Swimmers end season on state podium

Park places top-eight in two events, finishes 13th overall

Four Park swimmers competed in the Minnesota State High School League (MSHSL) Swimming and Diving state championships March 3 and 4 at the University of Minnesota Aquatic Center. The results from the competition’s finals are below:

200-yard medley relay:

  • Senior Nils Rykken, senior Nate Stone, junior David Salamzadeh and eighth grader Hayden Zheng placed eighth in 1:38.04

200-yard individual medley:

  • Zheng placed tenth in 1:53.74, earning a Park team record

50-yard freestyle:

  • Rykken placed 14th in 22.04

100-yard butterfly:

  • Stone placed ninth in 51.17

100-yard breaststroke:

  • Zheng placed fourth in 57.88, earning a team record