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Esko junior Rilee Durovec competed in the state girls swimming and diving meet at the Jean K. Freeman Aquatic Center at the University of Minnesota last Thursday and Friday.
The first Lumberjacks diver to go to State since 2005, Esko junior Rilee Durovec took 20th place at the Minnesota State High School League Class A Swimming and Diving meet last week.
Cloquet-Esko-Carlton girls diving coach Nannette "Newt" Snyder said Durovec kept her cool and did well.
"But the caliber of diving really escalates when you get to State," said the longtime diving coach, a member of the first girls swim team in 1972. "A lot of metro area kids are diving all year long."
According to her coach, Durovec performed very well on her first five dives, and made the first cut to 20 divers...
