The Staples-Motley swim team poses for a photo before the Park Rapids Invite. (Submitted photo)

Big swim invite a learning experience

The Staples-Motley swim team experienced their first big swim meet of the season on Sept. 17, competing in the seven team Park Rapids Invite. 

“This meet was filled with a lot of learning, personal bests and even better memories,” said Coach Amanda Olson. “It’s been amazing to watch this team come together and improve like they have.”

Olson said the team learned how to swim in a big meet, they were competitive in their races and were able to see some of the top swimmers in the area. 

The team showed improvement in a a dual meet against Minnewaska on Sept. 15.
“Most of the girls have swum different events regularly and have been pushed outside of their comfort zone, yet they still get in the pool and swim their hearts out,” said Olson. “They had more confidence in themselves than we’ve seen thus far.”

Highlights included:

Minnewaska meet

200 medley relay 2. Emily Veronen, Lili Schneider, Hannah Hinman, Emma Gerard 2:14.79

200 free 2. Autumn Nelsen 2:31.38; 4. Brianna Hinman 2:35.33

200 IM 2. Veronen 2:41.39

100 fly 3. Nelsen 1:23.29

100 free 3. Jaden Engebretson 1:10.13; 4. Joelle Bounds 1:10.19

500 free 2. Veronen 6:33.27

100 breaststroke 1. Schneider 1:20.07

400 free relay 2. Nelsen, Veronen, Engebretson, Schneider 4:38.74 

Park Rapids Invite

200 medley relay - 10. Veronen, Schneider, Nelsen, Gerard

200 freestyle - Schneider personal best (2:23.45)

200 freestyle -Bounds personal best (2:35.01) 

500 freestyle - Bounds personal best (6:57.44) 

50 freestyle - Aleeah Halverson personal best (33.79) 

100 freestyle - A. Halverson  personal best (1:16.92)

100 butterfly-Nelsen personal best (1:19.16) 

100 butterfly - H. Hinman personal best  (1:22.42) .

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