins, Rebecca Hunkins, Katie Kemmitt, Riley Mangan, Mackenzie Neal, Katelyn Osmek, Erika Weimer and Tara Williams; freshman, Jenny Caffoe, Amber Loken, MariBeth Paese, Kathleen Poppendeck, Laurel Streed and Brooke Ylitalo; eighth grade students, Mara Halvorson, Megan He, Paige Muncy, Kjirsten Ree, Ruth Schaefer and Samantha Snidarich.
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The members of the Wayzata High School synchronized swimming state championship team will be recognized at the school board meeting on June 8, at 7 p.m. The synchronized swim team won its third state championship on May 22. a2a_linkname=”Wayzata.com”;a2a_linkurl=”http://www.wayzata.com”; -
Wayzata High School tennis players Michael Ries and Jason Lee were featured in the Star Tribune for being prime examples of in-season improvement under tennis coach Jeff Prondzinski.According to the article, Prondzinski said this is the most in-season progress any team of his has made in his 15 years of coaching.
The article also features high school sophomore Sarah Urke, a synchronized swimmer who left the high school team to pursue an opportunity with the U.S. Junior National Team. The high school team competed without Urke last week at the state meet at the University of Minnesota.
Visit the Star Tribune’s Web site to read the entire article “Doubles team serves as a symbol of Wayzata Improvement.”
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The Wayzata synchronized swimming team won its third state state championship on Friday at the University of Minnesota Aquatic Center. The Trojans scored 125 points to beat out second place Stillwater.
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Wayzata Synchronized Swimming has won the State Title for the last two years in a row. The current Wayzata swimmers have some large shoes to fill as a number of the standouts that contributed to the championships have graduated. One of those swimmers Wayzata is looking to as a leader, is Sarah Urke, a sophomore who is being considered for the U.S. National Junior team, according to the Star Tribune.Here is some more info from the Wayzata Athletics office on Sarah and written by Joanne Kutzler, Head Coach Minnesota Synchronettes:
Sarah Urke, a sophomore at Wayzata High School, was named to the first 13-15 US National Team at the US Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs in July and represented the United States at the 2008 UANA Pan American Age Group Championships held in Calgary, Canada on August 27-30. Sarah is the first Minnesotan to have earned this honor with this age group team.
The new US Team trained rigorously at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs for several weeks prior to the international competition. Twelve countries from North and South America competed in the Championships which are held every other year. The US Team placed a very respectable second behind Canada and Sarah placed 22nd (5th among US members) in the figure competition.
Sarah had been participating as one of the top athletes in the United States Talent ID Program for over a year. After placing 7th in Solo and 7th in Figures at the recent US Age Group Championships in New York, she was invited to the Olympic Training Center for final selection of the first 13-15 National Team.
Sarah has been a member of the Wayzata High School Varsity Synchronized Swim Team for three (3) years which has won the State High School Championships for the last two years. She also has been competing in synchronized swimming for eight (8) eight years as club swimmer with Minnesota Synchronettes which practices in Wayzata.
“Sarah is a gifted swimmer who has an unbelievable work ethic and clear goal of what she wants to achieve – making the US Olympic Team. With her success nationally she could rest on her laurels, but she comes to the high school team using the same work ethic to help the Trojans become one of the top synchronized swim teams in the state,” said Wayzata High School Synchronized Swim Head Coach Signe Hensel.
Sarah’s Athletic Honors and Awards include:
2007-2008 USSS Talent ID participant
2008 North Zone 13-15 All Star Award Recipient (includes 5 states)
2007 and 2008 US Age Group Championships top 10 figures
2008 US Age Group Championship Solo Finalist (7th)
2003 MNS Coaches Award
2006 and 2008 MNS Athlete of the Year
2007 MNS Trail Blazer Award
2008 High School All-State as a freshman.Her Scholastic Honors and Awards include:
2005-2008 A honor roll and
Midwest Academic Talent member
2007 Presidents Award for Outstanding Academic ExcellenceImage courtesy Wayzata Public Schools.
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