Packer swimmers take fifth at ‘true team’ Section 1A meet

Published 8:27 am Monday, January 19, 2015

The Austin boys swimming and diving team took fifth place at the ‘true team’ Section 1A meet Saturday.

Austin tallied a score of 808 and Saint Thomas Academy won the meet with a 1,298.

The Packers qualified for the ‘true team’ state championship which will take place at the University of Minnesota Aquatic Center Jan. 24.

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Craig Heimark took first in the 100-yard freestyle for Austin

AUSTIN RESULTS

200-medley relay: Sam Clasen, Matthew Knoll, Ben Walker, Seth Clasen (eighth, 1:49.47)

200-freestyle: Craig Heimark (fourth, 1:51.27); Isaac Christopherson (sixth, 1:54.67)

200-individual medley: Sawyer Myers (sixth, 2:09.39); Mitchell Mayer (17th, 2:22.44)

50-freestyle: Seth Clasen (10th, ,23.82); Matthew Knoll (12th, 24.38)

Diving: Riley Norton (11th, 2:16.50)

100-butterfly: Ben Walker (fourth, 56.50); Seth Clasen (eigth, 58.88)

100-freestyle: Craig Heimark (first, 49.60); Sam Clasen (15th, 56.69)

500-freestyle: Sawyer Myers (fourth, 5:12.54); Isaac Christopherson (fifth, 5:12.72)

200-freestyle relay: Craig Heimark, Seth Clasen, Isaac Christopherson, Sawyer Myers (second, 1:32.58)

100-backstroke: Ben Walker (eighth, 1:01.95); Sam Clasen (13th, 1:04.71)

100-breaststroke: Matthew Knoll (12th, 1:12.45); Zach Newman (16th, 1:16.42)

400-freestyle: Craig Heimark, Isaac Christopherson, Ben Walker, Sawyer Myers (third, 3:25.93)