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PREP BOYS SWIM & DIVE: Delano/W-M team effort holds off Dassel-Cokato/Litchfield


The Delano/Watertown-Mayer boys swim and dive team took home nearly every first-place finish in their dual against Dassel-Cokato/Litchfield Thursday night, led by improved performances across the board, for a 110.5-67.5 win.

“They are swimming above expectations for this early in the season,” coach Mark Seguin said. “The divers have definitely stepped up a level this year.”

Stepped up they did: Hans Anderson won the diving event with a score of 178.5 and Haakon Sundheim finished second with a 120.45 tally. D-C/L’s Evan Johnson finished a close third at 108.6.

The D/W-M 200 medley relay team got things going fast, taking home first place by nearly nine seconds. The quartet of Nick Black, Gentry Nuytten, Joe Coyle and Colby Kern timed a 1:43.98, while the D-C/L group of Steven Mengelkoch, Logan Christopherson, Jackson Resop and Emmanuel Johnson put up a 1:52.80 time.

Colby Kern continued his stellar racing with a decisive win in the 200 individual medley

“It will still be another four to six weeks of training before they have the endurance they need to finish strong,” Seguin said. “They’ve been working hard and pushing each other in practice and that’s showing up in the meets.”

In addition to D-C/L’s relay teams showing nicely, Russel Wesa came within two seconds of first place in the 200 freestyle with a time of 2:06.44 and tied for second in the 100 freestyle at 56.10.

“I felt the meet went really well. We had some very impressive time drops after swimming our second meet in two days,” D-C/L coach Pete Travis said. “As a team we had 32 improvements tonight. The guys showed some real grit after a tough dual with Monticello. Even though the score didn’t reflect the nice swims we had, I was happy to see our improvement.”

Logan Christopherson tallied a 1:06.99 time in the 100 breaststroke for a win, and the Charger foursome of Resop, Johnson Anders Borg and Christopherson won the 400 freestyle relay with a time of 3:57.17.

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