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EAU CLAIRE – The Marshfield boys swim team finished fourth at the 10-team Santa Invite on Saturday at Eau Claire North High School.
Eau Claire Memorial/North won the team title with 277 points, with D.C. Everest second at 235 as the Evergreens won seven of the 11 events. Marshfield ended up with 175 points.
Marshfield’s Alik Martin won the diving competition with a score of 403.70. Shaun Hunter was third for the Tigers with a score of 344.90.
Simon Dagit was second in the 100-yard butterfly in 55.93 seconds and fourth in the 50 freestyle in 23.08 seconds to lead the Tigers in the swimming events.
Zach Kayhart added a third-place finish in the 100 backstroke (1:02.01) and Carson Klumb also had a top-five finish, taking fifth in the 200 freestyle (2:03.13).
Marshfield will swim at D.C. Everest in a Wisconsin Valley Conference dual on Thursday starting at 5:30 p.m.
Santa Boys Swimming Invite
Dec. 16, at Eau Claire North High School
Team scores: 1. Eau Claire Memorial/North 277; 2. D.C. Everest 235; 3. Stevens Point 204; 4. Marshfield 175; 5. River Falls 139; 6. Onalaska/Holmen/Aquinas/Luther 95; 7. Tartan (Minn.) 77; 8. La Crosse 70; 9. Chippewa Falls 66; 10. Wausau East/West 14.
Winners and Marshfield finishers
200 medley relay: 1. D.C. Everest (Will VanErmen, Adam Swedlund, Keaton Barwick, David Mayer) 1:39.14.
200 freestyle: 1. Mayer (DC) 1:48.76; 5. Carson Klumb (MAR) 2:03.13; 12. Carlos Koehn (MAR) 2:09.96.
200 individual medley: 1. VanErmen (DC) 2:03.00; 6. Zach Kayhart (MAR) 2:17.04; 11. Luke Hilbelink (MAR) 2:38.75; 12. Colton Nelson (MAR) 2:43.34; 14. Joshua Peters (MAR) 2:51.39.
50 freestyle: 1. Barwick (DC) 21.89; 4. Simon Dagit (MAR) 23.08; 11. Hayden Nelson (MAR) 25.55; 18. Ryan Grassman (MAR) 26.96.
100 butterfly: 1. Barwick (DC) 53.87; 2. Dagit (MAR) 55.93.
100 freestyle: 1. Mayer (DC) 46.67; 7. Henry Hilbelink (MAR) 53.32; 9. Klumb (MAR) 55.45.
500 freestyle: 1. Gabe Secker (EC) 5:14.71; 9. Kevin Buth (MAR) 5:53.36; 11. Koehn (MAR) 5:54.12; 17. H. Nelson (MAR) 6:30.91.
200 freestyle relay: 1. Eau Claire (Jacob Rossi, Zhao Zheng, Will Rossi, Ben Merkatoris) 1:36.54; 2. Marshfield (Dagit, Klumb, H. Nelson, Buth) 1:37.63.
100 backstroke: 1. VanErmen (DC) 55.47; 3. Kayhart (MAR) 1:02.01.
100 breaststroke: 1. Zheng (EC) 1:05.14; 7. Buth (MAR) 1:11.36; 10. Peters (MAR) 1:12.98.
400 freestyle relay: 1. D.C. Everest (Barwick, VanErmen, Wes Polley, Mayer) 3:21.75; 3. Marshfield (Kayhart, Klumb, Buth, H. Hilbelink) 3:35.82.
Diving: 1. Alik Martin (MAR) 403.70; 3. Shaun Hunter (MAR) 344.90.