Fusion swimming and diving earns section true team title

Here's a glimpse of the post-meet celebrating by Melrose-Sauk Centre athletes as they swam a few cool-down laps:


For the first time in the team's history, the Melrose-Sauk Centre Fusion earned the Section 5A True Team championship. They defeated second-place Alexandria by 89 points at the Discovery middle school pool today.

In 2010, in a computer-run tally of the section teams, the Fusion team was named the champions after the section true team meet was called off due to bad weather. They've also appeared at the State True Team meet other times through wildcard invitations.

2014 Section 5A True Team final standings:
1st - Melrose-Sauk Centre Fusion 1,177
2nd - Alexandria 1,088
3rd - Fergus Falls 983.5
4th - Detroit Lakes 905
5th - Park Rapids Area 880.5
6th - Bemidji 749
7th - Morris Area/Chokio-Alberta 173

Additional video, photos and more will be posted later tonight. Don't miss extended coverage of M-SC's achievement in the Jan. 23 issue of the Sauk Centre Herald.

Here's more video, showing one of the heats of the 200 IM race:


The Class 1A State True Team meet is at 1 p.m. next Saturday, January 25 at the University of Minnesota Aquatic Center in Minneapolis.