Boys swimming and diving: Willmar swims well in home finale

Willmar senior Ethan Hurley comes up for a breath of air while swimming in the 100 butterfly as the Cardinals hosted Sartell on Thursday, Feb. 3, 2022.

By Tom Elliott

February 03, 2022 11:11 PM

WILLMAR — The Willmar boys swimming and diving team earned three first-place individual finishes and won one relay in a dual meet with Sartell on Thursday.

Sartell won the meet, Willmar’s final home meet of the season, 109-76.

Earning first-place finishes for the Cardinals were Colin O’Farrell, Luke Lammers and Kale Bockelman.

Willmar eighth-grader Soren Newberg swims in the 500-yard freestyle varsity race as the Cardinals hosted Sartell on Thursday, Feb. 3, 2022.

O’Farrell won the 100-yard freestyle with a time of 51.48 seconds. Lammers, also a senior, finished the 50 free in 23.90.

The Cardinals also won the 200 free relay with a time of 1:34.45. The team of Aidan O’Meara, David Lammers, Luke Lammers and O’Farrell edged second-place Sartell by .09 seconds.

“(There were) many good swims for the guys,” Willmar head coach Carl Shuldes said. “(The) score doesn’t show it, but there were a lot of very close races.

Willmar junior Kale Bockelman performs a dive as the Cardinals hosted Sartell on Thursday, Feb. 3, 2022.

Bockelman, a junior, won the diving competition with a score of 222.45 points.

Sartell has a 4-2 Central Lakes Conference dual meet record and is 7-3 overall. Willmar is 1-6 in the CLC and 1-7 overall.

Willmar competes in the CLC championships at 10 a.m. Feb. 12 at St. Cloud Tech High School.

Willmar senior Luke Lammers swims in the 100 freestyle as the Cardinals hosted Sartell on Thursday, Feb. 3, 2022.

Sartell 109, Willmar 76

200 MEDLEY RELAY – (1) Sartell 1:49.54 … (3) Willmar (Ryan Pappenfus, Aidan O’Meara, Ethan Hurley, Luke Lammers) 1:52.08
200 FREESTYLE – (1) George Larson, S, 1:52.47 … (2) Colin O’Farrell, W, 2:02.59
200 INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY – (1) Truett Carlson, S, 2:13.61 … (3) David Lammers, W, 2:15.76
50 FREESTYLE – (1) L. Lammers, W, 23.90
DIVING – (1) Kale Bockelman, W, 222.45
100 BUTTERFLY – (1) Jackson Hovda, S, 59.00 (2) D. Lammers, W, 59.62 … (3) Hurley, W, 1:02.45
100 FREESTYLE – (1) O’Farrell, W, 51.48
500 FREESTYLE – (1) Brice Kadlec, S, 5:35.07 … (2) Pappenfus, W, 5:40.39 … (3) Soren Newberg, W, 5:56.58
200 FREESTYLE RELAY – (1) Willmar (O’Meara, D. Lammers, L. Lammers, O’Farrell) 1:35.45
100 BACKSTROKE – (1) Luke Schumacher, S, 1:05.63 … (3) Evan Wallestad, W, 1:06.40
100 BREASTSTROKE – (1) George Larson, S, 1:04.17 … (3) A. O’Meara, W, 1:11.12
400 FREESTYLE RELAY – (1) Sartell 3:28.96 … (2) Willmar (D. Lammers, Jacob Loerzel, Pappenfus, O’Farrell) 3:39.15