Boys swimming and diving: Montevideo has a relay team and Austin Dunn advance to the state Class A finals
Mar. 3—MINNEAPOLIS — Montevideo's 200-yard relay team has advanced to the Class A finals after preliminary competition Friday of the state boys swimming and diving championships at the Jean K. Freeman Aquatic Center.
The Thunder Hawks' Austin Dunn and Dassel-Cokato/Litchfield's Logan Christopherson also have advanced to the finals.
Montevideo's 200 relay had a time of 1 minute, 31.53 seconds, good for 11th place. That was better than the relay's seed time of 1:32.28.
Dunn placed 16th in the 100 backstroke to earn a spot in the consolation finals. He was 21st in the 100 freestyle with a time of 50.15 and did not advance to the final.
Dunn, a junior, had a time of 53.32 in the prelims after posting a seed time of 56.15 in the backstroke.
Christopherson, a senior, placed 14th in the 100 breaststroke with a time of 1:01.51. His seed time was 1:01.51.
All compete in the Class A swimming and diving championships beginning at noon Saturday. Also competing is Willmar diver Kale Bockelman, who advanced from the semifinals Thursday.
200 FREESTYLE RELAY — (1) Breck/Blake 1:26.12 ... (2) Northfield 1:28.08 ... (3) St. Thomas Academy 1:28.16 ... (11) Montevideo (Mickey Hess, Jaxon Wagner, Evan Smith, Gavin Arends) 1:31.53.
100 BACKSTROKE — (1) Jack Schurtz-Ford, Breck/Blake 50.59 ... (2) Adam Wilwerding, Melrose/Sauk Centre, 51.75 ... (3) Jordan Hogue, Mankato East, 52.39 ... (16) Austin Dunn, Montevideo, 56.32.
100 BREASTSTROKE — (1) Charlie Egeland, Breck/Blake, 53.53 ... (2) Andrew Colgan, Breck/Black, 55.86 ... (3) Luke Mechtel, St. Thomas Academy, 57.69 ... (14) Logan Christopherson, D-C/Litchfield, 1:01.51.
