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Morningside will offer swim lessons for children ages three and older from May 14-24.
Students will meet for 30 minutes Monday through Thursday. Start times are from 3:30 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Cost is $65 for eight 30-minute lessons.
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Morningside will offer swim lessons for children between the ages of 4 and 12 during the months of June and July.
Class sizes are limited to two or three students per class. Private lessons are available upon request.
Cost is $65 for eight 30-minute lessons.
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Cora Kugler, a junior from Watertown, Minn., received the Swimmer of the Year award for the Morningside College women’s swimming team, while Cole Malin, a freshman from Carroll, Iowa, and Taylor McCloskey, a freshman from Runnells, Iowa, received Co-Swimmer of the Year awards for the men’s team at the Mustangs’ swimming awards banquet.
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Krystal Carlson, a junior from Richfield, Minn., placed 10th in the women’s 1650-yard freestyle during Saturday evening’s final session of the 2012 NAIA Swimming & Diving National Championships in Oklahoma City, Okla.
Carlson’s 10th place effort was the Mustangs’ top finish at the national meet. She had a time of 18:04.01.
The Mustangs also had place winning performances from Cortney Walls, a sophomore from Cannon Falls, Minn., and Taylor McCloskey, a freshman from Runnells, Iowa, in Saturday evening’s finals.
Morningside finished 13th in the men’s 400-yard freestyle relay with a school-record time of 3:14.21 from James Svoboda, a freshman from Audubon, Iowa; Kieran Sweeney, a freshman from Altoona, Iowa; Travis Schombert, a freshman from Lockridge, Iowa; and Cole Malin, a freshman from Carroll, Iowa. They broke their own Morningside record of 3:14.52 they set earlier this season.
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Sydney Brisco |
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Sydney Brisco, Krystal Carlson, and Cora Kugler have all been named 2011-12 Daktronics-NAIA Scholar-Athletes in the sport of women’s swimming & diving.
Brisco, a senior from Scottsbluff, Neb., has a 3.76 cumulative grade point average (GPA) with majors in biology and history.
Carlson, a junior from Richfield, Minn., has a 3.86 cumulative GPA with majors in biology and chemistry.
Kugler, a junior from Watertown, Minn., has a 3.64 cumulative GPA with a major in elementary education.
All three swimmers were also named Daktronics-NAIA Scholar Athletes in 2010-11.
Student-athletes must be of at least junior academic status and have a minimum GPA of 3.50 in order to be eligible for Daktronics-NAIA Scholar-Athlete honors.
Morningside College’s women’s swim team received the Scholar All-America Team award for the 2011 fall semester presented by the College Swimming Coaches Association of America.
The distinction is presented to college and university swimming and diving teams that achieve a cumulative grade point average (GPA) of 3.00 or higher.
Morningside was one of three NAIA teams to receive the award and had the highest GPA of the three with a 3.15.
Steve Mohs was named the Co-Women’s Coach of the Meet at this past weekend’s Liberals Arts Championships swimming & diving meet in Elsah Ill.
Mohs led the Mustangs to a third place finish in a 13-team field for Morningside’s highest finish ever at the Liberal Arts Championships.
He shared the award with Luther College’s Lance Huber.
Morningside College participated in the 2011 Ted Mullin "Hour of Power" swim relay for sarcoma research on Tuesday, Nov. 8.
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