Hudson Raider swimmers earn all-state honors

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Hudson swimmers, from left, Charlie Skinner, Willie Skinner, Ross Wusterbarth, coach Anthony Schmidt, August Jorgensen, Miles Townsend and Sawyer Arndt were recognized as state qualifiers at the Raiders’ annual team banquet last month. Submitted photo

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Raider senior Charlie Skinner will be recognized as an all-state swimmer in two individual events and join teammates Willie Skinner, August Jorgensen and Sawyer Arndt as Honorable Mention All-State for the 400 yard freestyle relay when the Wisconsin Interscholastic Swim Coaches Association honors its 2011-12 All-State teams at its annual banquet this Sunday, May 6, in Hartford.

Charlie Skinner, who was Honorable Mention All-State in the 200 yard individual medley and 100 yard butterfly last year as a junior, moved up to All-State status in both events this year. His 200 individual medley time of 1 minute, 55.63 seconds broke his own school record from the previous year while his 100 butterfly time of 51.94 seconds was the eighth-best recorded in the state.

Skinner also teamed up with his younger brother, Willie, Jorgensen and Arndt, to set a new school record time of 3:16.35 this year in the 400 freestyle relay, good enough for Honorable Mention All-State recognition.

Charlie Skinner, who holds two Raider individual school records and is a member of two school-record setting relay teams, also earned Academic All-State honors from the WISCA this season.

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