This being her senior year, Minnetonka swimmer Amelia Schilling has made a habit of being at her best when her team needs her.
Schilling, a team captain and distance specialist, won the 200-yard freestyle in a time of 1 minute, 51.74 seconds, finished second in the 500 freestyle (to one of her best friends, Kira Zubar of Eden Prairie) and swam the second leg on the winning 400 free relay team, helping the Skippers to the championship of the True Team Class 2A state meet Saturday at the University of Minnesota.
"She's a captain and one of the leaders of this team," coach Dan Berve said. "Whenever we've needed a big performance this season, she's stepped up and done great."
Staff writer Jim Paulsen spoke with Schilling about Minnetonka's big victory and her love for chlorinated water.
Q How important do you feel the victory in the True Team meet was?
A It was a big win for us. We knew there would be tough competition with teams like Stillwater and Eden Prairie, and Edina and Wayzata. It's a big confidence builder going into the final weeks of the season.
Q What was the key?
A It was having the third and fourth swimmers in each race place as highly as they did. The same with our "C" and "D" relays. They went out and gave it everything they had.
