Southeastern Minnesota boys swimmers and divers to observe throughout the 2025-26 season – Post Bulletin

It’s shaping as much as be one other aggressive season within the pool for the southeastern Minnesota swimming and diving groups. Here are a handful of athletes to keep watch over this winter:

All three of Century’s relay groups received their respective races on the Section 1, Class 2A meet final season to qualify for state. The Panthers’ 200-yard freestyle relay and 200-yard medley relay groups earned All-State honors for fifth- and seventh-place finishes. On these groups had been now-seniors Eli Holmes (200 free relay), Everett Nord (200 free relay), Andrew Linden (200 medley relay, 200 free relay), Grady Bargfrede (200 medley relay) and William Truskowski (200 medley relay). Those 5 are set to prepared the ground for the Panthers this winter and can every compete for particular person part titles as nicely. Holmes, Nord and Truskowski had been additionally on the 400-yard free relay staff, which received the comfort race and positioned ninth total (3:11.33) on the Class 2A state meet.

Red Wing senior Zachary Mikkelson received the Class 1A state diving championship final season, scoring 487.15 factors. Fellow senior Landen Nelson completed eleventh within the occasion on the state meet with a rating of 338.70. Mikkelson completed as state runner-up within the 1-meter diving occasion as a sophomore two years in the past and appears to be a state contender as soon as once more this winter.

The Austin senior took dwelling the Class 1A state title within the 100-yard backstroke final season, clocking in at 49.79. Dahl, who lately signed to swim at Division I Southern Illinois University, additionally acquired All-State honors for his fourth-place end within the 200-yard particular person medley (1:56.11). He received the 500-yard freestyle (4:59.86) and positioned second within the 200 IM (1:58.05) on the Big Nine Conference meet final yr as a junior. Dahl appears to be like to have one other aggressive winter within the pool.

The junior received the 100-yard freestyle on the Section 1, Class 2A meet final season, timing in at 4:59.86, and completed as runner-up within the 200-yard free (4:59.86). He positioned within the prime 16 within the 100 free (eleventh, 46.97) and within the 400 free relay (fifteenth, 3:16.22) on the Class 2A state meet. He additionally completed third within the 200 free (1:50.14) and fourth within the 100 free (49.31) on the Big Nine Conference meet. Leisure will likely be a key a part of the Spartans’ staff as soon as once more this yr as they hope to stay aggressive within the convention and part.

Last season, Wagstaff completed as runner-up within the diving occasion on the Big Nine Conference meet with 379.80 factors and second on the Section 1, Class 2A meet with a rating of 384.80 to qualify for state. He completed twenty first of 31 on the Class 2A state diving prelims with 157.20 factors. The junior hopes to have one other aggressive diving season in southeastern Minnesota.