It didn’t take long for Head Coach Tina Tamm and the Bulldog swimming and diving team to make a splash in the opening dual meet of the season, as the team notched an outstanding number of times that were good enough to qualify for the section meet.

“We had a lot of really good swims and a lot of Section qualifiers for the first meet,” says Tamm.  “In order to qualify for the section meet, the girls need to achieve a qualifying time for their event. The times depend on what the event is and after tonight’s meet we have 21 entries for the section meet.”

In addition to the excellent times, Becker also topped Milaca by an impressive score of 103-83 to pick up its first dual meet win of the year. 

Here are the qualifiers by event: (and the overall place finish for the Milaca meet):

200 free: Meghan Swanson (1) and Delaney Varney (2); 

200 IM: Laila Cook (1) and Grace Wynia (3); 

50 free: Tia Schapp (3), Avary Maunu (5) and Kadence Cox (6);

Diving: Lauren Woelfel (1), Sarah Woelfel (2) and Bella Kuschel (3);  

100 Butterfly: Delaney Varney (1), Brianna Dahle (4) and Sophie Studer (5); 

100 Free: Tia Schaap (2), Avary Maunu (3) and Kadence Cox (4); 

500 Free: Meghan Swanson (1); 

100 Backstroke: Laila Cook (1), Grace Gifford (2) and Arleigh Pudlick (5); 

100 Breaststroke: Grace Wynia (1).

The Bulldogs were scheduled to have their first conference meet Thursday vs. Chisago Lakes. 

“It is sure to be another good night of swimming and diving,” Tamm says.