It's like a Tournament of Champions on Jeopardy!!!

Saturday the Winona Winhawks travel north to Coon Rapids where they will participate in the Blaine Bengal Invitational. Their second year in a row, it is a good tune up meet to see where things are at. This meet will be good for gaging. There is a lot of talent walking through the pool doors.

The Diving is an 11 dive list championship format (5 preliminary dives, the field is reduced to 20, 3 semi-final dives and the field is reduced to 16 and then 3 final dives). 

Scoring is through 16^th place in both relays and individual events. 

Swimmers can enter in 4 events no more than 2 can be individual events. 

Each school is allowed 4 entries in individual and 3 entries in relay events. 

Bengal Invitational includes:

Northwest Suburban Conference

Blaine

Anoka

Champlin Park

Park Center

Centennial

Andover

Suburban East Conference

Mounds View

Stillwater

Lake Conference

          Eden Prairie

Big 9 Conference

          Winona

Mississippi 8 Conference

          Saint Michael-Albertville

Notable Team information:

All schools are Class AA Schools

Eden Prairie was 3^rd place last year in Class AA State, qualifying and placing all 3 relays and numerous individuals

Stillwater was 5^th place last year in Class AA State, qualifying and placing all 3 relays and numerous individuals

Centennial was 12th place last year in Class AA State, qualifying and placing 200 Medley and 200 Free relays and numerous individuals

Saint Michael-Albertville was 15th place last year in Class AA State, qualifying and placing 200 Medley and 200 Free relays and numerous individuals

Winona was tied for 32^nd last year in Class AA qualifying their 200 Medley and 200 Free Relays along with individuals

Blaine Qualified their 200 Free and 400 Free Relays for State 

Mounds View qualified their 200 Medley and their 200 Free Relay for State

Andover qualified their 200 Medley and their 400 Free Relay for State

Individuals retuning from last year’s State Meet to take note of:

200 Yard Freestyle

Eden Prairie            Kira Zubar        Lili Zubar   

Stillwater                 Kylie Burgess            

200 Yard IM

Eden Prairie         Jennie Novak    Alyssa Swanson 

Stillwater       Sophia Bisch       

Centennial    Tara Chapman            

50 Yard Freestyle

Eden Prairie           Marla Albanese      Rylee Slotsve                              

Blaine                     Erin Sullivan                                                                         

Mounds View           Maggie Lamere               

1 meter Diving

Mounds View          Kiley Kuether                                    

Stillwater                 Liz Click                

Saint Michael-Albertville               Jessie Metz              

Blaine           Nicole Wieden            

100 Yard Butterfly

Eden Prairie        Bre Thorne Rachel Baker  Sarah Coolidge  Sarah Miner

Mounds View      McLaren Curphy                

Stillwater       Abby Kunze          

100 Freestyle

Blaine           Rylee Slotsve   Erin Sullivan

500 Yard Freestyle

Eden Prairie   Kira Zubar               

Stillwater       Kylie Burgess      Mary Knaak      

100 Yard Backstroke

Eden Prairie        Bre Thorne Rachel Baker  Sarah Coolidge  Sarah Miner                                                

Mounds View      McLaren Curphy                

Stillwater       Abby Kunze          

100 Yard Breaststroke

Eden Prairie       Jennie Novak   Erin Russoniello   Elena

Mounds View      Maya Loewen     

Stillwater       Sophia Bisch    Kristin Erf              

Centennial    Tara Chapman