Austin’s Craig Heimark breaks another swimming record
Published 11:03 pm Thursday, January 22, 2015
Austin junior Craig Heimark had a big day in Bud Higgins Pool Thursday.
Heimark broke a 24-year old Austin High School record and the Packers beat Red Wing 91-87.
Heimark set a new record in the 50-yard freestyle with a time of 21.75 seconds. It was just the second time Heimark had swam in the 50-freestyle this season. Heimark also holds the AHS 100-yard freestyle record.
The old 50-yard freestyle record had been set by Tony Bednar in 1991 and it was a time of 21.82 seconds.
Heimark also took first in the 100-yard freestyle Thursday, Ian Christopherson was first in the 200-yard freestyle, Sawyer Myers took first in the 200-yard individual medley and the 500-yard freestyle, Ben Walker took first in the 100-yard butterfly, Sam Clasen was first in the 100-yard backstroke and Matthew Knoll was first in the 100-yard breaststroke.
The Austin 200-yard medley relay team of Heimark, Knoll, Walker and Clasen took first, the 200-yard freestyle relay team of Clasen, Mitch Mayer, Isaac Christopherson and Myers took first and the Austin 400-yard freestyle relay team of Heimark, Christopherson, Walker and Myers took first.
AUSTIN RESULTS
200-medley relay: Craig Heimark, Matthew Knoll, Ben Walker, Seth Clasen (first, 1:46.56); Sam Clasen, Zach Newman, Mitch Mayer, Giancarlo Marconi (third, 1:56.48)
200-freestyle: Isaac Christopherson (first, 1:56.48); Mitchell Mayer (second, 2:18.73); Giancarlo Marconi (fourth, 2:30.46)
50-freestyle: Craig Heimark (first, 21.75); Seth Clasen (second, 23.60); Matthew Knoll (second, 23.60)
Diving: Riley Norton (third, 123.50); Riley Nelson (fourth, 115.40)
100-butterfly: Ben Walker (first, 55.45); Seth Clasen (second, 57.02); Mitch Mayer (third, 1:03.22)
100-freestyle: Craig Heimark (first, 47.86); Zach Newman (fourth, 56.43); Sam Clasen (fifth, 56.48)
500-freestyle: Sawyer Myers (first, 5:06.99); Isaac Christopherson (fourth, 5:14.12); Ethan Thompson (fifth, 5:39.25)
200-freestyle relay: Seth Clase, Mitch Mayer, Isaac Christopherson, Sawyer Myers (first, 1:35.29); Matthew Knoll, Zach Newman, Giancarlo Marconi, Owen Nelson (third, 1:41.56); Josh Snee, Carter Oster, Holden Ourada, Ethan Thompson (fourth, 1:05.55)
100-backstroke: Ben Walker (first, 1:03.21); Sam Clasen (second, 1:05.32); Kaleb Blaser (third, 1:06.28)
100-breaststroke: Matthew Knoll (first, 1:14.61); Zach Newman (second, 1:16.35); Giancarlo Marconi (fourth, 1:19.17)
400-freestyle relay: Craig Heimark, Isaac Christopherson, Ben Walker, Sawyer Myers (first, 3:25.84); Josh Snee, Owen Nelson, Kaleb Blaser, Sam Clasen (third, 3:55.84)