Woodbury will be well represented at the Girls State High School Swimming and Diving Meet running today through Saturday at the University of Minnesota Freeman Aquatic Center in Minneapolis.

Section 4AA Champion Stillwater Area High School will send seven qualifiers to the state meet. Among them are three swimmers from Woodbury representing the Ponies: Lucy Paczosa, Claire Christianson, and Maddie Mathiason.

The East Ridge Raptors will send eight swimmers to state: Megyn Gillard, Jette Hadicke, Logan Havermann, Malea Johnson, Sabine Keister, Olivia McClintock, Mia Seidl, and Emma Wood. In the one-meter diving event, qualifiers include Kiley Thrush (East Ridge), Alex Kruse (Stillwater Area), and Halle Linn and Nina Faulkner from Woodbury High School.

East Ridge Raptors Coach Dave Gillard congratulated his team for their second place finish at a very competitive Section 4AA Swim and Dive meet last week. Gillard noted that the Raptors won eight of the 12 events, breaking two school records and three Section meet records. The Raptors will be led by Section 4AA Diving Champion and Section Diver of the Year Kiley Thrush, four-time Section 4AA Champion and Section Swimmer of the Year Logan Havermann, and four-time section champion Jette Hadicke.