Eastview's Zoe 3rd in State Diving, Apple Valley's France 7th in 50 Free

Boys swimming and diving team members from and high schools competed at the Class AA state swim meet over the weekend, at the University of Minnesota Aquatic Center.

Top local finishers were:

• Eastview's Dylan Zoe, who finished third place in the one-meter diving finals.

• Apple Valley's Andrew France, who finished seventh in the 50-yard freestyle finals.

Eastview was 22nd as a team, and Apple Valley was 24th.

Eden Prairie won the team competition. Complete results from preliminaries and finals are here.

State Qualifiers Recap

Apple Valley as a team finished seventh at the section 3AA meet, and sends swimmers to state in three individual events and one relay:

• Junior and captain Andrew France finished first at sections in the 50-yard freestyle race, and third in the 100 freestyle, both with lifetime best and state qualifying times.

• Freshman Aaron Olson qualified for state and had a sixth-place finish in the 100 butterfly.

• The 200 freestyle relay team of junior and captain Seth Berry, France, sophomore Derek Olson and junior Jackson Scholberg qualified for state and had a third-place section finish.

Several swimmers from Eastview, who finished sixth as a team at the section meet, qualified for state as well:

• The boys 200-yard medley relay of senior Jack Hassenstab, senior Zane Larwood, junior Erik Nelson and senior Ryan Thompson qualified for state and finished sixth at the section meet.

• Thompson qualified in the 200-yard IM and had a ninth-place section finish, and the 100-yard breaststroke with a third-place finish.

• Dylan Zoe qualified in 1-meter diving with a first-place finish in the section finals.

• The boys 200-yard freestyle relay of Hassenstab, senior Tommy Knutson, Larwood and Thompson qualified for state and finished fifth at the section meet.

The complete preliminary schedule for the state meet is available from the Minnesota State High School League.

Rosemount won the section 3AA meet. Complete section meet results are attached.

Got pictures or results from state swimming? Post them on Apple Valley Patch or send to allison.wickler@patch.com.