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Published November 20 2009

2009 Class A State Swimming and Diving preliminaries

The 2009 Class A State Swimming and Diving preliminaries from Friday, Nov. 20, 2009.


Laker junior Melissa Paakh takes in some air during the 100 yard butterfly event at the Class A state swimming and diving championships at the University of Minnesota Aquatics Center on Friday afternoon. (Brian Basham/DL Newspapers)

  • Laker junior Melissa Paakh takes in some air during the 100 yard butterfly event at the Class A state swimming and diving championships at the University of Minnesota Aquatics Center on Friday afternoon. (Brian Basham/DL Newspapers)
  • Junior swimmer Libby Larson streaks through the University of Minnesota Aquatics Center pool during the state class A 500 yard freestyle preliminary event. Larson finished the event in 17th place in a time of 5:29.75, 8/100th of a second from qualifying for Saturday's finals. (Brian Basham/DL Newspapers)
  • Laker swimming coach Carol McCarthy congratulates Melissa Paakh after her 100 yard breaststroke event at the Class A State Swimming and Diving Meet at the U of M Aquatics Center Friday afternoon. (Brian Basham/DL Newspapers)
  • Melissa Paakh takes a breath during the preliminary 100 yard breaststroke event at the Class A State Swimming and Diving Meet Friday. She finished in 5th place in a time of 1:08.02 headed into Saturday's finals. (Brian Basham/DL Newspapers)
  • Laker junior Melissa Paakh smiles after viewing her time in the 100 yard breaststroke event in Friday's Class A State Swimming and Diving Meet preliminaries.(Brian Basham/DL Newspapers)