Marshfield boys swim team ninth at 2015 WIAA Division 1 sectional

By Paul Lecker
Sports Reporter
HUDSON — The Marshfield boys swim team’s season came to an end Saturday at the WIAA Division 1 sectional at Hudson High School.
Winners in each event and the next top-18 finishers statewide among the eight sectionals qualify for the 2015 WIAA State Boys Swimming & Diving Championships in Madison on Feb. 20-21.
Marshfield’s top individual finishes came from Brian Engel, who was seventh in the 100 freestyle (52.87 seconds) and ninth in the 100 backstroke (1:03.80).
The Tigers’ 200 medley relay team of Calden Wojt, Scott Thompson, Michael Kruse, and Engel was sixth in 1:53.91.
Eau Claire Memorial/North won 10 of the 12 events and captured the team title with 429 points. Wisconsin Valley Conference champion Stevens Point was a distant second with 298 points. Marshfield finished ninth out of the 11 teams with 103 points.
(Hub City Times Sports Reporter Paul Lecker is also the publisher of MarshfieldAreaSports.com.)
2015 WIAA Division 1 Boys Swimming Sectional
Team scores: 1. Eau Claire Memorial/North 429; 2. Stevens Point 298; 3. Holmen/Onalaska 279; 4. Hudson 230; 5. Chippewa Falls/McDonell 200; 6. Superior 141; 7. Wisconsin Rapids 117; 8. D.C. Everest 112; 9. Marshfield 103; 10. La Crosse Logan/Central 100; 11. Wausau East 97.
Winners qualify for WIAA State Meet at Madison, Feb. 20-21
1-meter diving: 1. Matt McMahon (EC) 445.40.
200 medley relay: 1. Eau Claire Memorial/North (Kevin Guenter, Paul DeLakis, Levi Soborowicz, Sam Chumas) 1:36.82; 6. Marshfield (Calden Wojt, Scott Thompson, Michael Kruse, Brian Engel) 1:53.91.
200 freestyle: 1. Jonah Weld (EC) 1:48.97; 17. Ben Donahue (MAR) 2:16.53; 19. Anthony Hartwig (MAR) 2:19.93.
200 IM: 1. DeLakis (EC) 1:50.40; 14. Thompson (MAR) 2:30.64; 17. Kruse (MAR) 2:39.10; 19. Mason Metz (MAR) 2:49.99.
50 freestyle: 1. Calvin Hulse (HO) 21.88; 11. Wojt (MAR) 24.24; 23. Colin Thomasgard (MAR) 25.99.
100 butterfly: 1. Ben Harris (SP) 52.57; 16. Kruse (MAR) 1:07.16; 17. Donahue (MAR) 1:10.21; 19. Alec Brenner (MAR) 1:11.79.
100 freestyle: 1. Hulse (HO) 48.33; 7. Engel (MAR) 52.87.
500 freestyle: 1. Soborowicz (EC) 4:54.07; 13. Zach Hanson (MAR) 6:38.63.
200 freestyle relay: 1. Eau Claire Memorial/North (Ben Redman, Chumas, Weld, DeLakis) 1:28.29; 11. Marshfield (Trevyn Tham, Donahue, Kruse, Brenner) 1:46.37.
100 backstroke: 1. Guenter (EC) 52.51; 9. Engel (MAR) 1:03.80; 14. Wojt (MAR) 1:07.21; 18. Thomasgard (MAR) 1:10.83.
100 breaststroke: 1. DeLakis (EC) 56.57; 14. Thompson (MAR) 1:14.25; 21. Metz (MAR) 1:20.86.
400 freestyle relay: 1. Eau Claire Memorial/North (Redman, Weld, Soborowicz, Guenter) 3:18.55; 7. Marshfield (Wojt, Donahue, Thompson, Engel) 3:54.70.
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