Prep athletes of the week

The junior was the only swimmer in the recently completed Class 2A meet at the University of Minnesota Aquatic Center to finish undefeated. She won the 100-yard butterfly and the 100 backstroke for the second year in a row, and her time of 52.96 seconds in the backstroke was more than three seconds ahead of the second-place finisher.

She also shone in the relays, where she led off the 200 medley relay with a blazing 24.45 backstroke split. The Storm won the race in a record time of 1:41.96, demolishing the previous record of 1:43.50 they set in the preliminaries.

Avestruz then battled nerves in swimming the anchor leg of the meet-ending 400 freestyle relay, her 50.11 split helping Chanhassen to another meet-record time of 3:25.69. Chanhassen finished fifth in the meet with a team score of 197 points.

The first-year Aces at the Vadnais Heights school have jumped out to 6-1 start with Antony, a junior forward, leading the team in scoring. She had consecutive four-point games last week in victories over North Wright County (three goals, one assist) and Holy Family/Waconia (four assists). Antony has eight goals and eight assists this year.

Winning state championships seems to be a regular occurrence for the Northfield junior. She won her third consecutive Class 1A diving championship Wednesday with an 11-dive score of 397.55 points. Dupay is also the defending Class 2A all-around champion in gymnastics.

The senior forward led the Maple Grove-based Eagles in scoring in winning their first two games. He had 20 points in beating Breck 74-66 and poured in 26 points, tying teammate Andy Hamilton for team high, in a wild 117-84 romp over Lakeview Christian.

The junior goalie posted back-to-back shutouts as the Tigers opened the season with a pair of victories. He stopped 28 shots in a 4-0 triumph over Blake and followed the next night with a 25-save effort as Delano blanked Providence Academy 5-0.