ST. JOSEPH, Minn. – The deadline has passed for high school seniors to make their decisions on where to continue their academic and athletic careers in college, and College of Saint Benedict swimming and diving coach Dan Eckberg announced Monday that he will add 23 names to the Blazers’ roster in 2016-17.
“The recruiting class of 2016 is one of the strongest and deepest classes in recent CSB swimming and diving history,” Eckberg said. “The goal was to find talented student-athletes who were highly committed to achieving excellence in the classroom and in the pool. These first years will be in every event for us and will be strong contributors from day one.
“Each of them bring their own specialties, which is why we worked hard to get them to CSB, because we knew that every one of them would make our program better through their hard work and commitment. We didn’t necessarily intend to have this large of a class, we just happened to be blessed to find a good number of high quality young women to bring to our team.”
Of the 23 incoming first years, 15 would have scored points for CSB at the 2015-16 MIAC Championships based on their best times or marks in high school. Each swimming and diving team is allotted 18 athletes on their MIAC Championship roster.
“We will have individuals who could step in and score immediately for us, but we strongly believe that each of our incoming first-years will make large strides here at CSB,” Eckberg said.
Below is a list of the incoming swimming and diving recruits in alphabetical order.
100 Breaststroke: 1:09.65
200 Breaststroke: 2:33.27
200 IM: 2:27.90
Marissa Behounek, La Vista, Neb./Papillion-La Vista H.S., Sprint Free
50 Freestyle: 25.99
100 Freestyle: 57.74
Kelsey Christiansen, Sauk Rapids, Minn./Sauk Rapids-Rice H.S., Diving
1M Dive
Lauren Christiansen, Wayzata, Minn./Orono H.S., Backstroke/Mid-Distance Free
200 Freestyle: 2:06.04
100 Backstroke: 1:03.39
Kassandra Chronakos, Minneapolis, Minn./Osseo H.S., Butterfly/Distance Free
500 Freestyle: 5:23.23
100 Butterfly: 1:03.39
Skyler Clough, Lincoln, Neb./Pius X H.S., Free/IM/Breaststroke
50 Freestyle: 26.00
100 Freestyle: 56.19
200 Freestyle: 2:01.46
500 Freestyle: 5:33.08
200 IM: 2:18.06
100 Breaststroke: 1:11.77
Allison Crum, Deerwood, Minn./Brainerd H.S., Mid-Distance/Distance
200 Freestyle: 2:00.40
500 Freestyle: 5:27.21
1,000 Freestyle: 11:21.00
Sydney Dugas, Minneapolis, Minn./Park Center H.S., Breaststroke
100 Breaststroke: 1:17.03
Isabel Gennrich, St. Paul, Minn./Roseville H.S., Sprint Free/Backstroke
50 Freestyle: 27.25
100 Backstroke: 1:11.03
Mallory Jarvi, Virginia, Minn./Virginia H.S., Diving
1M Dive: 401.60
Larissa Kleen, Sauk Rapids, Minn./Sauk Rapids-Rice H.S., Sprint Free/Butterfly/Backstroke
50 Freestyle: 25.14
100 Butterfly: 1:00.71
100 Backstroke: 1:03.20
Maddie Konsor, St. Michael, Minn./St. Michael-Albertville H.S., Sprint Free
50 Freestyle: 27.57
100 Freestyle: 1:01.16
Meghan Kratz, St. Paul, Minn./Eastview H.S., Freestyle
100 Freestyle: 54.89
200 Freestyle: 2:00.09
Ally Lidtke, Andover, Minn./Andover H.S., Sprint Free/Backstroke
50 Freestyle: 25.08
100 Freestyle: 56.85
100 Backstroke: 1:02.84
Andrea Molus, Clearlake, Minn./Becker H.S., Mid-Distance Free
200 Freestyle: 2:00.46
500 Freestyle: 5:35.64
Morgan Murphy, St. Paul, Minn./School of Environmental Science, Freestyle
100 Freestyle: 55.48
200 Freestyle: 2:00.97
500 Freestyle: 5:26.73
1,000 Freestyle: 11:08.84
1,650 Freestyle: 18:53.88
Julia Newhouse, Excelsior, Minn., Free/Backstroke
100 Freestyle: 56.49
200 Freestyle: 2:03.52
100 Backstroke: 1:02.36
200 Backstroke: 2:16.38
Maggie Pomerenke, New Berlin, Wis./Nathan Hale H.S., Diving
1M Dive: 403.80
Natalie Rannells, Big Lake, Minn.Big Lake H.S., Back/Freestyle
100 Backstroke: 1:10.35
100 Freestyle: 1:04.41
Hayley Schendel, Loretto, Minn./Buffalo H.S., Sprint Free/Backstroke
50 Freestyle: 27.64
100 Freestyle: 59.88
200 Freestyle: 2:09.82
100 Butterfly: 1:07.59
Brenna Sharp, Rochester, Minn./John Marshall, Minn., Butterfly/Free/IM
100 Butterfly: 1:01.02
50 Freestyle: 26.15
200 IM: 2:20.80
Sally Stark, Prior Lake, Minn., Prior Lake H.S., Backstroke/Sprint Free
100 Backstroke: 1:00.69
200 Backstroke: 2:17.02
50 Freestyle: 25.76
Sydney Weires, Litchfield, Minn./Litchfield H.S., Backstroke/Free
100 Backstroke: 1:00.21
50 Freestyle: 26.02
500 Freestyle: 5:32.56
Swimming news courtesy of College of Saint Benedict Swimming & Diving.