WILLMAR -- "Put a Tiger in Your Tank" goes a long ago gasoline commercial.
How about a Tiger in your pool?
That's what five opposing teams confronted at the Willmar Cardinal Invitational on Saturday.
The St. Cloud Tech Tigers won all but one event to devour the competition.
Willmar's Alissa Tinklenberg broke through to win the 500 freestyle, the only hiccup the Tigers full-course meal.
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The Cardinals took third behind Melrose.
"We were lacking three key people that would have allowed us to challenge for second," said coach Carl Shuldes.
Mariel Aamot and Anna Fuglestad are injured and Emily Zondervan was away.
Tinklenberg, a junior, finished second to Tech's Nicole Grimit in the 200 freestyle, then got some revenge by winning the 500 in by a stroke over Grimit in a time of 5:39.01.
"Tech is obviously strong and pretty much senior dominated this year," said Shuldes.
Willmar divers proved they will be a strength by going 2-4-6 with Beth Pollock, Laura Polman and Brooke Barrett.
Sarah Hund took second in the 50 free losing by a touch to Tech's Ali Domeier. Aleasha Blokzyl finished top five in the 50 and backstroke. Ashley Alvardo took fifth in the individual medley.
Willmar travels to Fergus Falls on Thursday for a Central Lakes Conference dual meet.
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Team scores
(1) St. Cloud Tech 614 (2) Melrose 447 (3) Willmar 400 (4) Bemidji 395 (5) Sauk Centre (6) Minnewaska/Morris
Individual results
(Top 2 ... Willmar, Minnewaska/Morris top 10)
200 MEDLEY RELAY - (1) St. Cloud Tech 1:54.86 (2) St. Cloud Tech 2:07.32 (3) Willmar: Shelby Morton, Valor Gorans, Amy Brandt, Mary Erickson; 2:08.94 .... (6) Willmar: Cassie Yoakum, Alysha Cuchna, Liz Gorans, Aleasha Blokzyl; 2:09.91 (7) Minnewaska/Morris 2:10.38
200 FREESTYLE - (1) Nicole Grimit, Tec, 2:03.41 (2) Alissa Tinklenberg, Wil, 2:05.07
200 INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY - (1) MacKenzie Pillsbury, Tec, 2:22.72 (2) Flann Cunningham, Tec, 2:27.83 .... (5) Ashley Alvarado, Wil, 2:37.79
50 FREESTYLE - (1) Ali Domeier, Tec, 25.41 (2) Sarah Hund, Wil, 25.44 ... (5) Aleasha Blokzyl, Wil, 26.74 (10) Mary Erickson, Wil, 28.54
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DIVING - (1) Anna Heine, Tec, 180.30 (2) Beth Pollock, Wil, 170.95 ... (6) Brooke Barrett, Wil, 135.6
100 BUTTERFLY - (1) Kelly Morford, Tec, 1:01.9 (2) Flann Cunningham, Tec, 1:06.47 ... (6) Liz Gorans, Wil, 1:13.67
100 FREESTYLE - (1) Ali Domeier, Tec, 55.36 (2) Megan Rieland, SC, 56.17 ... (4) Sarah Hund, Wil, 56.68 (8) Amy Brandt, Wil, 1:02.63
500 FREESTYLE - (1) Alissa Tinklenberg, Wil, 5:39.01 (2) Nicole Grimit, Tec, 5:39.88 ... (8) Ashley Alvarado, Wil, 6:17.5
200 FREESTYLE RELAY - (1) St. Cloud Tech 1:43.73 (2) Willmar: Sarah Hund, Liz Gorans, Mary Erickson, Alissa Tinklenberg; 1:45.96 .... (9) Willmar: Becca Ridler, Zoe Vossen, Ashley Geurtz, Kasi Hornick; 1:58.43
100 BACKSTROKE - (1) Kelly Morford, Tec, 1:03.73 (2) Kayla Anderson, Mel, 1:08.43 ... (4) Aleasha Blokzyl, Wil, 1:11.04 (5) Paige Entzi, MM, 1:11.95 (9) Cassie Yoakum, Wil, 1:13.01
100 BREASTSTROKE - (1) MacKenzie Phillips, Tec, 1:13.07 (2) Rachel Erickson, Tec, 1:20.11 ... (6) Valor Gorans, Wil, 1:22.73 (9) Brittany Opdahl, MM, 1;23.8
400 FREESTYLE RELAY - (1) St. Cloud Tech 3:51.22 (2) Willmar: Sarah Hund, Amy Brandt, Aleasha Blokzyl, Alissa Tinklenberg; 3:54.32
