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Hannah and Cassandra made it but by circuitous route that entailed a bus to Chicago a flight to Philadelphia and finally Knoxville. Pool is very nice. Racing begins tomorrow with Cass in the 500.
This is how it went down So I went out on a bike ride in the snow this morning (see photo of just me). It was just like any other day. We were riding home and Patrick said, "Do you want to take a photo, it looks pretty outside?" I shrugged and said sure. He was fiddling around and I was getting a bit cold. He started to tell me how much he loves me and said "I love you a very long time. I love you forever" Now, he says...
Three team records that have stood for a very long time were erased at WGLO. Hannah Saiz broke Shari Countryman's 200 Fly and Lindsey Highstroms's 100 Fly records and Gwen Worlton broke Kathy Treible's long time mark in the 100 Breast. Great swimming!
14-Year Old Ashlyn Schoof Takes Top Seed in 200 Back at Prelims of Minneapolis Grand Prix Braden Keith | November 16th, 2013 | Day 3's preliminary session at the 2013 Minneapolis Grand Prix featured a 14-year old breakout backstroker having another good swim. Current Photo via Jared Anderson 1 1 The Minneapolis Grand Prix’s final day is still working through the final heats of the 400 medley and 1650 freestyle early heats, but the 200 IM, 200 back, and 100 freestyle races are in the books and saw some...
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This year's Y Invite was a great progression for the fall meet series. High school girls were able to race successfully while still primed for fast swimming and boys who are reporting to their respective teams demonstrated their form in important events. The big story were the numbers! More Schroeder swimmers raced than in any other contest ever in the club's history. More than 180 athletes swam in the meet. Link to Event Results Link to Photos by Tom Michelson
Obviously a thrill for any athlete to be able to meet, let alone race right next to a real Schroeder Swim Team athlete! Seriously, this is the kind of stuff that makes our sport different, where good swimmers can race against Olympians - Katie and Caitlin raced next to one another in the prelims of the 200 Back at the MPLS Grand Prix.
Schroeder continued to shine at the Grand Prix in Minneapolis in the prelims of the final day. Katie Taylor and Holy Stoll are back in the 200 IM in finals, Abi Raatz is 8th in the 100 Free, Carl is 4th in the 200 Back and Ashlyn is the top qualifier in the 200 Back with a new team record of 1:57.89.
