Five records set at third annual swimming challenge

The third annual Superior Distance Swim Challenge was held Saturday at the Superior High School pool.

The Swim Challenge is a community swimming event open to swimmers of all ages and abilities. Families, youth swimmers, triathletes, club swimmers and lap swimmers took to the pool Saturday to achieve individual distance goals, as well as for some informal competition.

Participation was up again this year, with 56 individuals competing. Events held were the one-hour tag team, individual one hour, mile and half-mile challenges.

Five records were set at this year’s event. In the one-hour swim, Amy Flessert of Superior set a record with 4,470 yards, surpassing her distance of 4400 yards in 2011. A trio of SHS swimmers — Matt Sherwood, Jake Noonan and Kaitlin Heinen — combined to form the Spartan Speed team and set a new mark in the one-hour team event, swimming 5,837.5 yards.

Noonan also set a new best time for males in the one-mile swim (24:50) and Sherwood set a record in the half-mile event (11:28). Sarah O’Conner, of Two Harbors, Minn., set the female record in the one-mile swim with a time of 27:20.

Dan Duff held the pervious one-mile record of 30:00, set in 2010, and Jeremy Miller was the previous half-mile record-holder with a time of 12:23 in 2011.

The Superior Distance Swim Challenge is a fundraiser for the Superior High School swimming and diving programs.

2012 Swim Challenge Results

One-hour tag team — 1. Spartan Speed (Matt Sherwood, Kaitlin Heinen, Jake Noonan), 5,837.5 yards; 2. Sub-maximum Speed (Ted Patten, Howie Leathers, Leanne Bronson, Mina Bradley), 5,262.5 yards; 3. Underdogs (Sarah Faver, Jeremy Miller, Kaydi Gysbers), 5,100 yards; 4. Bubbles (Tiffany Carlson, Anthony Yung, Christina Regas, Amy Sandilin), 4,937 yards; 5.Wolverines (Charlie Kamper, David Kamper), 4,475 yards; 6. “And We Know It” (Grace Elonen, Ashley Kittelson, Musea Broberg), 4,170 yards; 7. Rubber Ducks (Julie Snyder, Kaitlyn Sanders), 3,912.5 yards; 8. Four Quacks (Mark Goellner, Kurt Kamper, Susan Kamper, David Mast), 3,662.5 yards; 9. Swim Like Howie (Connie Lutkevich, Olivia Lutkevich, Mike Scheer, Henry Scheer), 3,175 yards; 10. Oulu Rocks (Greg Elonen, Collene Elonen, Eric Elonen), 3,087.5 yards; 11. North Shore Swim Club (Caleb Rother, Maggie Rother), 2575 yards; 12. Team Weber #1 (Joseph Weber, Tammy Jo Weber), 2,750 yards; 13. Team Weber #2 D&G (David Weber, Georgina Weber), 2,725 yards.

One-hour “Big Fish” Individual Division — 1. Amy Flessert – 4,750 yards; 2. Megan Mensinger – 4,537.5 yards; 3. Dave Nonnemacher – 3,737.5 yards; 4. William Stack – 3,420 yards; 5. Zachary Grymala – 3,112.5 yards; 6. Rick Agar – 2,970 yards; 7. Kim Holak – 2,850 yards; 8. Penny Agar – 2,750 yards; 8. Mary Herbertz – 2,750 yards; 10. Linda Hagen – 2,650 yards; 11. Lydia Herbertz – 1,950 yards.

One-mile Individual — 1. Jake Noonan, 24:50; 2. Sarah O’Conner, 27:20; 3. Anna Anklam, 28:34; 4. Scott Sannes, 29:16; 5. Fiona O’Conner, 33:24; 6. Shane Olson, 34:26 ; 7. Sarah Honeyager, 42:00.

Half-mile Individual — 1. Matt Sherwood, 11:28; 2. Scott Qvam, 18:56; 3. Jane Anklam, 20:44.

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