PIERRE, S.D. – The Pierre Swim Team traveled to Watertown, SD Feb 27 – March 1, for the 2020 South Dakota Short Course State A Championship. PST had 41 swimmers competing, bringing home several individual State Champion titles and the team placing 5th overall. Ava Lowrance had 3 first place finishes in events she swam in the girls 8 and under division. Lowrance won the 25 freestyle, 25 breaststroke-50 breaststroke. Ella Ward Zeller finished in second place in the High Points Award in the girls 15-16 division with first place finishes in the 100 and 200 intermediate races and 100 backstroke. Canyon Jones was 5th in the High Points Award chase in the boys 15-16 division and Nick Loe had a pair of first place finishes 100 and 200 breaststroke in the boys 17-19 division. Five swimmers from Pierre Swim Team, Ella Ward-Zeller, Morgan Nelson, Canyon Jones, Thomas Kropp and Nick Loe, qualified to complete in the Central Zone Speedo Sectional Meet on March 12-15th in in Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin. The team is coached by Kent Huckins. For complete results from all of the Pierre Swimmers competing at the State Short Course A Championship, click on the link below.
