WILLMAR -- The Willmar Cardinals left Sauk Rapids in their wake in most events to come away with a 118-68 win against their Central Lakes foe on Thursday night.
The meet highlight, however, belonged to the Storm. Diver Wes Schlichting acrobatic performance off the one-meter board registered a record score of 279.0. The pool record of 270.0 had been held by Steve Mohbar of Alexandria since 1996.
Willmar now prepares for the Central Lakes meet Feb. 7 and 9 at Alexandria followed by sections and state.
Robert Brau of Willmar beat Colby Baker of Sauk by 1.1 second in the 500 free.
200 MEDLEY RELAY - (1) Sauk Rapids 1:47.4 (2) Willmar: S. Kluver, Saint, Studanski, Schmidt; 1:48.31
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200 FREESTYLE - (1) Andy Johnson, Wil, 1:54.29 (2) Ross Swartz, Wil, 2:03.29 (3) Kyle Schmidt, Wil, 2:06.71
200 INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY - (1) Ben Saint, Wil, 2:18.14 (2) Ryan Larsen, Wil, 2:26.34 ... (5) Mike McLain, Wil, 2:33.81
50 FREESTYLE - (1) Jackson Roberts, Wil, 22.92 (2) tie, Adam Gross, SR, 23.28; Ben Swanson, SR, 23.28 (4) Andy Nicklawsky, Wil, 23.34 (5) Steve Kluver, Wil, 23.64
DIVING - (1) Wes Schlichting, SR, 279.0 (2) Bennet Woltjer, Wil, 141.15 ... (4) Aaron Weidemann, Wil, 132.10 (6) Josh Kelly, Wil, 117.20
100 BUTTERFLY - (1) Adam Gross, SR, 1;00.12 (2) Tyler Studanski, Wil, 1:01.47 (3) Ross Swartz, Wil, 1:04.01 (4) Dempsey Schroeder, Wil, 1:09.33
100 FREESTYLE - (1) Johnson, Wil, 50.6 (2) Roberts, Wil, 51.36 ... (4) Nicklawsky, Wil, 52.34
500 FREESTYLE - (1) Robert Brau, Wil, 5:48.5 (2) Colby Baker, SR, 5:49.68 (3) A.J. Derouin, Wil, 4:47.48 (4) Ed Fenske, Wil, 6:02.25.
200 FREESTYLE RELAY - (1) Sauk Rapids 1:31.52 (2) Willmar: Roberts, Nicklawsky, Schmidt, Johnson; 1:31.97 (3) Willmar: Larsen, Saint, M. Kluver, R. Swartz; 1:42.06
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100 BACKSTROKE - (1) Steve Kluver, Wil, 58.37 (2) Studanski, Wil, 1:04.96 ... (4) Trevor Fosso, Wil, 1:09.20
100 BREASTSTROKE - (1) Ryan Larsen, Wil, 1:08.31 (2) Saint, Wil, 1:10.47 (3) Ride Olson, Wil, 1;12.82
400 FREESTYLE RELAY - (1) Willmar: Roberts, Nicklawsky, S. Kluver, Johnson; 3:27.9 (32) Sauk Rapids 3:30.51 (3) Willmar: Schmidt, Swartz, M. Kluver, Studanski; 3:48.89