2025 Girls High School Preview: Section 7AA

Section 7AA

Teams in the Section
Andover, Anoka, Blaine, Cambridge-Isanti, Centennial, Coon Rapids, Duluth East, Forest Lake

2024 Section Champion: Blaine – 384 pts
2024 Section Runner-up: Duluth East – 357 pts

Notable Graduates

• Ada Germann (Blaine) – 50 Yard Free (7th sections)
• Gabby Busch (Blaine) – 200 Yard IM (2nd sections), 100 Yard Back (2nd sections)
• Bridget Hardoin (Duluth East) – 50 Yard Free (6th sections), 100 Yard Free (8th sections)
• Elise Westbrook (Duluth East) – 200 Yard Free (8th sections), 100 Yard Free (6th sections)
• Kate Schiller (Duluth East) – 200 Yard IM (6th sections), 100 Yard Fly (7th sections)
• Ally Diehl (Anoka) – 50 Yard Free (1st sections/10^th State), 100 Yard Fly (1st sections/6^th State)
• Elliott Teff (Anoka) – 500 Yard Free (7th sections)
• Emily Neises (Anoka) – 100 Yard Breast (8th sections)
• Nora Sloth (Anoka) – 200 Yard Free (2nd sections), 100 Yard Free (3rd sections)
• Sydney DeRung (Anoka) – 200 Yard Free (5th sections), 100 Yard Back (3rd sections)
• Mackenzie Solberg (Anoka) – 100 Yard Breast (4th sections)
• Kirsten Bailey (Anoka) –Diving (2nd sections/13^th State)
• Avery Fallon (Forest Lake) – 50 Yard Free (5th sections), 100 Yard Free (5th sections)
• Grace True (Forest Lake) – 200 Yard IM (8th sections), 100 Yard Back (5th sections)
• Gabrielle Lewis (Coon Rapids) – 500 Yard Free (5th sections)
• Kathryn Woelfel (Centennial) – Diving (1st sections)
• LeeAnna Seward (Andover) – 200 Yard Free (4th sections), 100 Yard Fly (2nd sections)
• Morgan Sheeley (Andover) – 100 Yard Back (8th sections)

Section Outlook

Blaine remains stacked with talent, returning 10 top-8 finishers: Sydney Edwards, a freshman, won the 100 Breaststroke and the 500 Free; Reese Pennoyer, a sophomore, took 4th in both the 50 and 100 Freestyles; Reese Forrest, a junior, was 3rd in the 50 Free and 7th in the 100 Free; Sydney Hernandez, a sophomore, placed 4th in the 100 Butterfly; Marissa Vang, a senior, took 6th in the 100 Breaststroke; Lily Clarke, a senior, was 7th in the 100 Back; Catie Thell, a senior, finished 8th in Diving.

Duluth East returns a deep group of 9 finalists: Kendra Kush, a junior, was the 200 Free champion and 2nd in the 100 Free; Anna Greminger, a senior, was 3rd in the 100 Fly and 4th in the 200 IM; Anna Schiller, a sophomore, took 7th in the 200 Free and 3rd in the 500 Free; Truth Eamonn, a junior, was 5th in the 100 Breast; Anikka Hansen, a junior, placed 8th in the 50 Free; Britt Hansen, a freshman, finished 8th in the 500 Free.

Andover returns 4 top-8 finishers from last season: Cadence Andersland, a junior, placed 6th in Diving; Lydia Gorowsky, a senior, placed 5th in the 100 Yard Butterfly and 5th in the 200 Yard IM; Ali Oswell, a senior, placed 2nd in the 50 Yard Freestyle.

Anoka brings back 5 key athletes: Abi Johnson, a junior, was 3rd in the 200 Freestyle and 2nd in the 500 Free; Sarah Jensen, a senior, took 3rd in the 200 IM and 6th in the 500 Free; Sarah Hoang, a senior, placed 8th in the 100 Butterfly.

Cambridge-Isanti returns 2 divers: Jovie Ebertowski, a senior, placed 3rd, and Anika Michaelis, a sophomore, placed 7th in Diving.

Centennial brings back a strong contingent of 4 finalists: Sophia Nguyen, a sophomore, won both the 100 Backstroke and 100 Freestyle; Lydia Hydukovich, a freshman, was 2nd in the 100 Breaststroke and 1st in the 200 IM; Amelia Pole, a freshman, placed 7th in the 100 Breast; Claira Zebell, a senior, placed 6th in the 100 Back and 7th in the 200 IM.

Coon Rapids returns junior Delilah Smith-Ginnette, who placed 4th in Diving.

Forest Lake returns 6 finalists: Delaney Nilius, a junior, was 3rd in the 100 Breast; Sylvie Fallon, a sophomore, took 6th in the 100 Fly; Megan Reid, a senior, placed 4th in the 100 Back; Lacey Gray, a senior, took 5th in Diving; Hailey Johnson, a senior, finished 6th in the 200 Free and 4th in the 500 Free.