Welcome to Osseo Boys Swim & Dive

Section 5AA

Congratulations to all the boys on a very successful Section 5AA!  Overall, the team finished 4th out of the 8 teams, which is the highest place they have finished for at least 5 years!  There were many memorable individual swims with 6 swimmers making it back for either A or B finals.

Jonathan Somero finished 16th in the 100 Backstroke

Peyton Fahrenbruch finished 15th in the 200 Freestyle

Brady Landstad finished 7th in the 50 Free and 8th in the 100 Butterfly

Brandon Kot finished 4th in the 200 IM and 5th in the 100 Backstroke

Mason Krings finished 4th in the 100 Butterfly and 1st in the 100 Breaststroke - advancing to state in both

Alex Kosel finished 2nd in the 50 freestyle and 1st in the 500 freestyle - advancing to state in both.

As a team, they also had fantastic relays!

In the 200 free the team of Jonathan Somero, Mustafa Al Batal, Brennen Horbal and Peyton Fahrenbruch finished 8th

In the 400 free the team of Brandon Kot, Brady Landstad, Mason Krings and Alex Kosel finished 2nd - advancing to the state meet

In the 200 medley the team of Brandon Kot, Brady Landstad, Mason Krings, and Alex Kosel finished 2nd - advancing to the state meet.

Additionally there was some hardware for our team - see below for individual and team accomplishments

- 200 Medley Relay - New School Record - 1:38.42 beating the old record set in 1993

- 100 Butterfly - New School Record - Mason Krings 51.88 - beating his own record set last year

- Alex Kosel was named Section 5AA swimmer of the year

- Coach Natalie Strauss received coach of the year

Please consider supporting your team at the upcoming state meet - information included in the events section.  

Congratulations to all the boys on an outstanding Class AA State Meet!  Overall the team finished 25th in the state which is a fantastic performance.  Overall, the boys swam really well and we are all very proud of each of them.  

Individual - 

Mason Krings - In the 100 breast, Mason qualified for 'B' finals swimming a personal and school record best 58.96 in the prelims - In the finals Mason swam great and finished 15th with a time of 59.86.  In the 100 Fly, Mason finished 17th in the state with a time of 52.41

Alex Kosel - In the 500 free Alex qualified for the 'B' finals swimming a time of 4:50.30 in the prelims - In the finals Alex swam great and finished 16th with a time of4:50.74.  In the 50 Free Alex swam a personal best of 22.12 finishing 18th in the state.  

Relays - Kot, Landstad, Krings and Kosel

200 Medley - The boys qualified for the 'B' finals swimming a time of 1:38.59 in the prelims - In the finals they bettered that time, just missing updating their school record set one week ago, with a time of 1:38.53 to finish 15th in the state.

400 Free Relay - The boys also qualified for the 'B' finals swimming a time of 3:15.97 which was an almost 3 second drop from their time last week in this event!  In the finals the boys almost swam an identical time of 3:15.99 to finish 15th in the state.  

A big thank you is necessary to the coaches, the parents, the booster club and of course the swimmers for all of their hard work and contributions throughout the season - we are all looking forward to a successful 24-25 swim season!