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Alexandria Wins Section 5A True Team Title, Otters Finish 3rd

By Craig Olson, 01/15/22, 9:00PM CST

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Alexandria took first place at the Section 5A True Team Swimming and Diving Meet on Saturday, scoring 1376 points.  Melrose/Sauk Centre was second with 1201 and Fergus Falls took third with 780 points.

“Great meet for the boys today,” commented Fergus Falls Head Coach Randy Hansen. “A third place finish shows how hard these guys have been working in practice.  Christian Reed had an awesome meet.  Season best times in the 200 and 500 and lead off leg on the 400 free relay. Will Ness-Ludwig continues to drop time every meet and Landon Votava swam his best 100 breast of the year.  Reece Hansen dominated his backstroke heat with a season best time.  Tobin and Zander Childers each also had a PR today.  Overall it was a great team performance.”  

Next meet for the Otters is a home dual on Thursday vs. Sauk Rapids-Rice.

Team Scores
1. Alexandria 1376, 2. Melrose/Sauk Centre 1201, 3. Fergus Falls 780, 4. Park Rapids 698, 5. Thief River Falls 489, 6. Morris Area 430, 7. Detroit Lakes 376

Here are the individual results for Alexandria and Fergus Falls, by event.

200 Medley Relay
1. Alexandria 1:46.11 (Eric Peterson, Logan Tung, Cooper Running, Carter Holm), 5. FF 1:58.40 (Adrian Blondeau, Micah Zosel, Logan Rott, Christian Reed), 7. Alexandria 2:02.62 (Mark Meece, Andy Wacek, Adison Newman, Andrew Crowser), 8. FF 2:07.34 (Reece Hansen, William Ness-Ludwig, Jacob Kettner, Zander Childers), 9. Alexandria 2:09.17 (Keaton Dummer, Matt Mayer, Luke Christenson, Andrew Johnson), 12. Alexandria 2:14.08 (Carson Bumgarner, Coltan Koehn, Gavin Peterson, Andrew Mayer), 13. FF 2:14.97 (Landon Votava, Ethan Strande, Jaden Kwapinski, Mason Braun)

200 Freestyle
1. Anthony Hoyt (AL) 1:52.39, 2. Erik Reineke (AL) 1:55.88, 4. Christian Reed (FF) 2:01.81, 6. Matthew Tuel (FF) 2:08.64, 8. Eli Biggers (AL) 2:15.24, 11. Adison Newman (AL) 2:21.48, 13. Tobin Childers (FF) 2:25.04, 16. Mason Braun (FF) 2:37.01

200 IM
1. Logan Tung (AL) 2:08.32, 2. Cooper Running (AL) 2:13.69, 5. Joel Brault (AL) 2:30.33, 7. Andy Wacek (AL) 2:31.58, 8. Jaden Kwapinski (FF) 2:35.90, 11. William Ness-Ludwig (FF) 2:44.47

50 Freestyle
1. Nicolas Welle (AL) 21.53, 2. Carter Holm (AL) 22.22, 7. Zachary Timm (AL) 25.40, 10. Andrew Crowser (AL) 26.09, 12. Zander Childers (FF) 26.49, 20. Ethan Strande (FF) 30.54, 22. Parker Carlson (FF) 34.14

Diving
1. Kyler Kavanagh (AL) 428.50, 2. Caden Kavanagh (AL) 381.65, 5. Keaton Snitker (AL) 296.40, 8. Krew MJuscha (AL) 244.45, 13. William Nuss (FF) 111.80

100 Butterfly
1. Nicolas Welle (AL) 53.45, 2. Eric Peterson (AL) 59.43, 5. Logan Rott (FF) 1:05.18, 7. Adison Newman (AL) 1:09.02, 8. Mark Meece (AL) 1:09.41, 9. Jaden Kwapinski (FF) 1:09.70

100 Freestyle
1. Carter Holm (AL) 48.70, 2. Erik Reineke (AL) 52.55, 4. Zachary Timm (AL) 56.00, 8. Jacob Kettner (FF) 58.59, 12. Adrian Blondeau (FF) 59.83), 13. Andrew Johnson (AL) 1:00.81, 20. Tobin Childers (FF) 1:03.09, 23. Mason Braun (FF) 1:14.18

500 Freestyle
1. Anthony Hoyt (AL) 5:09.28, 3. Cooper Running (AL) 5:28.05, 4. Christian Reed (FF) 5:37.72, 5. Matthew Tuel (FF) 5:41.41, 8. Eli Biggers (AL) 6:14.67, 11. Matt Mayer (AL) 6:48.19

200 Freestyle Relay
1. Alexandria 1:31.15 (Nicolas Welle, Logan Tung, Erik Reineke, Anthony Hoyt), 6. FF 1:46.91 (Jacob Kettner, Logan Rott, Tobin Childers, Zander Childers), 7. Alexandria 1:47.28 (Adison Newman, Andrew Mayer, Andrew Johnson, Zachary Timm), 8. Alexandria 1:48.99 (Joel Brault, Gavin Peterson, Eli Biggers, Andy Wacek), 11. FF 1:52.756 (Landon Votava, Reece Hansen, William Ness-Ludwig, Matthew Tuel), 14. Alexandria 1:56.19 (Coltan Koehn, Carson Bumgarner, Lucas Bakker, Luke Christenson), 17. FF 2:06.64 (Ethan Strande, Mason Braun, Parker Carlson, William Nuss

100 Backstroke
2. Eric Peterson (AL) 59.34, 3. Mark Meece (AL) 1:05.36, 7. Reece Hansen (FF) 1:08.81, 10. Adrian Blondeau (FF) 1:10.98, 11. Andrew Crowser (AL) 1:11.44, 14. Keaton Dummer (AL) 1:18.09

100 Breaststroke
1. Logan Tung (AL) 1:03.55, 6. Micah Zosel (FF) 1:12.76, 7. Logan Rott (FF) 1:13.95, 10. Matt Mayer (AL) 1:18.02, 12. Joel Brault (AL) 1:18.07, 13. Andy Wacek (AL) 1:19.48, 14. William Ness-Ludwig (FF) 1:20.91, 15. Landon Votava (FF) 1:22.16

400 Freestyle Relay
1. Alexandria 3:18.83 (Nicolas Welle, Erik Reineke, Anthony Hoyt, Carter Holm), 3. FF 3:49.51 (Christian Reed, Jacob Kettner, Matthew Tuel, Micah Zosel), 4. Alexandria 3:50.46 (Zachary Timm, Cooper Running, Eric Peterson, Andrew Johnson), 5. FF 4:08.82 (Adrian Blondeau, Zander Childers, Landon Votava, Jaden Kwapinski), 12. Alexandria 4:25.61 (Lucas Bakker, Luke Christenson, Gavin Peterson, Andrew Mayer), 16. FF 4:40.97 (Tobin Childers, Reece Hansen, Ethan Strande, Parker Carlson)