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Stingrays finish third at state swim meet with standout efforts

Lilly Grebner, of the Abedeen Swim Club, competes in the 13 and over 100 meter breaststroke Sunday at the State A Long Course Meet at the Aberdeen Aquatic Center. Photo by John Davis taken 7/23/2023
The Aberdeen Swim Club wrapped a solid State A Swim Meet over the weekend at the Aberdeen Aquatic Center. The Stingrays finished third in team points with a total of 2,416. Sioux Falls won the meet with 7,407 points, while Watertown was second with 4,268. Aberdeen also won the Spirit Award voted on by all teams at the meet. Here are some of the many highlights on the weekend, as noted by Stingrays coach Neil Romney: ·       Lilly Grebner earned new Futures Championships qualifying times in both the 100 (1.04.50) and 200 (2.21.54) butterfly races with evenly paced efforts characterized by exceptional back halves ·       Lula Karst won the girls 11-12 200m freestyle, blasting out into a body length lead in the first 50m and extending it throughout the race, finishing over 5 seconds in front of her nearest competitor in 2.19.39, a 7-second improvement and a USA Swimming AAA cut . ·       Joe

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