Three Milbank Sealion swimmers qualified to swim at the 2021 Short Course State Championship Meet held at Midco Aquatic Center in Sioux Falls. The meet... Milbank Swimmers Bring Home Hardware from State Meet

Three Milbank Sealion swimmers qualified to swim at the 2021 Short Course State Championship Meet held at Midco Aquatic Center in Sioux Falls. The meet brought together 18 teams of 13-and-over swimmers from across the state.  Sioux Falls captured the championship title.

MHS senior Amaya Street compiled 102.5 points for a third-place high point trophy in the girls 17-19 age group. She recorded seven personal best swims and brought home five silver and two bronze state medals. She also set a new MALST winter record in all of her events and swam times in all seven of her events to qualify for the 2021 Central Zones Speedo Sectional meet. 
“It was definitely the best meet of her swimming career,” said Coach Jodi Street. “To see her time cuts of five to nine seconds in multiple events really showed her hard work and determination this season.”

Savanna Osowski also earned seven state medals. It was the first time she placed in the top eight in all of her events. She received one silver and three bronze medals. Savanna recorded five personal best swims, including a massive time cut of 10.73 seconds in her 500-meter freestyle event. “She swam so consistently within her splits; it was one of those races where she was just smooth on the water,” said Coach Street. She broke three MALST winter records in the 100-meter breaststroke, 100 IM, and 500-meter freestyle. 

William Karels, who only competed in two meets this season, qualified  in seven events.  In the 1000-meter freestyle,  he achieved a ninth-place finish and fourth-place state medal. William also broke four MALST winter records in the 50, 200 and 500-meter freestyle along with the 100IM. 

Complete results for the Milbank swimmers:
Will Karels (boys 17-19) – 16. 200 free, 2:11.84; 15. 100 IM, 1:08.73; 15. 200 IM, 2:36.99; 18. 100 free, 58.59; 9. 500 free, 6:18.82; 17. 50 free, 26.00; 4. 1,000 free, 13:03.29.
Savanna Osowski (girls 15-16) – 3. 1,650 free, 19:03.74; 3. 100 breast, 1:09.13; 3. 100 IM, 1:02.55; 7. 200 IM, 2:19.89; 4. 500 free, 5:25.53; 2. 200 breast, 2:33.49; 4. 50 free, 25.35.
Amaya Street (girls 17-19) – 2. 200 free, 1:54.83; 3. 100 breast, 1:07.41; 2. 200 IM, 2:10.80; 2. 100 free, 53.20; 2. 500 free, 5:15.67; 2. 200 breast, 2:24.72; 3. 50 free, 24.66.

Photo – (l. to r.) Amaya Street, Savanna Osowski, and Will Karels

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