Eden Prairie Sends Several Swimmers to State

Nine Eden Prairie swimmers qualified individually for the state championship, as well as three relay teams, following strong performances at the Section 6AA swimming and diving meet Thursday through Saturday.

Eden Prairie finished second at the meet—tallying 476 points to first place Minnetonka’s 515.

In all, nine swimmers qualified for state individually.

Sophomore Bre Thorne

• 100-yard butterfly, first, 56.19
• 100-yard backstroke, first, 55.86

Senior Kira Zubar

• 200-yard freestyle, second 1:50.93
• 500-yard freestyle, first, 4:58.44

Junior Sarah Coolidge

• 100-yard butterfly, sixth, 59.10
• 100-yard backstroke, third, 58.00

Freshman Jennie Novak

• 200-yard individual medley, second, 2:09.39
• 100-yard breaststroke, sixth, 1:07.49

Junior Marla Albanese

• 50-yard freestyle, sixth, 24.73
• 100-yard butterfly, sixth, 59.10

Senior Rachel Baker

• 100-yard butterfly, eighth, 59.14
• 100-yard backstroke, fifth, 59.44

Freshman Taylor Brennan

• 100-yard breaststroke, eighth, 1:08.20

Freshman Amy Harjes

• 100-yard breaststroke, seventh, 1:07.84

Freshman Elena Page

• 100-yard breaststroke, fifth, 1:06.52

The following relay teams also qualified

• 200-yard medley relay: Third, 1:48.00 (Rachel Baker, Jennie Novak, Bre Thorne, Marla Albanese)
• 200-yard freestyle relay: Third, 1:38.51 (Sarah Coolidge, Marla Albanese, Freshman Blair MacGibbon, Kira Zubar)
• 400-yard freestyle relay: Second, 3:31.78 (Bre Thorne, Kira Zubar, Sarah Coolidge, Jennie Novak)