On Friday night at Jean K. Freeman Aquatics Center in Minneapolis, Mounds View senior Ellie Bina not only put up a personal best but blew the competition out of the water during the girls swimming Class 2A state preliminaries. Bina had a time of 5:00:65, placing her in second behind Edina junior Macy Malinski entering Friday’s 500-yard freestyle preliminaries. She finished nearly six seconds faster than the field (4:56:17) on Friday. Bina said it was her best swim in the 500 since her sophomore year, and it boosts her confidence ahead of the finals on Saturday. “I knew swimming that I was feeling good,” Bina...
