Achievements & Awards

The Brooker Edmond VFW Club Post 724 representative Terry Hoye presented local awards to Magnolia Taylor (1st), Rosie Floeder (2nd) and John Liu (3rd) for the student submissions to the Voice of Democracy scholarship program Students wrote essays on the topic "Why is the Veteran Important?" and read them as part of the competition. Magnolia Taylor also received honorable mention in the 4th District competition, which comprises VFW Posts in Ramsey County and part of Washington County. All students grades 9-12 are eligible to submit an entry; the new topic will come out in Spring 2023 and entries will be due at the end of October.

Congratulations to the award winners Magnolia, Rosie and John!

James Galvin Activities Director

Bo Lovdahl Assistant Activities Director

Cindy McCallum Activities Secretary

In 2022, we emerged victorious against Stillwater after a decade-long hiatus, crowning us 4AA True Team Section and Section champs. This season, although we were unable to defeat the Ponies in a dual meet and at True Team, we managed to secure a narrow win against them at Sections, making us back-to-back Section champions, proving last year was not just a fluke

The State team consisted of Josh Wallin in 100 Backstroke, Justin Wang in 100 Breaststroke, the 200 Medley Relay team of Wallin, Nathan Hare, Steven Zhou, and Wang, the 200 Freestyle Relay team of Wang, Theo Gafencu, Danny Bai, and Hare, and the 400 Freestyle Relay team of Bai, Gafencu, Tyler Quattrin and Wallin. At State finals, Wallin placed 3rd in the 100 Backstroke, setting a new school record of 50.12. Wang placed 12th in the 100 Breaststroke with a time of 1:00.32. The 200 Medley Relay placed 5th and broke a 16-year school record with a time of 1:35 88, and the 200 Freestyle Relay placed 14th with a time of 1:28 95

Overall, our final dual meet record was 7-2 (win against every team except East Ridge and Stillwater), we placed second at True Team Sections, first at Sections, and 15th at State.