Good evening from the Boys' Swim & Dive Team here at Centennial High School! Just two weeks into the season and the boys' are off to a strong 1-0 start with a decisive victory over the Anoka Tornadoes. Unlike seasons prior, the boys had their first Friday Night meet in recent memory to cap off a long weekend back from Thanksgiving Break. There was a lot to be thankful for at this first meet from best times to first swims and great dives! The Cougars won 7 of the 12...

Good evening from the Centennial Cougars Boy's Swim & Dive Team! This past Tuesday, the boys travelled to Edgewood Middle School to take on the Irondale Knights, culminating in a tough loss against a non-conference team. Even with a loss, there were some major celebrations to be had for a handful of our JV swimmers who had season best times (or for some, personal bests!) Trenton Kuznia, Henry Wold, and Isaac Vail all reached their fastest times of the season in their 100 Freestyle, while Blake Buda had a personal...

Hello from the Centennial Boy's Swim & Dive Team! A lot has happened in the past week; some ups, some downs, and a lot to be thankful for as the season draws near its end. On Thursday, January 30th, the Boys Swim & Dive team put up strong times against a young and developing Park Center Pirates team. The swimmers had a lot of strong, personal best on the JV side of things and after the meet, the varisty guys got a chance to honor all of the seniors on...

Good evening from the Centennial Boys' Swim & Dive team! This last week had the swim and dive team facing some tough competition as they travelled to Maple Grove to take on the Crimson in their home pool. With fierce competition all around, the winner of the meet was to be decided with the final 400yard Freestyle Relay. Not to be bested, the Cougars put their best foot forward and went out strong with a final relay time of 3:28.60, speeding past the Maple Grove A Relay team by over...

Good evening from the Centennial Boys' Swim & Dive Team! This last week for the Cougars put the boys up against one of their greatest challenges yet this season: a test of their abilities at the True Team State Meet at the Jean K Freeman Aquatic Center at the University of Minnesota - Twin Cities. The boys prepped all week, focusing on improved technique, goal 50's and strong opponents in the Osseo Orioles the Thursday prior. A large congratulations is due to the Orioles Swim Team as they set two...

Happy Finals Week from your Centennial Boys' Swim & Dive team! This past weekend proved fruitful for the Centennial Cougars with a win against the Spring Lake Park Panthers on Thursday and a second place finish at True Team Sections this past Saturday, allowing the Cougars to advance to the True Team State Meet for the first time in team history! Against the Panthers, Centennial garnered a strong win with a 100-74 victory at the Spring Lake Park pool. For many of our JV swimmers, this was a meet that...

Happy New Year from the Centennial Boys' Swim & Dive team! The Cougars have made it back into their swim schedule post-Winter Break and had a dominating dual meet against the Andover Huskies this past Thursday. For many of our JV swimmers, they exerperienced relays and individual events outside of their normal freestyle races. For the varsity swimmers, they had a chance to really refine some of their main events before the True Team tournament this weekend. For head coach Pete Crawford, his swimmer of the meet was Benno Schuhbauer...

Happy Holidays from the Boys' Swim & Dive team! The Cougars had a busy week this week between their academics pushing forward to Winter Break and two meets this past Thursday and Saturday! Thursday's dual meet against the Blaine Bengals gave swimmers their first real test in a competitive meet. For many of our JV swimmers, this was their first meet ever, with rookie swimmer Antonio Cordova being one of Coach Pete's swimmer of the meet. Antonio swam in four events, swimming free style in the JV Medley Relay, the...

In what was a great start to the 2024-2025 Boys' Swim & Dive Season, the Centennial Boys' swim and dive team took a commanding first place at the NWSC Conference Relays at Spring Lake Park this last Saturday. Of the 17 swimming relays, Centennial placed first in six, second place in nine, and third place in two events. No lower spots were taken. Head Coach Pete Crawford on Monday stated how proud he was of the boys for their clean races, noticing that there were no DQs throughout the invite...

30 top times of all time, a new school record, 4 entries to the state meet were accomplished by the 2024 section team. What an incredible 3 days and I couldn't be more proud to be the coach for this team. It all started with the 200 medley relay swimming to a 2nd place finish to punched their ticket to next weeks state meet. Caleb Cregan led off with a fantastic backstroke leg giving way to Benno Schuhbauer swimming the breaststroke then Tyler Celotta the butterfly, and Joe Murray follwed...