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Alexandria Win 5A Swimming and Diving Meet, Otters Place 3rd, Qualify 5 for State

By Craig Olson, 02/26/23, 1:15AM CST

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Alexandria scored 490.5 points to win the Section 5A boys’ swimming and diving title at UM-Morris on Saturday afternoon.  Melrose/Sauk Centre was second with 426 points and Fergus Falls placed third with 302.  They were followed by Park Rapids (259), Thief River Falls (182), Detroit Lakes (178), Perham/New York Mills (107.5) and Morris Area/Chokio-Alberta (103).

“We had a great meet today,” said Fergus Falls Head Coach Randy Hansen.  “Lots of guys dropped even more time from yesterday.  To earn 3rd place as a team is a great accomplishment.  Congratulations to our state meet individual qualifiers, Matthew Tuel (200 free and 500 free), Jaden Kwapinski (200 IM) and Micah Zosel (100 Breaststroke) and our 400 Freestyle Relay (Jaden Kwapinski, Matthew Tuel, Christian Reed, Adrian Blondeau and Micah Zosel).  

Here are the individual results by event:
200 Medley Relay
2. Alexandria 1:41.71 (Eric Peterson, Logan Tung, Adison Newman, Andy Wacek), 4. Fergus Falls 1:46.95 (Tyler Kubela, Micah Zosel, Logan Rott, Christian Reed), 6. Perham/New York Mills 2:00.21 (Bjorn Anderson, Benjamin Mathiason, Alex Mack, Blake Swenson)

200 Freestyle
1. Cooper Running (AL) 1:48.11, 3. Matthew Tuel (FF) 1:56. 65, 6. Landon Votava (FF) 1:57.01, 7. Luke Christenson (AL) 2:00.54, 9. Christian Reed (FF) 2:00.62, 11. Gavin Peterson (AL) 2:04.92

200 IM
1. Logan Tung (AL) 2:00.47, 3. Jaden Kwapinski (FF) 2:08.77, 6. Andy Wacek (AL) 2:14.66, 7. Reece Hansen (FF) 2:14.75, 8. Mark Meece (AL) 2:24.54, 9. Ethan Strande (FF) 2:24.80, 11. Keaton Dummer (AL) 2:30.35

50 Freestyle
2. Erik Reineke (AL) 22.15, 3. Blake Swenson (PER/NYM) 22.62, 7. Adison Newman (AL) 23.90, 8. Andrew crowser (AL) 24.66, 10. Zachary Iverson (AL) 24.99, 13. Adrian Blondeau (FF) 25.15

100 Butterfly
2. Eric Peterson (AL) 53.50, 4. Adison Newman (AL) 57.63, 5. Jaden Kwapinski (FF) 59.21, 6. Logan Rott (FF) 1:00.10, 8. Ethan Mellgren (AL) 1:05.44, 10. Keaton Dummer (AL) 1:07.96, 13. Alex Mack (PER/NYM) 1:11.17, 14. William Ness-Ludwig (FF) 1:13.35

100 Freestyle
1. Erik Reineke (AL) 49.07, 3. Blake Swenson (PER.NYM) 50.13, 7. Micah Zosel (FF) 53.30, 10. Andrew Crowser (AL) 54.77, 13. Gavin Peterson (AL) 56.81, 16. Adrian Blondeau (FF) 57.97

500 Freestyle
1. Cooper Running (AL) 4:58.16, 2. Matthew Tuel (FF) 5:11.46, 5. Landon Votava (FF) 5:20.71, 6. Christian Reed (FF) 5:25.90, 7. Luke Christenson (AL) 5:26.91, 8. Bjorn Anderson (PER/NYM) 5:32.06, 12. Mark Meece (AL) 5:56.53, 15. Tony Olson (AL) 6:18.07

200 Freestyle Relay
1. Alexandria 1:31.27 (Adison Newman, Cooper Running, Erik Reineke, Logan Tung)

100 Backstroke
2. Eric Peterson (AL) 55.88, 4. Reece Hansen (FF) 58.41, 5. Tyler Kubela (FF) 1:00.40, 8. Cayden Abell (AL) 1:06.43, 9. Lucas Bakker (AL) 1:07.13, 12. Carson Bumgarner (AL) 1:08.73, 16. Gabe Carlson (FF) 1:14.20

100 Breaststroke
1. Logan Tung (AL) 59.27, 3. Micah Zosel (FF) 1:04.64, 4. Logan Rott (FF) 1:08.26, 5. Andy Wacek (AL) 1:08.40, 8. Bjorn Anderson (PER/NYM) 1:10.95, 11. Ethan Strande (FF) 1:13.96, 12. Camden Kosters (AL) 1:15.46, 14. William Ness-Ludwig (FF) 1:16.22

400 Freestyle Relay
1. Alexandria 3:22.77 (Luke Christenson, Cooper Running, Erik Reineke, Eric Peterson), 3. Fergus Falls 3:35.30 (Jaden Kwapinski, Matthew Tuel, Adrian Blondeau, Micah Zosel), 7. Perham/New York Mills 3:55.71 (Bjorn Anderson, Henry Mathiason, Alex Mack, Blake Swenson)