Centennial was down nine swimmers due to illnesses during its December 20, 2022 meet against Blaine. Before the start of the meet, Head Coach Pete Crawford told his athletes, during his locker room talk, that Centennial's depth could possibly carry the team to victory if the boys wanted it enough. Crawford said that "with the number of absences the team had, both Blaine and Centennial will be evenly matched this evening and the team that wants it more will be the team that walks away with the win." The final...

Senior Captain Max Scheurer led the Centennial Cougars in its second place finish at the December 17, 2022 Bengal Invitational Swimming Meet. Scheurer placed first in both the 200 IM with a time of 2:00.88 and the 100 Breaststroke with a time of :57.57 which is a new school record. The team brought home twenty medals, but more impressive than that, according to Assistant Coach Kevin Setterholm, out of thirty-nine swims that the team members completed, time was dropped in twenty-eight of them. Setterholm is very pleased with fast performances...

After the Centennial Cougars’ 101 to 82 win over the Anoka Tornadoes on December 15, Head Coach Pete Crawford stated that we now have created a base of times to work from for the season. The team as a whole has made a lot of progress since its December 2nd and 3rd time trails, but “with this first meet under our belts”, Crawford said, “the team now knows what it really has as it strives to become one of the top teams in the Northwest Suburban Conference and in the...

The Centennial Cougars began the 2022-2023 season by participating in the Northwest Suburban Conference Relays Meet hosted by Anoka on December 10th. The team performed pretty much as Head Coach Pete Crawford predicted by taking second place out of the six teams on its side of the conference. Crawford was very pleased that every Cougar swim at the meet was an improved time from the team's time trial event which took place a week earlier. The coach also predicted that with the depth that the team currently has coming into...

The Centennial Boys Swimming & Diving 2021-2022 season was brought to completion with the fantastic performances by Junior Captain Max Scheurer at the 2022 Minnesota State Swimming and Diving Championships meet. The meet was held at the Jean K Freeman Aquatic Center at the University of Minnesota on March 4 & 5, 2022. During Friday’s preliminaries competition, Scheurer swam a lifetime best performance in the 100 Breaststroke with a time of :57.74. His time shaved .14 seconds off the school record that he had set 6 days earlier during the...

After Centennial’s outstanding performance at Thursday evening’s Section 7AA Prelims meet, where every Cougar swim resulted in a lifetime best performance, coaches and athletes alike were unsure if the momentum of success would continue into the Saturday, February 26, 2022 Section Finals meet. The apprehension was unwarranted as results of the meet proved that the team had what was needed to continue to improve and preform in a championship setting. Max Scheurer led his teammates in the continuation of outstanding performances at the Section Finals meet where he dropped an...

The Centennial Boys Swimming team posted 35 personal record swims, broke 3 middle school records and set a new varsity record at the 2022 Section 7AA Championship Prelims swimming meet that took place on Feb 25, 2022. 100% of the Centennial swims resulted in lifetime best times. The team members dropped a total of 127.47 seconds (2:12 minutes) off their seed times. In short, it was an amazing evening for the Cougars and their most successful meet of the season. Eighth grader Garret Clark dropped 25.17 seconds in the 500...

The Cougars dominated the Northwest Suburban Conference (West) Junior Varsity Championship meet on February 12, 2022. Team scores were: Centennial-606, Elk River-415, Spring Lake Park-253, Champlin Park-221, Osseo-64, Armstrong-0. After combining the results of Northwest Suburban Conference Championship (West) meet with "North" Championships meet, the Cougars are still the top junior varsity team in the conference. The combined meet rankings come out as follows: Centennial-442, Maple Grove-415.5, Elk River-279, Blaine-231, Andover-222.5, Anoka-188.5, Spring Lake Park-188.5, Champlin Park-97.5, Armstrong-0. Assistant Coach Kevin Setterholm pointed out at the conclusion of the meet...

The Centennial boys swimming team battled the Blaine Bengals for the seventh-place ranking in the twelve team Northwest Suburban Conference on February 2. A few days before the event, Head Coach Pete Crawford knew that it was going to be an extremely close meet because on paper the two teams matched up evenly. By studying past Bengal race results and playing around with Centennial’s line-up, Coach Pete believed that the Cougars would be able to pull off a win if the Centennial swimmers approached their races with a focused mind...

Centennial’s disappointing loss to Armstrong on January 27, 2022 brings its dual season record to 3 wins and 3 losses. The Cougars brought plenty of depth to the meet and captured many second and third or third, fourth, fifth place combinations in races but it did not have enough power to overtake the Falcons. By the end of the meet, Centennial lost with a score of 87 to 97. Taking first for the Cougars were George Atkinsen, Max Scheurer, Alex Larkin, Connor Herbrechtsmeyer in the 200 Medley Relay; and Max...