LUCAS GERTEN
Rosemount • diving
Gerten joined the Irish swimming and diving program as a seventh-grader with no diving experience. Since making the Irish varsity as an eighth-grader, he has established himself as one of the top divers in the state.
He won the Class 2A diving state title as a freshman with a score of 419.40. He's a sophomore now, and he had two stellar performances last week.
In a dual meet Friday at Apple Valley, he broke the pool record — which had stood since 1979 — with a six-dive score of 320.10. On Saturday, at Bloomington's Olson Middle School, he broke Rosemount's 11-dive school record with a score of 472.
Rosemount coach Jake Kemna said Gerten, who competes in cross-country in the fall and as a pole vaulter on the track and field team in the spring, "understands that it's not about being the best but constantly working to get better and not setting limitations. He wants to be better, not the best."
Kemna said that's something Rosemount diving coach Dan Monaghan, a two-time Class 2A diving state champion, "has worked very hard to instill in him."
COOPER CONWAY
Andover • hockey
A senior forward, he had a pair of three-point games last week. He had a goal and two assists in the Huskies' 3-2 victory Thursday at Champlin Park and a goal and two assists in the Huskies' 3-3 tie Saturday with Wayzata. He leads the Huskies in scoring with 13 points in eight games.
