Michelle Perkins stands on Brecken Carr’s shoulders at the climax of the “Kung Fu” routine. Underwater, six other team members contribute to the lift.
After more than three hours of swimming on May 9, starting with a junior varsity figure competition and continuing through exhibition and varsity solos, duets, trios and team performances, the Forest Lake and Stillwater synchronized swimming teams – two of the state’s powerhouses in the sport – were told by the announcer to “take a breath.”
After a pause, the final scores were announced, with an assurance that the judges had added up the numbers a second time to make sure: Forest Lake, 23; Stillwater, 23.broadstreet.zone(48036);
“A tie in a routine meet is very uncommon. I have never seen it before,” head coach Laura Davison said.
The shocking overall result came less than a minute after the Rangers had found out that their No. 1 team routine, “Kung Fu,” had
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