News and Announcements
EP Wins Season Opener | 103 (EP) 78 (Chanhassen)
Congratulations to Jennie Novak (SR) and Kylie Rydland (FR) for setting new pool records.
- Jennie Novak - 100 Free (53.50)
- Jennie Novak - 200 Free (1:56.08)
- Kylie Rydland - 100 Breast (1:06.96)
EP Boys Rank #2 in National Power Rankings
Congratulations to the 2016 Boys Swim & Dive Team for being recognized as #2 in the National HS Power Rankings.
After the season, Coach Kelly compiled her best dual meet line-up. Each time and diving score is assigned a power point ranking. These are all added up for a combined team total and submitted to NISCA. They rank the schools by size and private or public. EP competes in Class 1 (Big Public School).
#1. 6262 Southlake Carroll Southlake, TX
#2. 5855 Eden Prairie Eden Prairie, MN
#3. 5849 The Woodlands Woodlands, TX
#4. 5845 New Trier Winnetka, IL
Congratulations to Griffin Back and Coach Kelly Boston for being recognized as the best in the state by the Minnesota HS Coaches Association. Back was voted as the Swimmer of the Year and Boston as the Boys HS Coach of the Year.
Eagles Earn 3rd Title in 5 Years | Set 2 All-Time Records
The Eagles scored 335 points en route to their sixth MSHSL Boys “AA” Swim & Dive State Title and third championship in five years. EP set two All-Time state records^ in the 200 Medley Relay (1:30.70), 100 Freestyle (44.74), an “AA” record** in the 100 Butterfly (48.56) and a school* record in the 50 Free (20.42).
· 200 Medley Relay^* (1st) – Austin Pham, Griffin Back, Joshua Withers, Jordan Greenberg
· 200 Free Relay (1st) – Joshua Withers, Jordan Greenberg, Will Green, Stephen McMahon
· 400 Free Relay (3rd) – Griffin Back, Stephen McMahon, Austin Pham, William Green
· 200 Free – Stephen McMahon (8th)
· 200 IM – Griffin Back (1st), Austin Pham (8th), Will Green (11th),
· 50 Free – Jordan Greenberg* (1st), Joshua Withers (7th)
· 1m Diving– Peter Hegland (4th), Tommy Heil (7th), Pate Hansen (19th),
· 100 Fly – Joshua Withers** (1st), Adam Nik (9th), Nick Tullemans (11th), Patrick Cummings(13th)
· 100 Free – Griffin Back^* (1st), Jordan Greenberg (3rd)
· 500 Free – Stephen McMahon (6th)
· 100 Back – Austin Pham (7th)
· 100 Breast – Adam Nik (4th), Nick Tullemans (16th), Will Green (20th)
EP Wins Section 2AA Title - 23 Total Swims & Dives Qualify for State
EP will be well represented at the MNSHL State Swim & Dive Championships this Thurs - Sat at the U of M Aquatic Center by advancing all 3 Relays, 3 Divers and 17 Swims. The Eagles set 3 EPHS school records and 7 Meet & Pool records. Jordan Greenberg swam the fastest 50 Freestyle in school history (20.52); eclipsing his brother's record of 20.65 set in 2013. Although state records can only be achieved at the state championships, the 200 Medley Relay time of 1:31.74 is a new EPHS school record and the fastest time ever swam in Minnesota HS competition; 0.44 faster than EP's State Record established in 2013. Thursday evening Peter Hegland set a new 11 Dive School Record with a total of 448 points. Below is a summary of all records established during Section 2AA competition:
