{"id":277017,"date":"2017-09-11T04:00:07","date_gmt":"2017-09-11T11:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=277017"},"modified":"2017-09-10T23:05:59","modified_gmt":"2017-09-11T06:05:59","slug":"swimming-world-presents-how-they-train-tanner-sonnek","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/swimming-world-presents-how-they-train-tanner-sonnek\/","title":{"rendered":"Swimming World Presents “How They Train: Tanner Sonnek”"},"content":{"rendered":"

How They Train: Tanner Sonnek<\/h2>\n

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It would take \u201cblood, toil, tears and sweat\u201d to be triumphant, intoned Winston Churchill back in 1940. More than 75 years later, he could have been talking about Gustavus Adolphus breaststroker Tanner Sonnek<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

A latecomer to the sport, Sonnek started swimming as a ninth- grader at Mankato (Minn.) West High School. His senior year, standing 5-11 and weighing 165 pounds, he nished fourth in the Class A state meet in both the 100 yard breast (58.53) and 200 IM (1:57.24), and clocked free and breast relay splits of 21.64 and 26.52 to help the Scarlets to a fourth-place team nish.<\/p>\n

\u201cOne of my biggest regrets is not starting earlier than I did,\u201d says Sonnek. After ninth grade, he joined the Mantas Swim Club, sending him on an upward trajectory. \u201cThe reason I chose Gustavus was the team feeling of family I felt on my recruiting trip. Gustavus has helped me improve an incredible amount in just two years.\u201d<\/p>\n

To learn more about Sonnek, check out the September 2017 issue of\u00a0Swimming World Magazine<\/em>, available now!<\/p>\n

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