 |
| Emily Mensen, Sarah Nelson and Alyssa Kohorst. |
 |
| A large group of Mainstreeters cheer on the 400 freestyle relay squad in tonight's final event. |
At the 11-team Section 6A girls' swimming and diving preliminary round tonight, the Sauk Centre Mainstreeters had numerous drops in times - including some huge drops - to build a great deal of momentum heading into the finals on Saturday.
Head coach James Schreiner had this to say after the last race tonight, "Holy Cow!!!! We had some amazing swims. I wouldn't even know where to start there were so many! I'm so happy for them all. What a great way to represent our school."
Here's more of what Coach Schreiner had to say after prelims tonight:
Action resumes on Saturday at Discovery Middle School with diving at 11 a.m. in Alexandria.
 |
| Shania Baum in the 100 breaststroke prelims. PHOTO BY TIM MIECZKOWSKI |
One example of the huge drops Sauk Centre swimmers had in times was with freshmen Sarah Bushard in the 100 breaststroke event. Her seed time was 1:21.58, good for 25th place coming into the night. She turned in a lifetime best time of 1:16.08, good for ninth place in the field and putting her in the finals round.
That type of night brings this type of smile...!
 |
| Sarah Bushard right after hearing her name announced as a qualifier for the 100 breaststroke finals. |
 |
| Tracy Kortan with the lap board while cheering for Josephine Mensen in the 500 FS. PHOTO BY TIM MIECZKOWSKI |
In another example of a stellar performance, senior Josephine Mensen swam the 500 freestyle race with a career-best time and dropped under six minutes for the first time ever.
 |
| Menley Rehm flies off the block in the 500 freestyle race. PHOTO BY TIM MIECZKOWSKI |
 |
| Coach Schreiner giving some last-minute instructions. PHOTO BY TIM MIECZKOWSKI |
Additional details will follow tomorrow as well as Saturday night after the conclusion of the meet.
No comments:
Post a Comment