Saturday, Jan. 18, the St. Michael-Albertville Knights Swim and Dive team competed in the 8AA True Team Section meet, finishing in second place. True Team tests each high school’s depth by awarding points for every competitor from first to last. The Knights were well represented with many great performances.
The STMA boys’ swim team, Section 8AA True Team runners up. (Submitted)
Coach Kelli Nadeau was very pleased with the results, as the Knights pushed several swimmers on to podium.
“We had a ton of top eight finishes, and many of those were first and second place finishes,” Coach Nadeau said. “We work extremely hard and they (the boys) are very good at getting done what needs to be done to help the team.”
Final team point totals were: St. Cloud Tech 1,410, St. Michael-Albertville 1,321, Elk River 1,280, Brainerd 1,194, Buffalo 1,147, Moorhead 685, Rogers 257, and Zimmerman 60.
True Team Section Top 8 Finishers
200 Medley Relay
5th – Sustacek, Marhula, Wermager, Guiney
8th – Loven, Herman, Schoenke, Morgan
200 Free
2nd – Grant Moser
6th – Ryan Everly
200 Individual Medley
1st – Max Lezer
7th – Kam Loven
50 Free
6th – Will Gallagher
8th – Colby Guiney
Diving
2nd – Hanos Mahari
6th – Cole Meyer
100 Fly
1st – Grant Moser
6th – Braden Wermager
100 Free
5th – Will Gallagher
7th – Ryan Marhula
500 Free
1st – Max Lezer
4th – Ryan Everly
200 Free Relay
2nd – Gallagher, Lezer, Everly, Moser
6th – Marhula, Schoenke, Morgan, Herman
100 Back
8th – Braden Wermager
100 Breast
5th – Ryan Marhula
400 Free Relay
1st – Gallagher, Lezer, Everly, Moser
7th – Sustacek, Loven, Guiney, Wermager