WILLMAR -- Willmar came hard off the starting blocks to launch the season posting times equal or better to those to end last season.
"I was very pleased with the times, even surprised," said Willmar coach Carl Shuldes, who saw the Cardinals defeast Montevideo 102-78 Tuesday night.
Willmar is top-heavy with experience swimmers in its junior and senior classes and is expecting to have a standout season.
The Cardinals will face one of their toughest dual meets of the season on Thursday at Brainerd.
Willmar 102, Montevideo 78
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Individual results
200 MEDLEY RELAY - (1) Willmar: Kluver, Saint, Johnson, Roberts; 1:47.74 (2) Montevideo: Nedrud, Erickson, Hein, Hargrave; 1:53.67
200 FREESTYLE - (1) Andy Nicklawsky, Wil, 1:59.55 (2) Ross Swartz, Wil, 2:06.21 (3) Ed Fenske, Wil, 2:19.08
200 INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY - (1) Ben Saint, Wil, 222.08 (2) Owen Hein, Mtv, 2:25.78 (3) Kyle Rozendahl, Wil, 2:35.37
50 FREESTYLE - (1) Jackson Roberts, Wil, 23.41 (2) Steve Klu ver, Wil, 23.88 (3) Kyle Schmidt, Wil, 24.52
DIVING - (1) Scott Russen, Mtv, 181.65 (22) Brandon Evenson, Mtv, 174.3 (3) Chase Testa, Mtv, 129.6 (4) Aaron Wiedemann, Wil, 92.35. (5) Bennet Woltjer, Wil, 90.7
100 BUTTERFLY - (1) David Nedrud, Mtv, 57.34 (2) Andy Johnson, Wil, 1:02.33 (3) Owen Hein, Wil, 1;04.51 (4) Tyler Studanski, Wil, 1:05.33
100 FREESTYLE - (1) Nicklawsky, Wil, 52.97 (2) Jackson Roberts, Wil, 53.82 (3) Kyle Schmidt, Wil, 54.74 (4) Bryton Emery, Mtv, 56.61
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500 FREESTYLE - (1) Robert Brau, Wil, 6:00.06 (2) Ross Swartz, Wiul, 6:04.02 (3) Dan Schultz, Mtv, 6:?10.97
200 FREESTYLE RELAY - (1) Montevideo: Hein, Emery, Hargrave, Nedrud, 1:41.6
100 BACKSTROKE - (1) Steve Kluver, Wil, 59.05 (2) David Nedrud, Mtv, 1;00.79 (3) Tyler Studanski, Wil, 1:06.89
100 BREASTSTROKE - (1) Ben Saint, Wil, 1;010.14 (2) Ryan Larsen, Wil, 1:10.63 (3) Reid Olson, Wil, 1:15.2
400 FREESTYLE RELAY - (1) Montevideo: Pender, Maus, Schultz, Evenson,; 4:15.08