Edina Swim Club

🐊 FINAL DAY AT THE CENTRAL ZONE CHAMPIONSHIPS! 🐊

The Gators finished out Zones with another great day of racing! What a way to wrap up an awesome championship meet — fast swimming, best times, top finishes, and a lot to be proud of. 💙🐊

50 Breast
⭐ 5th Place: Eliana Gorski
🏊 Competed: Theo Nguyen, Rylee Zastrow, Max Stokes

200 IM
🥇 1st Place & BEST TIME: Eliana Gorski
🏊 Competed: Jane Brinkman (Qualified 13th), Willa Moser, Rylee Zastrow

50 Fly
🏊 Competed: Scarlett Rosen

100 Free
⭐ BEST TIME: Natalie Christ
🏊 Competed: Adelaide Wolf, Margot Bryan, Lucy Decker

13/14 Girls 400 Medley Relay
🥈 2nd Place: A Relay — Eliana Gorski

1500 Free
🥉 3rd Place & BEST TIME: Ana Tapernoux
⭐ 4th Place & BEST TIME: Esther Whitcomb
⭐ 6th Place: Natalie Christ

800 Free
⭐ 14th Place: Mark Peters
⭐ 16th Place & BEST TIME: Theo Nguyen

3rd place High Point -
13/14 Girls - Eliana Gorski

🐊 GREAT JOB, GATORS! 🐊

Congratulations to all of our Gators on an awesome championship meet and a great finish to the summer season! 💙🐊

Days 2 & 3 at the Central Zone Championships 🐊

The Gators kept the momentum rolling with another outstanding two days of racing at the Central Zone Championships!

Friday Highlights

Top 16 Finishes
200 Free

• Eliana Gorski – 11th

400 IM

• Eliana Gorski – 🥇 1st (Best Time)
• Jane Brinkman – 9th
• Rylee Zastrow – 9th (Best Time)
• Willa Moser – 12th

Best Times

• Margot Bryan – 200 Free
• Lucy Decker – 50 Back
• Kami Tong – 100 Back
• Grace Larson – 50 Free (15th)
• Alex Cardoso – 50 Free
• Eliana Gorski – 400 IM
• Rylee Zastrow – 400 IM

Also Competing

• 200 Free: Ana Tapernoux, Adelaide Wolf, Natalie Christ
• 50 Back: Elena Mendoza, Scarlett Rosen, Eamon Hughey

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Saturday Highlights

Top 16 Finishes
100 Breast

• Eliana Gorski – 🥈 2nd
• Jane Brinkman – 9th (Best Time)
• Grace Larson – 15th (Best Time)

400 Free

• Ana Tapernoux – 13th (Best Time)
• Theo Nguyen – 15th (Best Time)

10U Girls Medley Relay

• A Relay – 🥈 2nd (Grace Larson)
• B Relay – 6th (Kami Tong, Alex Cardoso)

Best Times

• Grace Larson – 100 Breast
• Jane Brinkman – 100 Breast
• Kami Tong – 50 Back
• Alex Cardoso – 200 Free
• Ana Tapernoux – 400 Free
• Theo Nguyen – 400 Free
• Rylee Zastrow – 400 Free

Also Competing

• 100 Breast: Isla Wensmann, Rylee Zastrow, Max Stokes
• 200 Free: Kami Tong
• 400 Free: Esther Whitcomb, Mark Peters, Natalie Christ, Margot Bryan

Another fantastic two days for the Gators! One more day to go—let’s finish the meet strong! 🐊💙

2026 Speedo Junior National Championships Irvine, CA🌴☀️🌴

Day 5️⃣
50 Free - Adalynn Biegler (A Final -5th)
800 Free - Alex Allocco
This truly was an amazing meet for the Gators !!
Highlights:
🔥ESC Girls (Adalynn Biegler, Lydia Cameron, Faith Lamah , Cate Pawlaski) placed Top 8 overall (7th)at Summer Junior Nationals which is not an easy task.
🔥We walked away with a JUNIOR NATIONAL TITLE- 100 Free Adalynn Biegler
🔥4x MINNESOTA STATE RECORDS in 17-18 Realys
🔥Beat Times Achieved
🔥19 Speedo Junior National Medals

This was a bitter sweet meet as we have an elite group of graduating seniors leaving the nest. I have enjoyed coaching each of you so much and you will all be missed greatly next year!! 😢

Cate Pawlaski - University of North Carolina
Faith Lamah- University of Minnesota
Lydia Cameron - Virginia Tech

Thank you ladies for your hard work, patience, the fun story telling, laughs, memories , and continued leadership.

You all will crush it 💪 in college.

Edina Swim Club 🐊THANKS YOU!!🫶

2026 Speedo Junior National Championships Irvine, CA🌴☀️🌴

Day 4️⃣
50 Fly- Faith Lamah
200 Free- Lydia Cameron, Faith Lamah (Best Time ), Alex Allocco(Best Time)
200 Breast - Cate Pawlaski

🔥🔥Girls 400 Free Relay (Girls 17-18) of Adalynn Biegler, Lydia Cameron, Cate Pawlaski, and Faith Lamah BREAK 4️⃣th MINNESOTA STATE RECORD!!! Girls went a 3:50.76 to place 6th 🏅🔥🔥

Day 1 at the Central Zone Championships 🐊

What an incredible way to kick off the meet! The Gators opened the meet with an outstanding day in the pool, highlighted by Top 8 finishes, personal bests, and some impressive racing. Congratulations to everyone on an awesome start—we can’t wait to see what the rest of the meet brings!

🏅 TOP 8 FINISHES

800 Free

• Ana Tapernoux – 5th
• Esther Whitcomb – 8th

50 Breast

• Grace Larson – 4th

200 Breast

• Jane Brinkman – 3rd
• Eliana Gorski – 2nd
• Isla Wensmann – 8th

400 Free

• Alex Cardoso – 7th

⏱️ BEST TIMES

800 Free

• Ana Tapernoux

100 Free

• Grace Larson
• Alex Cardoso

50 Breast

• Grace Larson

200 Breast

• Jane Brinkman
• Isla Wensmann
• Eliana Gorski

400 Free

• Alex Cardoso

Great job, Gators! Keep bringing the energy, supporting one another, and racing with confidence. Let’s keep the momentum rolling into Day 2! 💙🐊

2026 Central Zones Championships-
GOOD LUCK 🍀😉🤞to our 🐊 zone qualifiers this week! Zone Championships starts today at the University of Minnesota Aug 6-9. The MN Zone Team is lead by Coach Cole this weekend. GO TEAM MINNESOTA!

2026 Speedo Junior National Championships Irvine, CA🌴☀️🌴
Day 2️⃣-

🔥Adalynn Biegler 🥇100 FREE _A FINAL 🔥 🔥🔥JUNIOR NATIONAL CHAMPION 🏆🔥🔥

🔥🔥Girl 800 Free Relay (Girls 17-18) of Adalynn Biegler, Lydia Cameron, Cate Pawlaski, and Faith Lamah BREAK another MN STATE RECORD from 2013 _Congratulations Girls✌️down & more to go!! 🔥🔥 🔥🔥🔥Top8️⃣ Jr Nats-AB🏅LC🏅CP🏅FL🏅☄️

🧨💥 Cate Pawlaski- A Final in 50 Breast placed 4th 🏅🧨💥. 👏👏👏LET’S GO GATORS!!!! 🐊AA🐊FL🐊AB🐊CP🐊LC!!!☄️Women are currently holding 4th place overall as a team 💪🤩👍
WE ARE PROUD OF YOU 🐊’s - ESC & MN 💪

Congratulations and good luck to our 2026 Zone participants!!

2026 Speedo Junior National Championships Irvine, CA 🌴☀️🌴

Gators kicked off Speedo Junior Nationals with some awesome prelim swims to make finals. 🧨😉👍

Highlights:
200 Free Relay (Girls 17-18) of Adalynn Biegler, Cate Pawlaski, Lydia Cameron, and Faith Lamah BROKE the 2015 MN State Record clocking a 1:45.13!! 🔥Congratulations Girls !!!👏👏👏👏🥳

Day 1️⃣-
200 Fly - Faith Lamah (D Final), Lydia Cameron (D Final)
100 Breast- Cate Pawlaski (C Final)
1500 Free - Alex Allocco (Best Time)
Keep up the fast swimming 🐊’s!!

2️⃣0️⃣2️⃣6️⃣AGE GROUP STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS🐊 GATORS FINISHED STRONG — AND LEFT IT ALL IN THE WATER. 💚

The final day of the 11–14 Minnesota State Championships was an incredible way to close out an unforgettable weekend! Our Gators continued to swim fast, earning Top 16 finishes, personal bests, Zone cuts, podium finishes, and two more State Champions.

We couldn’t be prouder of every swimmer who represented Edina Swim Club this weekend.

🏊 TOP 16 FINISHERS

200 Fly
• Esther Whitcomb – 9th
• Lydia McAuliff – 10th
• Everett Sparling – 14th

Best Times: Esther Whitcomb, Lydia McAuliff, Lizzie Farley

50 Back
• Eamon Hughey – 12th

Best Time: Elena Mendoza (Zone Cut!)

100 Free
• Adelaide Wolf – 9th (Zone Cut!)
• Margot Bryan – 10th (Zone Cut!)
• Oscar Peterson – 11th

Best Times: Adelaide Wolf, Margot Bryan, Natalie Christ, Oscar Peterson

200 Breast
• 🥈 Isla Wensmann (Zone Cut!)
• Luke Bell – 7th
• Theo Nguyen – 11th
• Ethan Christ – 15th
• 🥈 Rylee Zastrow
• 🥉 Willa Moser (Zone Cut!)
• Max Stokes – 10th (Zone Qualifier)

Best Times: Isla Wensmann, Luke Bell, Theo Nguyen, Ethan Christ, Willa Moser