Girls' swimming and diving team has a state-bound relay foursome!

A video clip of the preliminary round for the 400 FSR last night in Sartell...that same group earned a state-qualifying time in the 200 FSR today in the Section 6A championships. They finished third in the 400 FSR finals today to earn medals in that event.

The Sauk Centre Mainstreeters 200 Freestyle Relay team is heading to state!!! Members include Danielle Banal, Alyssa Kohorst, Sarah Nelson and Tiana Molitor.

On top of that, Tiana Molitor of that 200 FSR team beat the state-qualifying time in the 100 freestyle race and will be competing in that event at state as well.

In the 200 FSR, the Mainstreeters finished with a state-qualifying time of 1:42.21 at the Section 6A championships today. In the 100 free, Molitor finished with a state-qualifying time of 54.76 seconds. Molitor finished third in the 200 free and came oh-so-close to earning a ticket to state in that event.

Banal finished fifth in the 50 free and earned a medal in that event and got eighth in the 100 butterfly for a medal there as well.

Nelson placed seventh and earned a medal in the 100 butterfly and also earned a medal in the 200 free with a sixth-place finish. The 200 MR team of Kendyl Tullis, Julie Bushard, Kaylee Hanson and Tracy Kortan finished seventh in the finals and also earned medals. Tullis earned fifth in the 100 backstroke to get a medal there. Bushard earned a medal in the 100 breaststroke with a sixth-place finish.

Here's what the scoreboard said after the 200 FSR race at preliminaries last night...showing the time for the Mainstreeters relay team in that event. They took 10 seconds off of that in the finals today to earn a ticket to state!

The Class A state girls' swimming and diving preliminaries begin at 12 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 16 at the University of Minnesota Aquatics Center in Minneapolis. Public ticket sales begin at 10:30 a.m. that day. Tickets (adults/students) are $8, and all seats are reserved.

Members of the Mainstreeters swimming and diving team cheer on Sarah Bushard in her 100 breaststroke preliminary race last night in Sartell.

Julie Bushard competing at sections in the 100 breaststroke; today in the finals she placed sixth to earn a medal.

Mainstreeters cheering on Morgan Adams in her race at sections. PHOTOS BY RANDY OLSON

A large contingent of the 17 section qualifiers from Sauk Centre earned a spot on the medals stand today. What's neat about the entire group is that only two are seniors, meaning 15 section qualifiers return for the 2013 season. Check the upcoming issue of the Sauk Centre Herald to read all about that.

As a team, the Mainstreeters took a very solid fourth place out of 11 teams at the Section 6A meet. They had 228 points to beat fifth-place Albany who had 194 points. Alexandria had 239 points to take third, while Melrose Area was second and host Sartell-St.Stephen was first.