The East Ridge Swim and Dive team placed 6th at the True Team State meet on Saturday night, from a 12th place wild card seed. Our Raptors capped off an ultra fast meet by outright winning the 400 Free Relay. Next week is a busy one with back to back meets; first at Irondale on Tuesday, and our last home meet versus Forest Lake on Wednesday. Go Raptors!! - Coach Jay

The East Ridge Swim and Dive Team defeated the always dangerous Stillwater Ponies last night in dramatic fashion, with a score of 98 to 86. Our Raptors collectively found another gear, sweeping all of the relays and winning the majority of remaining events, some with outstanding PR’s. Special recognition goes to Ryan Green who stepped up for his team and partnered with ERHS Diver Evan Twisk to steal extra points from the Ponies in the diving event! Fly Raptors, FLY! Next up is True Team State meet at the University...

The East Ridge Swim and Dive team took second place in True Team Sections meet in Hastings on Saturday, earning us a wild card spot at True Team State this Saturday at the U of M. Despite winning 8 of the 12 swimming events, and placing swimmers in the top 5 in the remaining events the Raptors were just 9 points shy of 1st place. The 400 Free relay was at it again breaking another pool record with a dominant finish to a hard week of training and racing. Next...

The East Ridge Swim and Dive team defeated the exceptionally fast Mounds View Mustangs last night in dramatic fashion, with a score of 95 to 85. Despite pushing through extremely heavy training and a record breaking Woodbury meet just 2 days ago, our Raptor swimmers relied on their elite upper class men, deep bench and sharply executed relays to win the night. Next up is True Team Sections in Hastings on Saturday Morning! Go Raptors!! - Coach Jay

The East Ridge Swim and Dive team continued their conference winning streak by defeating their other intra-district rivals, Woodbury HS tonight 97 to 75, despite a quick turn around from Maroon and Gold and continued heavy sets 2-a-days training sessions. Our top seeded relays for the 200 and 400 Freestyle punctuated a strong varsity meet by breaking two long standing Woodbury High School pool records. Congrats to Neil Abrahamson, Vincent Xiong, Aidynn Havermann, Morgan Gillard and Nathan Langstraat for their great races. Next up our team hosts a very strong...

The ERHS boys swim team had an amazing last week. On Saturday the 7th the Raptors won the Maroon Division of the Maroon & Gold Championship against 11 other teams for the second year in a row. There were great performances all around with outstanding performances by Neil Abrahamson placing 1st over all in the 100 Fly, Morgan Gillard with a 1st place effort in the 100 Freestyle, and two additional 1st place performances by the 200 and 400 freestyle relays. The amphibious birds of prey visit Woodbury on Tuesday,...

The East Ridge Swim and Dive team defeated their inter district rivals, Park HS last night 102 to 77. Despite resuming heavy training after the holiday break and a couple snow days, our Raptor swimmers relied on a deep bench to dominate the night. Our top seeded relays for the 200 Medley, 200 Freestyle and 400 Freestyle crushed the competition by 3, 8 and 30 seconds respectively. Next up for our team is the Maroon and Gold Invitational at the University of Minnesota this Saturday at 3pm. The Raptors are...

The East Ridge Swim and Dive team defeated their inter district rivals, the Raiders of Roseville HS last night in dramatic fashion, with a score of 120 to 59. Despite pushing through extremely heavy training from the first day of practice, our Raptor swimmers relied on their elite upper class men, deep bench and some surprise up and coming swimmers to dominate the night. - Coach Jay

The Boys Swim and Dive team had a great 5 team relay meet against conference rivals Mounds View, Woodbury, Forest Lake & CDH. The Raptors won 5 of the 8 relay events, placing 2nd in 2 relays and 3rd in another, for the win. - Coach Jay

Congratulations to the Raptors earning 8th place overall at the MSHSL Class AA State Meet! The 200 Free Relay took 9th place (Brennan Sparks, Neil Abrahamson, Morgan Gillard, Brady Sulzbach) and our 400 Free Relay medaled in 5th place (Sven Becker, Nathan Langstraat, Neil Abrahamson, Morgan Gillard)! Individually, Neil placed 22nd in the 100 Fly; Sven medaled in 4th place for the 200 IM and 6th place in the 100 Fly, Morgan placed 19th in the 100 Free, Nathan placed 11th in the 200 Free and 15th in the 500...