Southwest Womens' Swim Team at Sectionals

The Girls Swim and Dive Team wrapped up their section meet last night.  The Lakers qualified three individuals and one relay to the state meet. 

Junior Ceci Crosby started the three day event off coming in with a 3rd place finish in 1 meter diving.  Her finish advanced her to the state meet this week at the U of MN.   

Sophomore Amelia Baxley qualified for the state meet in the 100 freestyle with a time of 53.35 equaling her school and MPS district record she set last season.  She also will be advancing in the 100 backstroke with her second consecutive section championship.    

School Record Breakers

Junior Maya Knutson set a school record while finishing second in the 200 Freestyle.  She also set another school record and finished 4th in the 500 Freestyle.  Both of these swims qualified for the state meet.

The Laker 400 Freestyle Relay, which included junior Madeline Peak, 8th grader Elle Niebuhr, sophomore Amelia Baxley, and junior Maya Knutson, qualified for the state meet while setting a new school and MPS district record of 3:37.45. 

Overall as a team the Lakers finished 3rd, bettering their 4th place finish last season.  Our girls have worked extremely hard this season all while maintaining a 3.73 team GPA.  

We look forward to seeing the results of their hard work at this weeks state meet.  All state meet info can be found at www.mshsl.org.  

Thanks, Chris Aarseth
Women's Swim and Dive Coach