The Becker Bulldogs had great swims on Thursday with many large drops in time.

 

  Alana Berger dropped four seconds in her 200 IM;

 

Hailey Eriksson dropped .5 seconds on her 50M freestyle race and 1.1 seconds on her 100M freestyle;

 

Rainna Friedmann dropped 1.3 seconds on her 100M freestyle;

 

Kanryn Gass dropped two seconds on her 200M freestyle and 2.4 seconds on her 100M freestyle in the second leg of the 400M freestyle relay;

 

Mallory Howe dropped three seconds on her 200M IM and almost a full second on her 100M butterfly;

 

Sydney Offerdahl dropped seven seconds on her 200M freestyle and 5.5 seconds on her 100M backstroke;

 

Arleigh Pudlick dropped 2.7 seconds on her 100M backstroke;

 

Tia Schaap dropped .2 seconds on her 50M freestyle;

 

Avery Tamm dropped 4.5 seconds on her 100M breaststroke;

 

Delaney Varney dropped 2.7 seconds on her 100M butterfly.

 

Coach Tina Tamm says, “These results are what I love about coaching.  The looks on the girls faces when they look at the clock and see the time dropped and they know that the hard work they did throughout the whole season has finally paid off.”  

 

Tamm reminds the girls it's a really long season and “sometimes it's hard to stay focused and believe that what they are doing during practice will work and also know that they have to wait until the very end to see the big results.”  

 

“But that reaction when they see it work - that's what it's all about.”

 

Divers competed Friday and the top 16 divers will compete at 12 p.m. in the finals. 

 

The top 16 swimmers and divers in all events will compete.