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Daniel Baltes, Crimson Class of ’21 and Swim Team Captain from ’20-’21, will swim this weekend at the University of Minnesota in the NCAA championships for the Ohio State Buckeyes. Ohio State came away from the B1G championship in second place, just behind Indiana. He won the C final of the 100yd free with an NCAA B cut time. As a Crimson he had many accomplishments, including multiple team and pool records and two second-place swims in the Minnesota AA State Shampionship in the 50 Free and 100 Free in...
Photo by Brigit Freese and Lori Fisher: The Maple Grove swim team poses with second place section title. By Lori Fisher The Maple Grove Boys Swim and Dive team is wrapping up a successful and fun season. They took first place in their conference. Then, on Saturday, Feb. 25, the boys and placed second overall at the 5AA Section Swim and Dive championship meet to cap off a wonderful season. Wayzata placed first, followed by Crimson, Spring Lake Park, Robbinsdale Armstrong, Irondale New Brighton, Osseo, Champlin Park and Park Center....
By Lori Fisher The Maple Grove High School Boys Swim and Dive team placed 10th of 12 teams at the Jan. 21 True Team State event. Other teams there, included in order of finishing include Minnetonka, Wayzata, Prior Lake, Edina, Chanhassen-Chaska, East Ridge, Eagan, Lakeville South, Brainerd, Duluth East and Stillwater. Maple Grove earned 1249.5 points, just two and a half points behind Brainerd and five and half points behind eighth place Lakeville South. Senior and Captain Logan Cyr placed fourth overall in the 200 yard freestyle with a time...
By Lori Fisher It was a weekend to remember for the Maple Grove Boys High School Swim and Dive Team. The team took second place in the 2023 Duluth Invitational on Saturday, Jan. 7. The boys earned 533.5 points, just five and a half points behind Duluth. Seven schools took part in the event, including Duluth, Farmington, International Falls, Irondale, Rock Ridge and Roseville. Thomas Botkin, Logan Cyr, Gerrit De Looze and Rodrigo Rodriguez took first place in the men’s 200 yard medley relay with a time of 1:42:44. As...
By Lori Fisher The Maple Grove High School Boys Swim and Dive season is off to a strong start! The team won their first meet of the season at home on Dec. 15 against the Champlin Park Rebels. The Varsity and Junior Varsity squads also won the Northwest Suburban Conference Relay meet against several schools in Anoka on Dec. 10. Coach Matt Caron who teaches Orchestra at the High School, leads the swimming team made up of nearly 50 seventh through 12th graders. The team has two assistant coaches Linsi...
By Lori Fisher At the Section 5AA boys swim and dive meet last weekend, the packed Minnetonka East Middle School pool reverberated with cheers, screams, and anticipation as the season reached its pinnacle. And for Maple Grove, last weekend marked only a stepping stone for several swimmers and divers, as they advanced to the state meet this coming weekend. Read Full Article
By Lori Fisher The Maple Grove boys swim and dive team’s season is now approaching sections and state after the team had an undefeated regular season. The boys lost to Spring Lake Park in the Northwest Suburban Conference Championship, but are now getting ready for the junior varsity conference tournament at Northdale Middle School Saturday, Feb. 12. Section 5AA Conference Competition takes place starting Thursday, Feb. 24, followed by the State Tournament. Read Full Article
By Lori Fisher The Maple Grove boys swim and dive team remains undefeated after beating Anoka last Thursday at home. This follows wins against Andover, Park Center, and Blaine. On Saturday, after scoring a wildcard spot, half of the team took part in the State True Team meet, held at the University of Minnesota. Maple Grove took 10th place out of 12 teams from across Minnesota. This event shows the depth of the team and gives all swimmers the opportunity to score points for the team. Read Full Article
By Lori Fisher The Maple Grove boys swim and dive team, thanks to scoring a wildcard spot, took second at the Section 5AA True Team meet last Saturday in Spring Lake Park. Among some of the top events, junior Gerrit Riekels took first in the 100-yard butterfly and 100-yard backstroke. Senior captain T.J. Palli took first in the 100-yard freestyle and junior Logan Cyr came out on top for the 500-yard freestyle. The relay team made up of Cyr, sophomore Thomas Botkin, Riekels, and Palli also took first in the...
