Madi Mintenko Takes Down Missy Franklin Report, Finishes 8-for-8 in Excessive Faculty State Titles
Pine Creek senior Madi Mintenko wrapped up an ideal 8-for-8 highschool profession this weekend on the Colorado state meet.
Mintenko received the women 200 freestyle and 500 freestyle on the CSHAA Class 5A championships, hosted by Chatfield Excessive Faculty. Her time within the 500 free took down Missy Franklin’s state file in prelims at 4:39.89.
Mintenko received the 200 free on the opening day of the meet by greater than 9 seconds, going 1:43.20. That simply misses the time set by Franklin, swimming for Regis Jesuit, in 2012 at 1:43.15. It nonetheless enters Mintenko into rarefied air – the Nationwide Federation of Excessive Colleges file belongs to Dagny Knutson in 1:42.81, whereas the impartial faculty file is Katie Ledecky’s 1:41.55.
Mintenko placed on a present within the 500 in prelims, going 4:39.89. That takes down Franklin’s 4:41.72, from 2013. She coasted to the win in 4:51.50 in finals, with a relay swim to come back. She had been 4:36.66 in December.
It provides Mintenko eight particular person state titles out of a attainable eight, becoming a member of Franklin and Cheyenne Mountain grad Anna Trinidad as the one two swimmers to realize that in state historical past. Mintenko did that with Pine Creek transferring up from Class 4A to Class 5A this yr, the very best classification within the state. She was named the Swimmer of the Meet.
“It’s superb, I’m so grateful,” Mintenko informed CHSAA’s web site. “I’ve met Missy earlier than and I’m so grateful I used to be capable of do some issues like she did when she was my age. She’s such an inspiration and nearly each lady right here seems to be as much as her. … After final night time I used to be simply tremendous excited, half of the meet was over and I might simply relax and deal with immediately.”
Mintenko helped Pine Creek completed fifth as a workforce. The Eagles completed second within the 200 free relay, the place Mintenko led off in 22.44 in finals, a tenth off her greatest time. She was 49.59 in prelims off the entrance of the 400 free relay (her greatest from December is 47.47).
Mintenko will attend the College of Virginia subsequent yr. She received silver medals within the 200 free and 400 free on the Junior Pan Pacific Championships final summer time for the US, along with gold within the 400 free and 800 free relays. At Olympic Trials, Mintenko completed eighth within the 400 free, tenth within the 200 and twenty fourth within the 100.
