Lucas Gerten and Micah Davis stole the show Saturday at the Class 2A boys swimming and diving state championships.
Rosemount diver Lucas Gerten, St. Cloud swimmer Micah Davis stand out in Class 2A state meet
Lucas Gerten posted a state record score in winning his third consecutive title, Micah Davis won two races and set a record of his own, and Edina won the team title.
The Minnesota Star Tribune
March 3, 2024 at 2:53AM
Gerten, a Rosemount junior, won his third consecutive individual diving state title with a state-record score of 539.60 points at Jean K. Freeman Aquatic Center. He bettered the mark of 532.70 set by Dan Croaston of Champlin Park in 1997 and equaled by Turner Eckstrom of Red Wing in 2010.
Davis, a sophomore on team TCRB (St. Cloud Tech, St. Cloud Cathedral, Rocori, Becker) successfully defended his 100 butterfly and 200 freestyle titles, breaking the state record in the butterfly with a time of 46.94. Chris Morris from the same program held the record of 48.11 set in 2021. Davis was also the medalist in the 200 freestyle with a time of 1:36.74.
In the team race, Edina held off top-ranked Minnetonka, winning by six points. The Hornets finished with 289 points.
Edina junior Jiarui Xue won the 500 freestyle in 4:25.19 and teamed with seniors Jack Goepfrich and Rohan D’Souza Larson and sophomore Joe Hemberger to win the 200 freestyle relay.
Minnetonka junior Evan Witte nipped Xue by six-hundredths of a second in the 200 individual medley in 1:48.41. Witte won the 100 freestyle in 44.59 and swam a leg on the victorious 400 freestyle relay.
D’Souza Larson won the 50 freestyle in 20.55 seconds, edging Minnetonka junior Daniel Shelstad by 31-hundredths of a second.
Sanni Ahola made 38 saves as the Huskies earned a split of the home-and-home series by winning in St. Cloud.
