Roster
Jordan Kuta
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Senior, Captain​
Highland Park
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Goals
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Katie Nguyen
Senior, Captain​
Highland Park
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Goals
- Improve starts
- PR in breaststroke
- Don't give up on challenging sets
Noor Christava
Senior, Captain
SPA
Goals
- Get a PR in the 50 free
- Work hard at practice
- Get stronger and build endurance
Carol Gross
Senior, Captain
Highland Park
Goals
- 1:04/1:05 in the 100 fly
- Work hard at practice
- PR in the 200 free
Lauren Dieperink
Assistant Swim Coach
Ursula Bader
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Senior, Captain
Highland Park
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Goals
- PR in the 100 breast
- Become conference champions
- Work hard at practice
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Sam Kendall
Head Swim Coach
Stephen
Head Diving Coach
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Ali Alden-Pope
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Junior
Highland Park
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Goals
- Go a 1:17.99 in the 100 breast
- get stronger and build endurance
- Faster turns and better starts
Claudia Hanson
Freshman
Highland Park
Goals
- Get under 2:40 in the 200 IM
- PR in the 100 fly
- Eat healthy
Irene Cohen
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Sophomore
Highland Park
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Goals
- Gain muscle and strength
- Build endurance in the 500
- Try to break the 5:30 in the 500
Divya Bhargava
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Junior
SPA
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Goals
- Break the minute in the 100 free
- Go a 1:08 in the 100 back
- Get stronger and build endurance
Ellie Sandeen
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Junior
SPA
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Goals
- Have a positive mindset before practice/meets everyday
- Build endurance
- Get better than 12 year old me (last time I swam) + PR
Claire Kim
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Freshman
SPA
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Goals
- Go a 1:15 in the 100 breast
- Go a 2:34 in the 200 IM
- Make turns faster
Rayna Axelson
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Junior
Highland Park​
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Goals
-PR in the 200 and 500
- Stay positive and motivated
- Improve kicking
- Win the Central meet
Linnea Cooley ​
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Sophomore
SPA
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Goals
- Don't stress out
- Break the minute in the 100 free
- Improve breakouts
Bella Olson
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Senior
Highland Park
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Goals
- Get down to 1:14 in the 100 breaststroke
- Work hard everyday
- Get down to 25 seconds in the 50 free
Lela Tilney-Kaemmer
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Sophomore
SPA
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Goals
- Break 26 seconds in the 50 free
- Give 100% always
- Break 59 seconds in the 100 free
Johanna Aust ​
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Junior
Highland Park
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Goals
- Break 30 seconds in the 50 free
- PR in the 200 free
- Improve starts
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Abby Hanson
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Sophomore
Highland Park
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Goals
- Get a 27 seconds in the 50 free
- Break the minute in the 100 free
- Stay positive
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Mia David
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Sophomore
Highland Park
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Goals
- Go a 58.29 in the 100 fly
- Get stronger
- Stay positive and be confident
Lydia Malen
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Junior
Highland Park
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Goals
- Cheer extra loud for virtual meets and spread positivity
- PR in the 100 fly (1:08.5)
- Don't give up on challenging sets
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Quinn Harvey ​
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Freshman
Highland Park
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Goals
- Go under 6:00 in the 500
- Go 1:10 in the 100 back
- Faster starts
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Claire E.G.
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Sophomore
Highland Park
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Goals
- Break 2:20 in the 200 free and get down to a 6:15 in the 500
- Master flipturns
- Eat healthier to stay in shape
Ayla
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Freshman
SPA
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Goals
- Get under 29 seconds in the 50 free
- Do at least 3 dolphin kicks off every wall
- Get faster at pulling
Kaisa Youngberg ​
Senior
Minnesota Virtual Academy
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Goals
- Get the state time in the 500
- Get stronger in dryland
- Match or improve best times and improve technique
Marie Schumacher
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Junior
SPA
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Goals
- Go under 29 seconds in the 50 free
- PR in 100 free
- Build endurance
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Sophia
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8th grade
SPA
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Goals
- PR in the 50 free and 200 IM
- Make new friends
- Improve technique
Kristen Nguyen
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Sophomore
Highland Park
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Goals
- PR in the 50 free and 100 free
- Meet new people
- Fix starts and improve endurance
Elodie Cummins ​
Freshman
Highland Park
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Goals
- Get a PR in the 50 free (hopefully 27.2)
- Try to get better at breaststroke and less than 43 seconds for the 50
- Improve overall
Celia Robertson
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Freshman
Highland Park
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Goals
-30 seconds in the 50 free
- Make varsity next year
- Get stronger physically
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Natalia ​Gercheva
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7th grade
Highland Park
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Goals
- Improve my times
- Work on starts
- Meet new people
Anna
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Freshman
Highland Park
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Goals
- Work on endurance during practice
- Meet new people
- Work on flipturns and underwater dolphin kicks
Delina
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Sophomore
Highland Park
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Goals
- Perfecting backstroke
- Just relax and have fun
- Being at practice everyday
Morgan Johnson
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8th grade
Highland Park
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Goals
- Get better at backstroke
- Get under 30 seconds in the 50 free
- Improve starts and flipturns
Apasara Thao
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Senior
Highland Park
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Goals
- Drop time in my 50 free
- Learn how to swim breaststroke legally
- Try to swim every event
Clara Ann Bagnoli
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Freshman
Highland Park
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Goals
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Wafa Naqvi
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Freshman
SPA
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Goals
- Improve dives and turns
- Improve stroke technique (especially butterfly)
- Increase stamina and work on swimming longer distances
Eleanor Smith
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Junior
SPA
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Goals
- Drop time in the 100 free
- Improve starts
- Not miss practice as often as last year
Emely Lopez
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Junior
Highland Park
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Goals
- Work on technique for free and fly
- Drop time in an event
- Be fast and have fun
Katerina Gercheva
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Sophomore
Highland Park
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Goals
- Get under 30 seconds in the 50 free
- Improve starts and turns
- Work on technique for all strokes
Emma ​K
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Freshman
SPA
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Goals
- Increase stamina so I can swim longer distances
- Improve my stroke technique
- Improve my dives and starts
Sor​aya Peterson
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8th Grade
Highland Park
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Goals
- Be quicker at swimming
- Have better flipturns
- Try to be the first one in a heat
Hazel Thrasher
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8th Grade
Highland Park
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Goals
- Do my best at every practice and meet so that I can get better and become the best swimmer I can possibly be
- Stay hydrated and eat healthier
- Improve my flip turn and diving technique
Jirney W.
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Sophomore
Highland Park
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Goals
- Master a flip turn
- Improve my butterfly skills
- Swim a 50 freestyle in under 40 seconds
Zora Vorhes
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Freshman
SPA
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Goals
- Gain new techniques in swimming
- Drop time
- Meet new friends
Aislyn ​C.
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Goals
- Be able to beat 40 seconds in the 50
- Be able to use the starting block
- Learn how to do freestyle correctly
Grace Medrano
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8th Grade
SPA
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Goals
- Improve my freestyle time
- Improve my backstroke
- I want to spend time with new people and make new friends
Karla ​G.
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Senior
SPA
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Goals
- Turn faster
- Increase endurance
- Improve in meets
Millkii Tigro
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Sophomore
SPA
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Goals
- Get better at dolphin kicks
- Improve flip turns
- Swim 100m
Drew Toutant ​
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8th Grade
SPA
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Goals
- coming soon
Zadie M​artin
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SPA​
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Goals
- Improve my turns
- Practice swimming long distances
- Improve my kicking
Tana O
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Senior
SPA
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Goals
comingsoon
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Ronnie
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Goals
coming soon
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Lucia ​
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Highland Park
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Goals
- coming soon
Josie ​
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Highland Park
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Goals
- coming soon
Megan W​
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SPA
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Goals
- Learn and perfect flip turns and starts
- Be a good team member and meet new friends
- Improve freestyle stroke
Annabelle
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Sophomore
Highland Park
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Goals
- Get new PR
- Learn how to twist better
- Get new dives/improve
Elena ​
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Sophomore
SPA
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Goals
- Inward - tuck
- Back tuck dive
- Double tuck front
KK ​
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Junior
SPA
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Goals
- Learn new dives and get more confident in old ones
- Score over 200 (6 dives) and 350 (11 dives)
- Help create a positive team atmosphere
Katya ​
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Senior
SPA
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Goals
- Front pike 1 1/2
- Back tuck dive
- Inwards tuck dive
- New friendships
Julia Thompson
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Senior
Highland Park
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Goals
- coming soon
Olivia ​
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Junior
SPA
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Goals
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Eleanor K. ​
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Goals
- Learn how to do starts
- Learn how to do flipturns
- Swim a 200