Marshfield boys swimming finishes fifth at WIAA Division 1 sectional

The Marshfield boys swim team. (File photo)

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HUDSON – The Marshfield boys swim team’s season came to an end at the WIAA Division 1 sectional on Saturday at Hudson Middle School.

Hudson won seven of the 12 events to win the team title with 407 points. Marshfield was fifth in the team standings with 181.5 points.

Graham Lonsdale placed fifth in the diving competition with a score of 331.60 to earn the Tigers’ top individual finish. He also took sixth in the 500-yard freestyle in 5:24.80.

Kyle Berres added a sixth-place finish in the 100 freestyle (50.50) and was eighth in the 50 freestyle (23.02), and Simon Dagit took seventh in the 100 butterlfy (58.06) for Marshfield.

D.C. Everest’s David Mayer, the Wisconsin Valley Conference boys swimmer of the year, won two events to advance to next week’s state meet.

Mayer won the 200 freestyle in 1:42.54 and the 100 freestyle in 46.64 seconds to advance to the WIAA Division 1 State Meet at Waukesha South High School on Saturday, Feb. 19.

WIAA Division 1 Boys Swimming & Diving Sectional
Feb. 12, at Hudson Middle School
Team scores:
1. Hudson 407; 2. Eau Claire Memorial/North 348; 3. Stevens Point 306; 4. Onalaska/Holmen/Aquinas 225; 5. Marshfield 181.5; 6. D.C. Everest 172.5; 7. Chippewa Falls/McDonell 164; 8. Superior/Northwestern 117; 9. La Crosse Logan/Central 105; 10. Wisconsin Rapids 94.
Winners and Marshfield finishers (event winners qualify for state)
Diving:
1. Cort Chiodo (HUD) 531.30; 5. Graham Lonsdale (MAR) 331.60; 8. Michael Dick (MAR) 239.85.
200 medley relay: 1. Hudson (Drew Hay, Eli Ramthun, Andrew Hanson, Brady Wainionpaa) 1:37.85; 8. Marshfield (Hayden Nelson, Dick, Simon Dagit, Matt Begotka) 1:54.73.
200 freestyle: 1. David Mayer (DC) 1:42.54; 14. Zander Edmundson (MAR) 2:09.19.
200 individual medley: 1. Ramthun (HUD) 2:04.10; 9. Henry Hilbelink (MAR) 2:26.12.
50 freestyle: 1. Hanson (HUD) 21.50; 8. Kyle Berres (MAR) 23.02; 15. Brayden Fischer (MAR) 24.83; 17. Begotka (MAR) 25.10.
100 butterfly: 1. Hay (HUD) 51.46; 7. Dagit (MAR) 58.06.
100 freestyle: 1. Mayer (DC) 46.64; 6. Berres (MAR) 50.50; 15. Fischer (MAR) 54.48.
500 freestyle: 1. Hanson (HUD) 4:39.84; 6. Lonsdale (MAR) 5:24.80; 13. Carlos Koehn (MAR) 5:56.80.
200 freestyle relay: 1. Eau Claire Memorial/North (Gabe Secker, Thomas Merkatoris, Joseph Schlitz, Briggs Reinke) 1:30.38; 4. Marshfield (Dagit, Hilbelink, Lonsdale, Berres) 1:35.07.
100 backstroke: 1. Cade Casey (SP) 50.91; 13. Nelson (MAR) 1:08.13; 16. Edmundson (MAR) 1:10.38.
100 breaststroke: 1. Ryan Beranek (CFM) 1:02.94; 13. Dagit (MAR) 1:11.95; 14. Dick (MAR) 1:12.33.
400 freestyle relay: 1. Hudson (Theo Johnasen, Hay, Jerett Maalis, Hanson) 3:14.50; 7. Marshfield (Fischer, Hilbelink, Lonsdale, Berres) 3:31.75.