Spirit Lake High School
sophomore Taylor Sieperda was the state runner-up, in the 100 Backstroke,
Saturday at the State swim meet in Marshalltown,
as she recorded a personal best time of 57.8 seconds, which is a school record
for that event.
Sieperda took third in the 50 Freestyle, for the Spencer-Spirit Lake team, with a time of 23.92 seconds,
which is the second best time ever. Spencer-Spirit Lake finished 20th overall,
with a total of 33 points. It’s the best
finish the team has ever had.
The 200 Freestyle relay team, consisting of Sieperda, Emma
Dau, Cassidy Fox and Abby Goodenow, placed 18th on Saturday.
Sieperda will be competing, next weekend, in a USA Swimming
Meet, called the Minneapolis Grand Prix, at the University of Minnesota.
It’s part of the Grand Prix series, which holds six meets,
per year, around the U.S. Sieperda will be competing in the 50
Freestyle, 100 Freestyle and 100 Backstroke, and it’s likely that one of her
competitors will be Olympic Gold Medal winner Missy Franklin.
Franklin
will be one of the headliners, for the meet, along with fellow-Olympian Ryan
Lochte.
