Packer swimmers take fifth at home meet

Published 11:05 pm Saturday, January 9, 2016

The Austin boys swimming and diving team took fifth place in its eight-team invite in Bud Higgins Pool Saturday.

The Packers tallied a score of 264.5.

Ben Walker took first in the 100-yard butterfly for the Packers, Isaac Christopherson took first in the 100-yard freestyle, and the Austin 400-yard freestyle relay team of Ben Walker, Seth Clasen, Mitchell Mayer and Isaac Christopherson took first.

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Rochester Mayo won the meet with a score of 446.5.

AUSTIN RESULTS

200-yard medley relay: Kaleb Blaser, Zach Newman, Mitchell Mayer, Aaron Knoll (12th, 1:54.38)

200-freestyle: Isaac Christopherson (second, 1:50.77); Ethan Thompson (12th, 2:00.81); Brock Lawhead (20th, 2:10.05)

200-individual medley: Logan Kelly (22nd, 2:28.65)

50-freestyle: Seth Clasen (fourth, 23.43); Ben Walker (fifth, 23.47); Zach Newman (15th, 24.91)

Diving: Riley Norton (fourth, 275.30); Ben Jacobs (10th, 211.80); Jackson Marsh (13th, 171.60)

100-butterfly: Ben Walker (first, 54.63); Seth Clasen (third, 56.88); Mitchell Mayer (fourth, 58.95)

100-yard freestyle: Isaac Christopherson (first, 50.43); Kaleb Blaser (23rd, 59.07); Aaron Knoll (24th, 59.80)

500-freestyle: Ethan Thompson (10th, 5:19.82); Brock Lawhead (24th, 6:03.20); Carter Oster (28th, 6:43.92)

200-freestyle relay: Seth Clasen, Ben Walker, Mitchell Mayer, Isaac Christopherson (second, 1:31.81); Aaron Knoll, Brock Lawhead, Zach Newman, Ethan Thompson (10th, 1:43.27)

100-backstroke: Rafe Dolan-Peterson (16th, 1:07.45); Kaleb Blaser (19th, 1:09.54); Hugh Olson (26th, 1:21.49)

100-breaststroke: Zach Newman (16th, 1:14.22); Logan Kelly (19th, 1:15.24); Cameron Krueger (26th, 1:21.76)

400-freestyle relay: Ben Walker, Seth Clasen, Mitchell Mayer, Isaac Christopherson (first, 3:24.94); Kaleb Blaser, Brock Lawhead, Rafe Dolan-Peterson, Ethan Thompson (13th, 3:56.42)