Tigers lose four races by less than a second

By Paul Lecker

Sports Reporter

MARSHFIELD — A number of close misses proved costly as the Marshfield boys swim team dropped a 93-77 decision to D.C. Everest in a Wisconsin Valley Conference dual meet Tuesday at Marshfield High School.

Marshfield won just one event, the 200 medley relay to open the meet, and took in second in every other race.

The 200 medley team of Eric Tollefson, Scott Thompson, Alec Brenner, and Ben Donahue finished in 1:58.96 for the Tigers’ only win.

Donahue was second in the 50 freestyle (25.52) and the 100 freestyle (57.93), losing to D.C. Everest’s Ian Baeten in each race by less than 1 second. Jacob Dick also took second in the 100 breaststroke for Marshfield with a time of 1:14.35, only 0.33 seconds behind winner Jack Tegart of the Evergreens.

The Tigers’ 200 freestyle relay team of Donahue, Tollefson, Nathan Albanito, and Thompson was also second in 1:43.31, just 0.89 of a second behind the winning team from Everest (3-2 WVC).

The loss is Marshfield’s fifth in as many Valley meets this season, but coach Jason Karrels said he is happy to see continued improvement from a largely inexperienced team.

“We’re definitely improving,” Karrels said. “The team scores aren’t where I’d like them, but we’re in a tough conference. Our big thing is we have all of these meets right now, and it’s hard to keep training when we have meet after meet after meet (four in a 10-day stretch).

“We always keep the positivity. Our team is a team. I have no drama that I’ve seen. We’re going to win as a team and lose as a team. We’re putting in the effort, and as long as we do, we’ll get better. This year’s a building year for us. We’re only losing four guys this year, and I’m looking forward to the future.”

Marshfield hosts Wisconsin Rapids in another WVC dual meet on Thursday at 5:30 p.m.

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

Varsity

D.C. Everest 93, Marshfield 77

Winners and Marshfield finishers

200 medley relay: 1. Marshfield (Eric Tollefson, Scott Thompson, Alec Brenner, Ben Donahue) 1:58.96; 3. Marshfield (Brock Hamm, Jacob Dick, Nathan Albanito, Tyler Meyer) 2:09.32; 5. Marshfield (Brandon Koran, Kyle Schultz, Isaac Eberl, Craig Paulman) 2:28.32.

200 freestyle: 1. Lance Chandler (DC) 2:08.94; 2. Zach Hanson (MAR) 2:10.03; 3. Anthony Hartwig (MAR) 2:13.43; 5. Alex Wuethrich (MAR) 2:30.84.

200 IM: 1. Payton Rudeen (DC) 2:15.33; 2. Dick (MAR) 2:27.93; 5. Eli Swansen (MAR) 3:03.97.

50 freestyle: 1. Ian Baeten (DC) 25.07; 2. Donahue (MAR) 25.52; 3. Albanito (MAR) 26.28; 4. Tollefson (MAR) 26.86.

100 butterfly: 1. Rudeen (DC) 59.79; 2. Brenner (MAR) 1:12.32; 4. Albanito (MAR) 1:21.36; 6. Gage Plechaty (MAR) 1:50.09.

100 freestyle: 1. Baeten (DC) 57.15; 2. Donahue (MAR) 57.93; 4. Hanson (MAR) 59.89; 5. Meyer (MAR) 1:04.27.

500 freestyle: 1. Chandler (DC) 5:55.76; 2. Hartwig (MAR) 6:14.93; 3. Thompson (MAR) 6:24.39; 5. Wuethrich (MAR) 7:35.56.

200 freestyle relay: 1. D.C. Everest (Baeten, Dylan O’Gorman, Chandler, Rudeen) 1:42.40; 2. Marshfield (Donahue, Tollefson, Albanito, Thompson) 1:43.31; 3. Marshfield (Hanson, Brandon Koran, Meyer, Hartwig) 1:54.59; 4. Marshfield (Paulman, Eberl, Wuethrich, Hamm) 1:59.72.

100 backstroke: 1. Jack Tegart (DC) 1:04.46; 2. Tollefson (MAR) 1:15.11; 3. Brenner (MAR) 1:20.20; 6. Koran (MAR) 1:38.48.

100 breaststroke: 1. Tim Cornish (DC) 1:14.02; 2. Dick (MAR) 1:14.35; 3. Thompson (MAR) 1:16.67; 6. Schultz (MAR) 1:30.77.

400 freestyle relay: 1. D.C. Everest (Rudeen, Chandler, Cornish, Baeten) 3:54.80; 2. Marshfield (Hanson, Hartwig, Brenner, Dick) 4:12.80; 4. Marshfield (Wuethrich, Ronning, Meyer, Hamm) 4:43.71; 6. Marshfield (Paulman, Schaefer, Plechaty, Anderson) 5:27.69.

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JV (no team scores)

Winners and Marshfield finishers

200 medley relay: 1. Marshfield (Adrian Mayagoitia, Eli Swansen, Trent Anderson, Graham Verona) 2:46.96.

200 freestyle: 1. Brock Hamm (MAR) 2:43.97; 2. Brandon Koran (MAR) 2:45.68; 3. Gaven Ronning (MAR) 2:56.83.

50 freestyle: 1. Dylan O’Gorman (DC) 28.04; 4. Anderson (MAR) 35.13; 5. Connor Berres (MAR) 35.47; 6. Mayagoitia (MAR) 42.28.

100 freestyle: 1. O’Gorman (DC) 1:07.42; 2. Jeffery Berres (MAR) 1:13.38; 3. Jarreth Schaefer (MAR) 1:19.34; 6. Mayagoitia (MAR) 1:38.27.

500 freestyle: 1. C. Berres (MAR) 7:34.05; 2. Kyle Schultz (MAR) 8:14.60.

200 freestyle relay: 1. Marshfield (Schaefer, Anderson, Ronning, J. Berres) 2:11.42; 2. Marshfield (Plechaty, Verona, Schultz, C. Berres) 2:20.17.

100 backstroke: 1. Schaefer (MAR) 1:37.41; 2. J. Berres (MAR) 1:38.64; 3. Eberl (MAR) 1:46.77.

100 breaststroke: 1. Swansen (MAR) 1:32.50; 2. Paulman (MAR) 1:35.74.

400 freestyle relay: 1. Marshfield (Verona, Swansen, J. Berres, C. Berres) 5:19.60.