Storm Crash State Meet for fifth Place Finish, Multiple State Champs
An amazing Spring/Summer swim session was capped off by the South Metro Storm swimmers vaulting to a fifth place overall finish at the Minnesota Swim Championships the weekend of July 29 – August 1 at the University of Minnesota Aquatic Center. There were 68 teams participating in the event, with the Storm easily crushing their previous 11th place team high finish. Head coach Phil Smith lauded his kids, “What an amazing accomplishment by a group of kids that came together and started to believe in their potential. I could not be more proud of the kids. We witnessed amazing individual and team performances.”
The Storm had four individual event State Champions at the meet, all whom placed in the Top three or above in their age group for individual points:
Girls Age 8 & Under
Regan Smith: 50 Butterfly
Finished 3rd overall – Overall Individual Points for Age Group
Boys Age 8 & Under
Ryan Husband: 50 and 100 Freestyle & 50 Butterfly
Finished 1st overall – Overall Individual Points for Age Group
Girls Ages 11-12
Brianna Alexander: 200 Freestyle and 200 Breaststroke
Finished 2nd overall – Overall Individual Points for Age Group
Boys Ages 11-12
Marshall Heskin: 50 Butterfly (State Champion)
Finished 3rd overall – Overall Individual Points for Age Group
The Storm also had 5 additional swimmers place in the Top 16 in overall individual points:
Boys Ages 9-10: Andrew Trepanier – 13th Place
Boys Ages 11-12: Paul Sadergaski – 8th Place
Boys Ages 15-16: Ryan Young – 10th Place
Girls Ages 17 & Older: Elizabeth Kleiner – 5th Place
Christen Young – 16th Place
The following Storm Individuals and Relays placed in the Top 16, earning team points:
Girls Ages 8 & Under
Regan Smith: 1st Place – 50 Butterfly 3rd Place – 50 Backstroke
4th Place – 50 & 100 Freestyle 11th Place – 50 Breaststroke
Boys Ages 8 & Under:
Ryan Husband: 1st Place – 50 & 100 Freestyle and 50 Butterfly
2nd Place – 50 Breaststroke and 50 Backstroke
Girls Ages 9-10
Elsa Litteken: 5th Place – 50 & 100 Backstroke
Brittany Alexander: 11th Place – 50 Breaststroke
Boys Ages 9-10
Andrew Trepanier: 6th Place – 50 Butterfly 7th Place – 100 Butterfly
9th Place – 50 Freestyle 10th Place – 100 Backstroke
11th Place – 100 Freestyle 13th Place – 50 Backstroke
Girls 10 & Under Relay:
200 Freestyle Relay: 6th Place – Madison Shimek, Regan Smith, Brittany Alexander and Elsa Litteken
Boys 10 & Under Relays:
200 Freestyle Relay: 8th Place – Andrew Trepanier, Sean Dwyer, Alexander Kraft and Ryan Husband
200 Medley Relay: 7th Place – Alexander Kraft, Matt Sorenson, Ryan Husband and Andrew Trepanier
Girls Ages 11-12
Brianna Alexander: 1st Place – 200 Freestyle, 200 Breaststroke
2nd Place – 100 Breaststroke, 200 Butterfly and 200 Individual Medley
3rd Place – 100 & 400 Freestyle, 50 Breaststroke
4th Place – 50 Freestyle
Girls Ages 11-12 Relays
200 Freestyle Relay: 6th Place – Lauren Harris, Jaimie McNamee, Shea Bougie and Brianna Alexander
400 Freestyle Relay: 8th Place – Lauren Harris, Jaimie McNamee, Shea Bougie and Brianna Alexander
200 Medley Relay: 9th Place – Shea Bougie, Brianna Alexander, Lauren Harris and Jaimie McNamee
400 Medley Relay: 10th Place – Shea Bougie, Brianna Alexander, Jaimie McNamee and Lauren Harris
Boys Ages 11-12
Marshall Heskin: 1st Place – 50 Butterfly
2nd Place – 50 & 100 Freestyle, 100 & 200 Butterfly
3rd Place – 200 Freestyle, 50 Backstroke and 200 Individual Medley
Paul Sadergaski: 4th Place – 100 Butterfly
5th Place – 50 Freestyle
6th Place – 100 Freestyle & 50 Butterfly
8th Place – 50 Backstroke
9th Place – 200 Backstroke
12th Place – 200 & 400 Freestyle
Jack Dessler: 11th Place – 50 Freestyle 14th Place – 200 Backstroke
Boys Ages 11-12 Relays
200 Freestyle Relay: 4th Place – Jack Dessler, Jonas Lemke, Marshall Heskin and Max Dugan
400 Freestyle Relay: 5th Place – Jack Dessler, Jonas Lemke, Marshall Heskin and Max Dugan
200 Medley Relay: 5th Place – Jonas Lemke, Jack Dessler, Marshall Heskin and Max Dugan
400 Medley Relay: 4th Place – Jonas Lemke, Jack Dessler, Marshall Heskin and Max Dugan
Girls Ages 13-14
Taylor Dessler: 7th Place – 200 Freestyle 9th Place – 400 Freestyle, 100 Backstroke
14th Place – 200 Backstroke
Alena Bodnaruk: 8th Place – 1500 Freestyle 10th Place – 200 Freestyle
14th Place – 400 Freestyle 16th Place – 100 Backstroke
Kirsten Totino: 11th Place – 1500 Freestyle 15th Place – 200 Breaststroke
16th Place – 800 Freestyle
Girls Ages 13-14 Relays
200 Freestyle Relay: 7th Place – Taylor Dessler, Monica Banasikowski, Kendra Lair and Alena Bodnaruk
400 Freestyle Relay: 6th Place – Taylor Dessler, Monica Banasikowski, Kendra Lair and Alena Bodnaruk
800 Freestyle Relay: 7th Place – Alena Bodnaruk, Kendra Lair, Grace Halpenny and Taylor Dessler
200 Medley Relay: 10th Place – Taylor Dessler, Monica Banasikowski, Kendra Lair and Alena Bodnaruk
400 Medley Relay: 10th Place – Taylor Dessler, Kirsten Totino, Kendra Lair and Alena Bodnaruk
Boys Ages 13-14
Nathan Regan: 5th Place – 400 Freestyle 6th Place – 800 Freestyle
8th Place – 200 Freestyle 12th Place – 100 Freestyle
Mitch Herrera: 9th Place – 100 Freestyle 13th Place – 200 Freestyle
15th Place – 50 Freestyle
Boys Ages 13-14 Relays
200 Freestyle Relay: 10th Place – Nathan Regan, Matthew Alacheff, Luke Sabal and Mitch Herrera
400 Freestyle Relay: 4th Place – Nathan Regan, Matthew Alacheff, Luke Sabal and Mitch Herrera
800 Freestyle Relay: 5th Place – Mitch Herrera, Matthew Alacheff, Luke Sabal and Nathan Regan
200 Medley Relay: 7th Place – Mitch Herrera, Ben Sprengeler, Luke Sabal and Nathan Regan
400 Medley Relay: 5th Place – Mitch Herrera, Ben Sprengeler, Luka Sabal and Nathan Regan
Girls Ages 15-16
Katie Nadeau: 4th Place – 200 Butterfly 5th Place – 100 Butterfly
Erin Kleiner: 14th Place – 200 Butterfly 16th Place – 400 Individual Medley
Girls Ages 15-16 Relay
200 Freestyle Relay: 7th Place – Carrie Schrock, Erin Kleiner, Katie Nadeau and Julia Bodnaruk
400 Freestyle Relay: 8th Place – Katie Nadeau, Haley Chatelaine, Julia Bodnaruk and Carrie Schrock
800 Freestyle Relay: 6th Place – Katie Nadeau, Haley Chatelaine, Erin Kleiner and Julia Bodnaruk
200 Medley Relay: 13th Place – Erin Kleiner, Melanie O’Neil, Katie Nadeau and Carrie Schrock
400 Medley Relay: 7th Place – Erin Kleiner, Melanie O’Neil, Katie Nadeau and Carrie Schrock
Boys Ages 15-16
Ryan Young: 2nd Place – 1500 Freestyle 3rd Place – 800 Freestyle
6th Place – 400 Freestyle 7th Place – 200 Backstroke
8th Place – 200 Butterfly 14th Place – 200 Individual Medley
Trae Schindler: 9th Place – 1500 Freestyle 16th Place – 400 Freestyle
Jake Tempesta: 11th Place – 100 Breaststroke
Boys Ages 15-16 Relays
200 Freestyle Relay: 10th Place – Hunter Birchfield, Jake Tempesta, Brandon Jensen and JT Thweatt
400 Freestyle Relay: 9th Place – Hunter Birchfield, Jake Tempesta, Brandon Jensen and JT Thweatt
800 Freestyle Relay: 5th Place – Ryan Young, Travis Meyer, Hunter Birchfield and Trae Schlinder
200 Medley Relay: 9th Place – Ryan Young, Travis Meyer, Hunter Birchfield and Trae Schlinder
400 Medley Relay: 9th Place – Ryan Young, Travis Meyer, Hunter Birchfield and Trae Schlinder
Girls 17 & Open
Elizabeth Kleiner: 2nd Place – 200 & 800 Freestyle 5th Place – 400 Freestyle
7th Place – 200 Backstroke 8th Place – 200 Individual Medley
11th Place – 100 Butterfly 12th Place – 100 Freestyle
Christen Young: 6th Place – 1500 Freestyle 7th Place – 100 & 400 Freestyle, 200 Butterfly
12th Place – 200 Backstroke 16th Place – 100 Butterfly
Cassandra Panka: 12th Place – 800 Freestyle
Natalie Herrild: 13th Place – 50 Freestyle
Linay McCrady: 14th Place – 800 Freestyle
Girls 17 & Open Relays
200 Freestyle Relay: 10th Place – Elizabeth Kleiner, Cassandra Panka, Linay McCrady and Natalie Herrild
400 Freestyle Relay: 5th Place – Cassandra Panka, Linay McCrady, Natalie Herrild and Elizabeth Kleiner
800 Freestyle Relay: 9th Place – Christen Young, Cassandra Panka, Linay McCrady and Elizabeth Kleiner
200 Medley Relay: 14th Place – Elizabeth Kleiner, Celia Brown, Christen Young and Natalie Herrild
400 Medley Relay: 11th Place – Elizabeth Kleiner, Celia Brown, Christen Young and Natalie Herrild
Boys 17 & Open
Robert Gorycki: 2nd Place – 1500 Freestyle 5th Place – 200 Butterfly
9th Place – 400 Freestyle
Kyle Ochsner: 6th Place – 800 Freestyle 7th Place – 200 Backstroke
14th Place – 400 Freestyle
Boys 17 & Open Relay
400 Freestyle Relay: 14th Place – Ben Kosieradzki, Ryan Young, Robert Gorycki and Kyle Ochsner
800 Freestyle Relay: 15th Place – Ben Kosieradzki, Robert Gorycki, Brian Ochsner and JT Thweatt
If you would like to be involved with the South Metro Storm swim club, please contact them at storm.swim@gmail.com or view the Storm on the web at www.mnstorm.org.





