Edina Swim Club

🇺🇸 CONGRATULATIONS, ADALYNN! 🇺🇸

A huge congratulations to Adalynn Biegler on being selected to the U.S. National Junior Team!

Way to go, Adalynn! We are so proud of you! 🐊🇺🇸

🐊 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!!