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| Seniors Brandon Dion (top) and Daniel Berg each won three events (photo by Jim Lindquist) |
The Tigers won eight of the first nine events and then swam the final three in exhibition mode in a 96-85 Missota Conference win Thursday night at the Dodge Middle School pool.
"We had a good meet tonight," Tiger coach Ryan Hamen said. "The Shakopee program is still only about six years old but they are starting to show some great competition. We can't take them lightly anymore."
Daniel Berg and Brandon Dion had big nights for the victors with three first place finishes apiece. The senior teammates tied for first in the 50 freestyle and joined Garrett Haugen and Eric Schimmel in winning the 200 freestyle relay. Berg also won the 100 freestyle and Dion led the pack in the 100 butterfly.
Other individual event champions included Schimmel, 200 freestyle; Austin Kueck, 500 freestyle and Jonathan Bovee, one-meter diving.
The other Tiger blue ribbon finish came from the 200 medley relay team of Ben Gunderson, Robin DeCastro, Brock Lange and Jonathan Kingsbury.
Four other Tigers placed in the runner-up position in individual events: Nick Stephan, 200 individual medley; DeCastro, 100 butterfly; Schimmel, 100 freestyle and Nick Stephan, 200 individual medley.
Gunderson ranked third in the 200 medley and Adam Dougherty took third in the 100 freestyle.
Next on the docket for the Tigers is a non-conference dual meet with Section 1AA rival John Marshall next Monday at the Dodge pool.
