Update: Heather Lundstrom Wins 100 Yard Butterfly and Sets 500 Freestyle State Record

Update: The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that Heather Lundstrom won both the 100 Yard Butterfly and the 500 Freestyle in Saturday's championship round of the girls state swimming and diving meet in St. Peters.

Original Story:

Those who win individual state swim titles get their photograph in the program that is sold at the championships the next year.

Senior Heather Lundstrom had two photos in this year’s book for winning the 200 yard individual medley and the 100 yard butterfly in 2012.

Lundstrom is back to strike gold again Saturday in the 38th renewal of these championships held at the Rec-Plex in St. Peters.

She was first in the 100 yard butterfly in 55:40 in the semifinals and she will swim in the championship round of the long-distance 500 yard freestyle, taking third place in 4:59.35. She is easily in striking distance of CeCe Etter of Parkway South and Kelley Tackett of Columbia Rockbridge to win that event.

She chose not to defend her crown in the 200 yard individual medley.

Bart Prosser, North’s swim coach says Lundstrom is poised to win again and quipped that her swimming makes him “look like a coaching genius.”

“She (Heather) was seeded No. 1 going into the 100 yard butterfly, and she’s still No. 1. I think she’s got a good chance of winning that (Saturday) and the 500 (free) will be a great race.”

“There are a lot of kids bunched together in the 500 free, and that race should be a lot of fun,” said Prosser.

“This is all a great tribute to her. She’s put in a lot of great swims, and this would be a great way to finish her high school career,”said her coach.

Lundstrom is a swimmer of a few well chosen words.

“I’m excited to be in those finals. I am going home to get something to eat, then get to sleep,” she promised.

Are people gunning for her as a defending state champ? “Not really. I’ll just try and go out there and swim fast like I always try to do,” said Lundstrom.

Lundstrom will join her teammates Katharine Doering, junior; Carlie Manczuk, freshman; and Julia Saunders, sophomore in the 200 yard medley relay. They finished 13th in the semifinals with a time of 1:53.95. That puts them into the consolation round of the meet that gets underway at 3 o’clock Saturday.