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Austin sophomore wins section championship in pair of events in boys swimming

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Feb. 24—LAKEVILLE — Austin sophomore Brent Dahl won a pair of individual championships during the Section 1, Class 1A boys swimming and diving meet which concluded on Friday.

Dahl and Zach Evenson both earned state berths in four events overall for the Packers, in two individual events and in two relays.

Dahl won individual titles in the 500 freestyle and the 200 individual medley during Friday's championship finals. His time of 4:47.48 in the 500 was an Austin all-time record.

Evenson earned individual state berths in the two freestyle sprint events, the 50 and the 100. He was the runner-up in both events.

Dahl and Evenson teammed with Hunter Peters and Lucas Myers in both state-qualifiying relays. The foursome placed third in both the 200 medley and 400 freestyle relays. The top three in each swimming event earned state berths as well as any swimmer reaching a pre-set time standard.

Red Wing sophomores Zachary Mikkelson and Laden Nelson placed first and second in diving to earn state berths. Mikkelson repeated as the section champ and his score of 472.20 was 99 points better than Nelson's.

Ethan Ihrke was part of two state berths for Red Wing. He qualified in the 100 butterfly by placing third. In the 200 freestyle relay, he teammed with Ezra Dennis, Gavin Magill and Elijah Flattum to finish third.

Winona freshman Cordel Ruppert earned state berths in a pair of individual events. He placed second in the 500 freestyle and finished third in the 200 freestyle.

Matthew Baumgartner also earned a state berth for the Winhawks. He finished third in the100 breaststroke.

The Class 1A state swimming and diving meet will be held Feb. 29-March 2 at the University of Minnesota Aquatic Center.

Team scores

1. Northfield 491, 2. Mankato East 349, 3. Winona 252, 4. Austin 235, 5. Simley 232, 6. Red Wing 203, 7. Faribault 171, 8. Mankato West 125.

Individual results, winners, Austin, Red Wing, Winona top 8

(* — state qualifier)

200 medley relay — 1. Northfield* 1:38.26, 3. Austin* (Brent Dahl, Hunter Peters, Lucas Myers, Zach Evenson) 1:41.63, 5. Red Wing (Elijah Flattum, Gavin Magill, Ethan Ihrke, Ezra Dennis) 1:45.19, 7. Winona (Tyler Bergler, Quinn Wangberg, Carson Prodzinski, Kedrick Boucek) 1:53.10.

200 freestyle — 1. Will Udelhofen* (N) 1:48.74, 3. Cordel Ruppert* (W) 1:53.08,

4. Elijah Vieth (W) 1:53.58, 8. Hunter Peters (A) 1:56.84.

200 IM — 1. Brent Dahl* (A) 1:56.52, 7. Matthew Bricco (W) 2:12.63.

50 freestyle — 1. Elliot Bartell* (ME) 22.36, 2. Zach Evenson* (A) 22.52, 5. Ethan Ihrke (RW) 22.72, 6. Ezra Dennis (RW) 23.07, 7. Lucas Myers (A) 23.49.

Diving — 1. Zachary Mikkelson* (RW) 472.20, 2. Laden Nelson* (RW) 373.20, 6. Riley Ferguson (A) 302.25, 7. Gage Rasmussen (A) 283.20.

100 butterfly — 1. Elliot Bartell* (ME) 52.08, 3. Ethan Ihrke* (RW) 54.27, 7. Lucas Myers (A) 57.47.

100 freestyle — 1. Jordan Hogue* (ME) 47.65, 2. Zach Evenson* (A) 49.38, 6. Elijah Vieth (W) 51.17, 8. Matthew Baumgartner (W) 51.77.

500 freestyle — 1. Brent Dahl* (A) 4:47.48, 2. Cordel Ruppert* (W) 5:07.29.

200 freestyle relay — 1. Northfield* 1:28.85, 3. Red Wing* (Ezra Dennis, Gavin Magill, Elijah Flattum, Ethan Ihrke) 1:33.21, 5. Winona (Matthew Baumgartner, Matthew Bricco, Elijah Vieth, Cordel Ruppert) 1:33.34, 8. Austin (Noah Holt, Francesco Lorenzoni, Julian Koch, Simon Pischke) 1:48.29.

100 backstroke — 1. Jordan Hogue* (ME) 53.91.

100 breaststroke — 1. Peyton Truman* (N) 59.10, 3. Matthew Baumgartner* (W) 1:03.37, 4. Hunter Peters (A) 1:04.88, 7. Matthew Bricco (W) 1:06.49, 8. Gavin Magill (W) 1:08.66.

400 freestyle relay — 1. Mankato East* 3:18.94, 3. Austin* (Zach Evenson, Lucas Myers, Hunter Peters, Brent Dahl) 3:23.66, 5. Winona (Elijah Vieth, Cordel Ruppert, Matthew Baumgartner, Matthew Bricco) 3:32.49, 7. Red Wing (Nick Babcock, Zachary Shefveland, Eli Hanlin, AJ Mikkelson) 4:02.33.