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STEVENS POINT – The Marshfield boys swim team had five top-six finishes and finished fourth among the five teams at the 2013 Wisconsin Valley Conference Boys Swim Meet on Thursday at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point.
Stevens Point won its second straight WVC meet title, scoring 434 points and accounting for six of the event titles. Wausau East won the other five events and finished second with 356 points. Marshfield was fourth with 172.
Zach Korth had Marshfield’s top finish, taking fourth in the 100 breaststroke in 1:11.25.
Two Tigers relays took fifth – the 200 medley relay team of Denver Anderson, Korth, Evan Schneider and Matt Brown finished in 1:54.87, and the 400 freestyle relay team of Brown, Jack Gellerman, Anderson and Schneider swam in 3:48.03.
Schneider had a pair of sixth-place finishes for Marshfield in the 200 IM (2:24.95) and 100 freestyle (55.74).
Mitch Straub of Wausau East was the lone individual double event winner, taking first in the 200 IM (2:03.37) and 100 backstroke (55.33).
Marshfield will compete at the WIAA Division 1 sectional at Hudson on Feb. 9.
2013 Wisconsin Valley Conference Boys Swim Meet
Team scores: 1. Stevens Point 434; 2. Wausau East 356; 3. D.C. Everest 187; 4. Marshfield 172; 5. Wisconsin Rapids 135.
(Winners and Marshfield finishers)
200 medley relay: 1. Stevens Point (Ryan Neigbauer, Tyler Tanko, Ben Harris, Kevin Slezak) 1:45.36; 5. Marshfield (Denver Anderson, Zach Korth, Evan Schneider, Matt Brown) 1:54.87; 8. Marshfield (Brian Engel, Caleb Hansen, Nolan Hall, Jack Gellerman) 2:02.28; 12. Marshfield (Calden Wojt, Dylan Johnson, Alex Krokstrom, Clayton Metz) 2:13.69.
200 freestyle: 1. Andrew Pitney (WE) 1:52.22; 8. Tabor Ferris (MAR) 2:22.05; 10. Nolan Redetzke (MAR) 2:25.60; 14. Bret Roeglin (MAR) 2:29.82.
200 IM: 1. Mitch Straub (WE) 2:03.37; 6. Schneider (MAR) 2:24.95; 8. Hall (MAR) 2:26.20.
50 freestyle: 1. Slezak (SP) 23.56; 7. Anderson (MAR) 24.46; 12. Brown (MAR) and Gellerman (MAR) 25.51.
100 butterfly: 1. Peter Morgen (WE) 56.40; 7. Hall (MAR) 1:07.10; 11. Nick North (MAR) 1:26.10; 12. Andrew Gilkerson (MAR) 1:31.46.
100 freestyle: 1. Garrett Richetto (WE) 50.87; 6. Schneider (MAR) 55.74; 11. Brown (MAR) 58.34; 12. Gellerman (MAR) 58.62.
500 freestyle: 1. Joel Harris (SP) 5:06.23; 8. Engel (MAR) 6:19.31; 10. Ferris (MAR) 6:35.05; 12. Tate Kanneberg (MAR) 6:54.12.
200 freestyle relay: 1. Stevens Point (Willey Rosenthal, J. Harris, Corey Sturm, Slezak) 1:32.22; 8. Marshfield (Hall, Engel, Hansen, Wojt) 1:47.95; 9. Marshfield (C. Metz, Korth, Jordan Tran, Andrew Waldo) 1:53.13; 10. Marshfield (Mason Metz, Graeme Jacobson, Aaron Peters, Roeglin) 1:53.37.
100 backstroke: 1. Straub (WE) 55.33; 8. Anderson (MAR) 1:05.63; 12. Engel (MAR) 1:15.29; 13. Collin Thomasgard (MAR) 1:20.57.
100 breaststroke: 1. Tyler Tanko (SP) 1:05.81; 4. Korth (MAR) 1:11.25; 8. Hansen (MAR) 1:16.41; 10. Johnson (MAR) 1:20.93.
400 freestyle relay: 1. Stevens Point (B. Harris, Neigbauer, Rosenthal, J. Harris) 3:26.57; 5. Marshfield (Brown, Gellerman, Anderson, Schneider) 3:48.03; 10. Marshfield (Tran, Jacobson, C. Metz, Hansen) 4:21.85; 11. Marshfiled (Ferris, Redetzke, Roeglin, M. Metz) 4:22.63.