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| Daniel Berg 4 top 10 finishes at Maroon and Gold Invite (photo by Jim Lindquist) |
Simley won the division title with 329.5 points. Forest Lake was runner-up with 321.5, followed by Andover 309, Tartan 306.5, Osseo 293, St. Cloud Tech 268, Mankato West 268, Farmington 262, Apple Valley 206, Blaine 185, North St. Paul 176, Chisago Lakes Area 168, Park, Cottage Grove 142.5, Watertown-Mayer/Waconia/Delano 139, Shakopee 119 and South St. Paul 2.
"We had a couple guys not able to swim, so we weren't as strong as we would have liked," coach Ryan Hamen said. "But we had some great times. Lots of good swims closer to personal-bests at this meet."
The Tigers put together top 10 finishes in nine of the meet's 12 events with the best performance a third place effort by Daniel Berg in the 50 freestyle.
Two individuals, Austin Kueck in the 200 individual medley and Jonathan Bovee in one-meter diving, placed fourth as did the 200 freestyle relay team of Eric Schimmel, Brandon Dion, Berg and Jonathan Kingsbury.
The 400 freestyle relay foursome of Berg, Garrett Haugen, Dion and Schimmel ranked sixth. Ben Gunderson scored sixth place points in the 100 backstroke.
Berg (100 freestyle) and Dion (100 butterfly) each added eighth place efforts in individual events to their busy days. Kueck finished 10th in the 500 freestyle.
Other Tiger top 20 finishes:
200 medley relay 16. (Haugen, Nick Stephan, Brock Lange, Kingsbury)
200 freestyle: 20. Ian Alexander
200 individual medley: 19. Haugen
50 freestyle: 14. Schimmel; 16. Adam Dougherty
500 freestyle: 16. Gunderson; 18. Alexander
100 backstroke: 16. David Bovee; 18. Haugen
100 breaststroke: 14. Jake Bauerle; 15. Spencer Kabran; 18. Stephan
The Tigers swing back into action next Thursday when the travel to Red Wing for a Missota Conference dual meet.
