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ST. CLOUD — The Willmar boys swimming and diving team finished seventh at the Central Lakes Conference championship meet Saturday at St. Cloud Tech High School.
Brainerd claimed the CLC championship after taking first place with 488 points. The Warriors were second in the dual meet standings at 6-1 but claimed the CLC title after Alexandria finished third on Saturday. Alexandria was 7-0 in conference duals.
Willmar’s top finish came in the 400-meter freestyle relay. The quartet of Colin O’Farrell, Ethan Hurley, Luke Lammers and David Lammers finished with a time of 3 minutes, 31.45 seconds, earning an All-Conference honorable mention nod. Kale Bockelman also earned All-Conference honorable mention after placing sixth in diving with a score of 318.65.
Willmar also earned the conference’s Team Sportsmanship Award.
Now, Willmar prepares for the Section 3A championship meet, beginning on Thursday, Feb. 24 and concluding on Saturday, Feb. 26. Both days will take place at Hutchinson Middle School.
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CLC Championship
TEAM SCORES – (1) Brainerd 488 (2) Sartell 442 (3) Alexandria 394 (4) Sauk Rapids 292 (5) St. Cloud Apollo 249 (6) St. Cloud Tech/Rocori 225 (7) Willmar 173 (8) Fergus Falls 60
200 MEDLEY RELAY – (1) Brainerd 1:38.34 (2) Alexandria 1:38.45 (9) Willmar (Evan Wallestad, Aidan O’Meara, Ethan Hurley, Colin O’Farrell), 1:50.26
200 FREESTYLE – (1) Anthony Hoyt, Alex, 1:47.70 (2) Truett Carlson, Sar, 1:50.09 (16) Ryan Pappenfus, Will, 2:05.54
200 INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY – (1) Micah Davis, T/R, 2:00.21 (2) Cash Walz, SR, 2:03.59 (10) David Lammers, Will, 2:15.89
50 FREESTYLE – (1) Nicolas Welle, Alex, 21.32 (2) Carsten Reuter, T/R, 21.85 (11) Luke Lammers, Will, 23.74
DIVING – (1) Braden Lemke, T/R, 392.05 (2) David Binsfeld, Sar, 370.85 (6) Kale Bockelman, Will, 318.65
100 BUTTERFLY – (1) Welle, Alex, 51.46 (2) Davis, T/R, 51.63 (11) D. Lammers, Will, 1:01.32
100 FREESTYLE – (1) Carter Holm, Alex, 47.82 (2) Reuter, T/R, 48.18 (8) O’Farrell, Will, 52.32 (10) L. Lammers, Will, 52.99
500 FREESTYLE – (1) Hoyt, Alex, 4:53.24 (2) Carlson, Sar, 5:01.95 (16) Pappenfus, Will, 5:40.58
200 FREESTYLE RELAY – (1) Brainerd 1:28.40 (2) Alexandria 1:28.91 (7) Willmar (O’Meara, O’Farrell, L. Lammers, D. Lammers), 1:35.33
100 BACKSTROKE – (1) Thomas Ruhl, Br, 56.31 (2) Eric Peterson, Alex, 57.86 (14) Wallestad, Will, 1:08.20
100 BREASTSTROKE – (1) Logan Tung, Alex, 1:00.84 (2) Lance Anderson, Sar, 1:03.14 (11) O’Meara, Will, 1:11.33
400 FREESTYLE RELAY – (1) Sartell 3:22.49 (2) Sauk Rapids 3:27.32 (4) Willmar (O’Farrell, Hurley, L. Lammers, D. Lammers), 3:31.45
