Mounds View, Irondale compete in section swimming
The Irondale 200 medley relay team of McKenzie Johnson, Nicole Crane, Amanda Donley and Sam Wolf posed with their medals. The foursome made the section final but did not qualify for state. (Photo by Bob San – Sun Press Newspapers)
The Mounds View Mustangs finished second in the Section 5AA swim and dive meet Saturday, Nov. 10, in Minnetonka.
Second-ranked Wayzata won with 659 points and the seventh-ranked Mustangs had 413.
Going to state are the Mounds View 200 medley relay team of McLaren Curphy, Maya Loewen, Sara Nelson and Emily Fleming, second place.
The Mounds View 200 freestyle relay team of Fleming, Maggie Lamere, Ellie Sache and Nelson earned state qualification by swimming third with a state qualifying time.
Kiley Kuether competed in diving. She finished third in the section.
McLaren Curphy competed in the 100 backstroke. She finished third but qualified on time.
Maya Loewen was second in the 100 breaststroke.
Irondale took seventh place with 99 points. No one from Irondale made it to state.
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- Mounds View’s Maya Loewen (right) and Osseo’s Emily Houle anxiously await their turn to dive into the water during the Section 5 200 medley relay final. Mounds View took second place to qualify for the state meet. (Photo by Bob San – Sun Press Newspapers)
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- The Mounds View 200 medley relay team members McLaren Curphy, Maya Loewen, Sara Nelson and Emily Fleming are all smiles after finishing second and qualifying for the state meet. (Photo by Bob San – Sun Press Newspapers)
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- The Irondale 200 medley relay team of McKenzie Johnson, Nicole Crane, Amanda Donley and Sam Wolf posed with their medals. The foursome made the section final but did not qualify for state. (Photo by Bob San – Sun Press Newspapers)
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- The Mounds View 200 freestyle relay team of Emily Fleming, Maggie Lamere, Ellie Sache and Sara Nelson earned a state meet berth by swimming third with a state qualifying time of 1:40.56. (Photo by Bob San – Sun Press Newspapers)
