Red Dragon Swimming

Unna placed 3rd in the 50 Breaststroke at the 2024 Central Zones! AND Team Minnesota placed 1st! Awesome job Unna! We are so proud of you!

Good luck to our MN Girls in their High School season! Train hard and swim fast! Good Luck and have FUN!

Enjoyed watching swimming at the Olympics? Join us on August 26th and August 27th from 7pm-8pm at Nemzek Pool to experience a practice and learn what being a Red Dragon is all about. Meet the Red Dragon coaches, meet new friends and have fun!

Parents are invited to a short informational meeting to learn more and ask questions!

For additional questions, contact Red Dragon Swimming at [email protected]. Register for a tryout at the link below!

https://www.reddragonswimming.com/team/reddragon/page/registration?event_id=1539513

Final day for Unna at 2024 Central Zones! Unna placed 3rd at prelims and will swim at finals! Way to go Unna! We took a break from playing cards at the campout to watch you!

Unna is on FIRE on day 2 at the 2024 Central Zones! She placed 5th in the 400 Medley Relay, Cut a WHOLE second in the 50 Free AND placed 5th in the 200 Medley Relay! Way to go UNNA!!!

Unna is in Iowa for the 2024 Central Zones representing Team Minnesota! She already made finals in the 100 Breast! She is swimming tonight at 7:23PM! Wish her good luck!

Unna had a MIC DROP of a swim this morning which placed her 6th in finals for the 200 Breast! Awesome job Unna!!!

Last day at 11-14 MN State! Good Luck Lucas, Unna, Jack and Emily! Swim FAST!!!

Unna placed 2nd in her 100 Breast tonight! Awesome job! She also placed 16th in the 200 Free!
Jack placed 12th in the 50 Fly! Way to go Red Dragons! Tomorrow is the last day!

Unna and Jack are ready for finals! Unna is swimming the 100 Breast and 200 Free. Jack is swimming the 50 Fly! Wish them good luck!

Lucas, Jack, Unna and Emily (Honorary Red Dragon Bass Swimmer) swam fantastic this morning! Unna and Jack will be back for finals!

Unna placed 2nd in the 50 Breaststroke at MN 11-14 State! FANTASTIC JOB UNNA!

Unna is ready for the 50 Breast in finals! Wish her good luck!

11-14 State is ready to go! Lucas, Jack and Unna are ready to swim fast! Wish them good luck!

10 and Under State RECAP!
Keegan
🔥 50 Breaststroke: 53.64
🔥 100 Breaststroke: 1:53.83 - PERSONAL TIME

Paxton
🔥 50 Free: 35.32 - PERSONAL TIME
🔥 50 Breast: 57.47
🔥 400 Free: 6:02.51 - PERSONAL BEST
🔥 50 Back: 47.57
🔥 100 Free: 1:18.47 - PERSONAL BEST
🔥 200 Free: 2:50.65 - PERSONAL BEST

Awesome job Red Dragons!

We are VERY serious today and ready to swim FAST! Paxton and Keegan are ready for the final day at 10 and Under State!

Keegan and Paxton are ready to ROCK and ROLL! They are all warmed up and ready to swim fast in Rochester! Wish them good luck!

SENIOR STATE RECAP
Matthew B
🔥 100 Breast: 1:15.75 SEASON BEST
🔥 50 Free: 26.59 SEASON BEST
🔥 200 Breast: 2:50.26 PERSONAL BEST

Matthew T
🔥 1500 Free: 18:39.17 SEASON BEST

Awesome job Red Dragons!

Matthew T is ready for the 1500 Free! Wish him good luck!

Matthew B is ready for the 50 Free and 200 Breaststroke! Wish him good luck! LETS GO! 🔥

Matthew B is ready to swim the 100 Breaststroke today at MN Senior State! Wish him good luck!

Second Day of MRC is done! With TWO rain delays, it was a lot of chaos! Red Dragon STILL cut a lot of time and did fantastic! Tomorrow is the last day! Let’s Go Red Dragon!!!

Now that we had time to recover…
Last weekend the Red Dragons traveled down to Minneapolis, MN for their training trip! Here is what they did!
🔥 They practiced at the pool. They had a great 400IM set. 😉 “Coach Jess has officially lost it”
🔥 Practiced at the U of M. They got some long course training in!
🔥 Timed at the trials. Let’s just say it was EPIC.
🔥 Spent all day at Valleyfair. Can you guess who was close to throwing up?
🔥 Went to Como Zoo. No you can’t pet the Gorilla.
🔥 And even did some shopping!
We are so proud of the group who traveled and represented Red Dragons on the trip! There were so many positive comments! The trip may have been short but it was filled with a LOT of fun memories! Awesome job Red Dragons! What should we do next?!?

It’s never too late to post pictures from the Aberdeen meet! What a fun meet and some great team bonding! Shout out the family relays! With a close race, this year’s winner were the Reburn’s family relay!

Last Day of the ALEX Pool Sprint and Lake swim! So many smiles and laughs this weekend! Here is a small recap…
🔥 One Red Dragon dropped in EVERY event this weekend!
🔥 One Red Dragon won high point!
🔥 One Red Dragon swam a 2 mile lake swim!
🔥 One Red Dragon swam a 880 IM!
🔥 Majority of Red Dragons swam a new event this weekend!
🔥 Three Red Dragons Parents swam in the lake swim!
🔥 Many close finishes and ties in the pool and lake!
🔥 All the Red Dragon did a fantastic job!

Another ALEX Lake Swim and pool sprint in the books! We have one more day tomorrow! Way to swim fast and have fun Red Dragons!!!

Perfectly said!

Olympic and NCAA legend Eddie Reese's advice for swimmers when they aren't improving:

Eddie Reese has more experience than anyone when it comes to developing elite swimmers.

Reese won an NCAA-leading 15 national titles at Texas and placed in the top three at NCAA championships an eye-watering 36 times.

He’s also had tons of success on the international stage, with his swimmers winning nearly 70 Olympics medals over the years.

And he has some excellent wisdom for those stretches during the season when things aren’t clicking or you are working your tail off, but not seeing the results you’re expecting.

Per Reese:

“If you’re not swimming bad at some time of the year, you’re not trying to get better.”

The reality is that improvement and success in the water is not linear.

Just because you work hard every day, do the right things, and mind the details means everything will go smoothly and perfectly.

There will be times where it feels strugglier than you expect.

There are going to be dips, setbacks, and plateaus through the season.

Your goal as an elite-minded swimmer is to persevere, analyze on where you can improve, and have faith in the work and the process.

Coach Alanah just graduated from MSUM in social work! Awesome job Coach Alanah! We are soo proud of you!