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Gunnar Seversen The St. Paul, Minn., professor announced his decision to further his teaching and swimming career at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Seversen will arrive on campus this fall after graduating from Woodbury High School this spring.wood
Seversen trains and competes year-round with the Southeast Metro Sharks, led by his father, Eric Seversen, who was also a collegiate swimmer (University of Wisconsin-Madison). Outside of the pool, Seversen is an Eagle Scout and has been in the Cub/Boy Scouts since first grade.
Seversen swims a wide range of events, but focuses primarily on mid- to long-distance freestyle and IM. He recently competed in the Minnesota Senior State Championships, swimming the 500m and 1650m, marking the 200m (1:40.36), 500m (4:33.74) and 1650m (15:55). He won second place with a time of 63 seconds). Updated personal best. He also improved his time in the 400 IM by 4 seconds, finishing in 4th place with a time of 4:00.45.
Seversen, the school record holder in the 200 free, also finished his high school career this spring. He finished third in the 200 free (1:41.45) and 500 free (4:34.40) and contributed to the team's 200 medley relay with a 22.69 butterfly split and a 46.78 leadoff split in the race. 400 freestyle relay.
SCY's top time
- 200 Free – 1:40.23
- Free 500 – 4:33.74
- 1650 Free – 15:55.63
- 100 fly – 51.41
- 200 Fly – 1:54.27
- 400IM – 4:00.45.
The Panthers finished fifth out of six teams in the 2024 Horizon League Championship. Seversen would be a huge addition for Milwaukee. His current best times in the 500, 400 IM, 200 free, 1650 and 200 fly would all have been recorded at this year's meet.
The Milwaukee long-distance freestyle group was led by Jay Jensen This year, he placed fifth at the 1650 Horizon League Championship with a time of 15:40.67. Jensen also took first place in the 500-meter dash, finishing fourth with a time of 4:26.87. Assuming he doesn't take a fifth year, Jensen will be off campus by the time Seversen arrives, leaving Milwaukee with a void to fill for non-distance events.
Seversen joins Etienne Dolezal, larry rattler, Tanner Stumpenhorstand Alvin Valki to the Panthers' freshman class this fall.
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