The 2022 Short Course Championship Season has concluded (Age Group State, Senior State, and NCSA Spring Championships) with only the Showcase Classic left for our 14&U swimmers in April.
The weekend of March 10-13 our Senior swimmers traveled to Minneapolis and the Jean Freeman Aquatic Center to compete in the 2022 MN Senior State Championships where as a group they raced to 55% (40) best times, finishing a 12th place team overall (out of 32 teams) and finishing 3rd in the AA Division. Notable swims included Team Records by Ellery Ottem in the 200/1000 Free; Rhian Neitzel in the 100/200 fly; Andrew Hanson in the 50/200 free and Theo Johansen in the 1000 free as well as the Men's 200 Free Relay (Taylor Matter, Luis Flores, Johansen, Hanson).
The following weekend (March 17-20) our 14&u swimmers travelled to Rochester for the 2022 MN 14&U State Championships. The team placed 11th in the overall team standings while taking the 1st place Team Banner for the AA Division. As a team the swimmers achieved 84% best times with notable swims that included Jacob Polasky’s State Champion swims in the 100 fly, 200/500 free which paved the way for his 9-10 High Point. His brother Jackson also stood atop the podium in the 100 IM and 50 free while Lillian Bystrzycki placed in the top 8 in 6 of 7 events (100 back, 50/100/200 free, 100 IM, 50 fly) and 11th in the 200 IM; Nate Caswell finished top 8 in 6 of 7 events as well (200/400 IM, 100/200 back, 100/200 breast); Aubrey Frey top 16 in the 50 back; Sophie Fritz top 16 in 4 events (100 fly, 200 free, 50 back, 50 fly) and top 8 in t 3 (500 free, 100 breast, 200 IM); Maggie McNamara placed in the top 16 in the 50 free; Bennett Rotramel top 8 finishes (100 back, 100 IM, 50/100 free, 50 fly, 200IM). The following Team Records were broken: 8&u Boys Jackson Polasky 200 free (2:35.41), 50 breast (42.91), 100 IM (1:19.44)
The week of March 14-20 6 Mako Aquatics National Team members travelled to Orlando, FL for the 2022 NCSA Spring Championships. Notable swims included a 6th place finish for Ellery Ottem in the 200 free, top 24 (scoring) finishes in the 100/500 free and top 40 (finals) finishes in the 100/200 fly and 50 free; an 11% time drop for Andrew Hanson in the 50 back along with top 40 (finals) finishes for Andrew Hanson in the 50/100/200/1650 free. The following Team Records were broken: 15-16 Women Ellery Ottem 500 free (4:55.13), 200 fly (2:02.23); 15-16 Men Andrew Hanson 100 free (45.71), 200 free (1:40.05), 500 free (4:39.32) 1000 (9:33.35), 1650 16:00.04); 17-18 Men Theo Johansen 200 free (1:44.25).
Congratulations to all of our swimmers on terrific meets and an outstanding Short Course Season. We can’t wait to see what you can accomplish at Showcase in April and in the 2022 Long Course Season.
