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Stingrays have six state champs, place third at Long Course Championships

Lilly Grebner, of the Aberdeen Swim Club, competes in the girls 13 and over 100 LC Meter Breaststroke earlier this season at the Aberdeen Summer High Point Swim Meet at the Aberdeen Aquatic Center. Grebner was a state champion, high point scorer and had a Futures Championship qualifying swim at the South Dakota Long Course Championships this past weekend in Sioux Falls. Photo by John Davis taken 6/18/2022

SIOUX FALLS – The Aberdeen Swim Club wrapped up its summer season with six individuals winning state championships, some with multiple victories, on the way to finishing third in team points during the annual South Dakota Long Course Championships over the weekend in Sioux Falls.

Sioux Falls won the team title with Watertown second. Webster was 16th and Miller finished 18th.

State champions for the Stingrays included Jackson Borchers, Joe Grebner, Lilly Grebner, Gena Jorgenson, Pierson Schaeffer and Ryan Schmidt.

First-year coach Neil Romney talked about the meet.

“Because of my brief tenure here, I didn’t know what to expect going into the meet,” Romney said. “Some of our athletes (pleasantly) surprised me with their competitive fire and their ability to elevate their performance accordingly.”

Romney said “other highlights were our team spirit and high level of enthusiasm throughout the three-day meet, the way our athletes celebrated their teammates following successful swims and supported them following disappointing swims, and our coaches’ desire to be present for the meet (all of our regular summer-season coaches were at the meet) and each coach’s ability to contribute in his or her unique way to the team’s overall success.”

Aberdeen won the team spirit award.

ASC had a half dozen top-three high-point scorers in Grace Mayer, Jackson Borchers, Ryan Schmidt, Joe Grebner, Gena Jorgenson and Lilly Grebner.

Ryan Schmidt, of the Aberdeen Swim Club, competes in the Mixed 12 and Under 100 LC Meter Butterfly event earlier this summer at the Aberdeen Summer High Point Meet at the Aberdeen Aquatic Center. Schmidt was a state champion, a high point scorer and was a member of the Zones Championship team at the Long Course Championships last weekend in Sioux Falls. Photo by John Davis taken 6/19/2022

There were five new Futures Championships qualifying swims, three by Gena Jorgenson, and one for Lilly Grebner and Joe Grebner, his first one.

Aberdeen had three South Dakota Zones Championships team: Ryan Schmidt, Lula Karst, and Jackson Borchers.

The Stingrays also had eight swimmers with 100% individual PRs: Emma DeRouchey, Addyson Edwards, Gavin Hauck, Addisyn Hoven, Miranda Maas, Grace Mayer, Max Nelson and Alex Ottenbacher.

To see complete meet results, click on the following link:

https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0?ui=2&ik=2f45acefc2&attid=0.2&permmsgid=msg-f:1739366249069162053&th=1823786352122e45&view=att&disp=inline&realattid=f_l61b0kmw0

To see the final points leaders in each event, click on the following link:

https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0?ui=2&ik=2f45acefc2&attid=0.1&permmsgid=msg-f:1739366249069162053&th=1823786352122e45&view=att&disp=inline&realattid=f_l61b0kmz1

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