By Paul Lecker 

Sports Reporter

STEVENS POINT – The Marshfield boys swim team finished fourth out of five teams at the Panther Invitational on Saturday at Stevens Point Area Senior High.

Michael Kruse took third in the 50 butterfly (27.23 seconds) and Brian Engel was third in the 100 freestyle (56.07) for Marshfield’s top individual finishes.

Stevens Point won six of the 11 events to win the team title with 203 points. Green Bay United was second with 107 points. Marshfield had 72.

Marshfield also had four sixth-place finishes – Scott Thompson in the 200 IM (2:42.85) and the 100 breaststroke (1:17.37), Alec Brenner in the 50 butterfly (32.28) and Calden Wojt in the 100 backstroke (1:08.53).

Marshfield will host D.C. Everest in a Wisconsin Valley Conference meet at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday.

(Hub City Times Sports Reporter Paul Lecker is also the publisher of MarshfieldAreaSports.com.)

2014 Panther Invitational
Nov. 29, at Stevens Point Area Senior High
Team scores: 1. Stevens Point 203; 2. Green Bay United 107; 3. Wisconsin Rapids 88; 4. Marshfield 72; 5. La Crosse Logan/Central 31.
(Winners and Marshfield finishers)
200 medley relay: 1. Stevens Point (Aaron Bink, Tyler Tanko, Tom Negard, Zach Dahlseng) 1:46.54; 4. Marshfield (Calden Wojt, Scott Thompson, Michael Kruse, Brian Engel) 1:59.67; 8. Marshfield (Colin Thomasgard, Mason Metz, Ben Donahue, Trevyn Tham) 2:15.79.
200 freestyle: 1. Zach Dahlseng (SP) 1:58.12; 7. Donahue (MAR) 2:28.65; 8. Andrew Gilkerson (MAR) 2:41.67; 9. Nick North (MAR) 2:42.46.
200 IM: 1. Negaard (SP) 2:12.21; 6. Thompson (MAR) 2:42.85.
50 freestyle: 1. Riley Cioni (GB) 24.17; 7. Wojt (MAR) 26.59; 10. Michael Kruse (MAR) 27.23; 11. Tham (MAR) 28.38.
50 butterfly: 1. Jonah Mancl (WR) 28.53; 3. Kruse (MAR) 27.23; 6. Alec Brenner (MAR) 32.28.
100 freestyle: 1. Negaard (SP) 51.95; 3. Engel (MAR) 56.07; 8. Donahue (MAR) 1:02.06; 11. Tham (MAR) 1:09.85.
500 freestyle: 1. Dahlseng (SP) 5:20.19.
200 freestyle relay: 1. Stevens Point (Bink, Dahlseng, Tanko, Negaard) 1:35.30; 7. Marshfield (Donahue, Tim Benson, Gilkerson, Tham) 2:03.21.
100 backstroke: 1. John Gahnz (GB) 1:01.03; 6. Wojt (MAR) 1:08.53; 7. Engel (MAR) 1:11.11; 9. Zach Hanson (MAR) 1:39.01.
100 breaststroke: 1. Brett Burris (WR) 1:05.81; 6. Thompson (MAR) 1:17.37; 10. North (MAR) 1:35.68.
400 freestyle relay: 1. Green Bay (Cioni, Michael Pritchard, Jared Weiler, Adam Sturdivant) 3:40.55; 4. Marshfield (Thompson, Colin Thomasgard, Wojt, Engel) 4:31.49; 7. Marshfield (Clayton Metz, Mason Metz, Brenner, Kruse) 6:32.73.