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I-S swim team banquet awards

The Iola-Scandinavia Thunderbird swim team recently wrapped up its 2010-11 winter season with a banquet.

All 60 swimmers received a certificate of participation, team and individual pictures and a record booklet.

Special awards went to:

• Newcomer of the Year: Hannah Wall and Tayler Carlson (girls); and Jeremiah Nelson and Simon Schick (boys).

• Most Improved: Elisabeth Sullivan (girls 10 and under), Tommy Sullivan (boys 10 and under), Mariah Wall (girls 11 and over) and Ethan Olson (boys 11 and over).

• Hardest Worker: Abigail Stevens (girls 10 and under), Eli Stevens (boys 10 and under), Kierstan Leaf (girls 11 and over) and Ben Gutschow (boys 11 and over).

• Most Outstanding: Jessica Gutschow (girls 10 and under), Marcus Glodowski (boys 10 and under), Teresa Sprangers (girls 11 and over) and Tyler Faldet (boys 11 and over).

Four swimmers – Mary Marx, Molly Kroseberg, Faldet and Sprangers – also received a $1,000 Richard and Lucy Wright Thunderbird Swim Team Scholarship from coach Dick Wright and his wife.

“It is a real privilege and honor to be able to award these scholarships to these four very deserving kids,” Dick Wright said.

All four are seniors at Iola-Scandinavia High School. Marx will attend the University of Minnesota, Kroseberg will head to the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, Faldet will attend UW-Stevens Point and Sprangers will enroll at Viterbo University in La Crosse.

The team’s summer season will begin Tuesday, May 31, and is open to all area kids ages 5-18. Contact Wright at 715-258-2697 or the Iola-Scandinavia Community Fitness & Aquatic Center at 715-445-2411, ext. 317, for details.

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