Tigers take second in six events

By Paul Lecker

Sports Reporter

STEVENS POINT — Stevens Point won each event to top Marshfield 109-61 in a Wisconsin Valley Conference boys swimming dual meet on Thursday at Stevens Point Area Senior High.

Marshfield (3-4 Wisconsin Valley Conference) was second in six events: Michael Kruse in the 100 butterfly (1:04.82); Brian Engel in the 100 freestyle (54.30 seconds) and the 100 backstroke (1:05.88); and the 200 medley (1:57.91), 200 freestyle (1:45.60), and 400 freestyle (3:59.62) relays.

Marshfield will compete at the Sheboygan South Invitational on Saturday.

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

Stevens Point 109, Marshfield 61

Winners and Marshfield finishers

200 medley relay: 1. Stevens Point (Jared Larson, Hunter Shulfer, Jared Kort, Aaron Kane) 1:53.82; 2. Marshfield (Brian Engel, Scott Thompson, Michael Kruse, Ben Donahue) 1:57.91; 3. Marshfield (Colin Thomasgard, Jacob Dick, Alec Brenner, Andrew Rall) 2:09.82; 5. Marshfield (Andrew Gilkerson, Nick North, Ryan McLellan, Trent Anderson) 2:38.72.

200 freestyle: 1. Daniel Hess (SP) 2:05.52; 3. Donahue (MAR) 2:14.84; 4. Anthony Hartwig (AMR) 2:16.12; 6. Zach Hanson (MAR) 2:16.59.

200 IM: 1. Chad Franz (SP) 2:10.31; 4. Thompson (MAR) 2:32.97; 5. Dick (MAR) 2:34.79; 6. McLellan (MAR) 3:18.89.

50 freestyle: 1. Ben Harris (SP) 22.61; 3. Kruse (MAR) 24.92; 4. Donahue (MAR) 27.62; 6. Rall (MAR) 31.88.

100 butterfly: 1. Harris (SP) 57.17; 2. Kruse (MAR) 1:04.82; 4. Brenner (MAR) 1:11.00; 5. Eric Tollefson (MAR) 1:14.50.

100 freestyle: 1. Zach Dahlseng (SP) 51.61; 2. Engel (MAR) 54.30; 5. Gabe Ronan (MAR) 1:01.66; 6. Thomasgard (MAR) 1:03.17.

500 freestyle: 1. Franz (SP) 5:40.27; 3. Hartwig (MAR) 6:13.34; 4. McLellan (MAR) 7:08.42; 6. Alex Wuethrich (MAR) 8:27.15.

200 freestyle relay: 1. Stevens Point (Harris, Franz, Shulfer, Dahlseng) 1:33.80; 2. Marshfield (Donahue, Ronan, Thompson, Hanson) 1:45.60; 3. Marshfield (Rall, Brenner, Tollefson, Hartwig) 1:58.95; 5. Marshfield (North, Kyle Schultz, Anderson, Dick) 2:17.05.

100 backstroke: 1. Dahlseng (SP) 1:02.30; 2. Engel (MAR) 1:05.88; 3. Thomasgard (MAR) 1:11.40; 4. Brenner (MAR) 1:19.41.

100 breaststroke: 1. Jared Larson (SP) 1:08.74; 3. Thompson (MAR) 1:14.64; 4. Dick (MAR) 1:21.42; 5. Rall (MAR) 1:31.34.

400 freestyle relay: 1. Stevens Point (Dahlseng, Larson, Franz, Harris) 3:37.23; 2. Marshfield (Engel, Kruse, Thomasgard, Ronan) 3:59.62; 4. Marshfield (Tollefson, Gilkerson, Hartwig, Hanson) 4:27.26.