Led by a strong outing from Austin Dunn, Montevideo got the non-conference home win over Willmar on Tuesday night.

Dunn won the 500-yard freestyle with a time of 5 minutes, 32.81 seconds. Two events later, he won the 100 backstroke in 1:01.73. He was also part of the winning 200 medley relay — along with Callim Schmitz, Gavin Arends and Mickey Hess — at 1:49.48.

Hess (50 freestyle, 24.21), Schmitz (100 breaststroke, 1:10.38), Parker Thissen (200 freestyle, 2:06.51) and Jaxon Wagner (100 freestyle, 55.63) also won for the Thunder Hawks.

Colin O’Farrell (200 individual medley, 2:27.65), David Lammers (100 butterfly, 1:00.35) and Kale Bockelman (diving, 207.30) each had first-place finishes for the Cardinals. Willmar also had relays wins in the 200 free and 400 free.

With the loss, the Cardinals are 0-3 in duals this season.

Willmar is at Fergus Falls on Thursday while Montevideo hosts Melrose/Sauk Centre on Thursday, Jan. 13.

Boys Swimming
Montevideo 97,
Willmar 89

200 MEDLEY RELAY – (1) Montevideo (Austin Dunn, Callim Schmitz, Gavin Arends, Mickey Hess), 1:49.48 (2) Montevideo (Axton Wecwerth, Parker Thissen, Evan Smith, Nolan Christopher), 1:53.43

200 FREESTYLE – (1) Parker Thissen, M, 2:06.51 (2) Soren Newberg, W, 2:11.29

200 INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY – (1) Colin O’Farrell, W, 2:27.65 (2) Evan Wallestad, W, 2:28.55

50 FREESTYLE – (1) Hess, M, 24.21 (2) Aidan O’Meara, W, 24.26

DIVING – (1) Kale Bockelman, W, 207.30 (2) Wyatt Picht, M, 150.00

100 BUTTERFLY – (1) David Lammers, W, 1:00.35 (2) Evan Smith, M, 1:00.71

100 FREESTYLE – (1) Jaxon Wagner, M, 55.63 (2) Schmitz, M, 55.74

500 FREESTYLE – (1) Dunn, M, 5:32.81 (2) O’Farrell, W, 5:32.94

200 FREESTYLE RELAY – (1) Willmar (O’Meara, Luke Lammers, Ethan Hurley, O’Farrell), 1:39.09 (2) Montevideo (Hess, Wagner, Schmitz, Smith), 1:39.81

100 BACKSTROKE – (1) Dunn, M, 1:01.73 (2) D. Lammer, W, 1:04.61

100 BREASTSTROKE – (1) Schmitz, M, 1:10.38 (2) O’Meara, W, 1:12.08

400 FREESTYLE RELAY – (1) Willmar (O’Farrell, Hurley, L. Lammer, D. Lammer), 3:43.51 (2) Montevideo (Wagner, Arends, Weckwerth, Dunn), 3:56.10