Prep Athletes of the Week: Breck/Blake’s Andrew Colgan progressed from heart procedure to championship

ANDREW COLGAN

Breck/Blake • swimming

Colgan has never felt better.

A senior, Colgan had a hand in four first-place finishes, winning the 100-yard breaststroke and 200 individual medley and swimming a leg on the victorious 200 medley and 200 freestyle relay squads, in Breck/Blake’s Class 1A state championship and record-setting eighth consecutive team title Saturday.

“This was the best I’ve felt in a long time,” said Colgan, who posted a winning time of 54.43 seconds in the breaststroke and 1 minute, 51.72 seconds in the individual medley. “I felt I could push myself to my full extent for the first time in my career.”

That’s because Colgan had a heart procedure done right before school started in August. He had a supraventricular tachycardia, an irregularly fast or erratic heartbeat that affects the heart’s upper chambers. It was induced by exercise for Colgan, who initially noticed it in 2017.

“I would have to get out of the pool for 15 minutes and get my heart rate down,” Colgan said. “It would happen three to four times a week.”

It didn’t prevent Colgan from becoming an integral part of the Breck/Blake lineup the past four years. He is headed to Colorado College.

“It’s like family. We are all really close and come together from two different schools. We are truly a brotherhood,” Colgan said. “Being a part of this team the last four years has been something really special.”

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Chanhassen • hockey

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Minneapolis Roosevelt • basketball

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Mounds View • wrestling

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Apple Valley • wrestling

PATRICK ROWE

Chisago Lakes • basketball

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