Marshfield boys swim team snags first WVC dual meet victory with win at D.C. Everest

January 9, 2015 paul Boys Swimming, Marshfield Comments Off on Marshfield boys swim team snags first WVC dual meet victory with win at D.C. Everest
Marshfield's Brian Engel reaches for the finish as he wins the 100 backstroke during the Tigers' victory at D.C. Everest on Thursday. (Photo submitted by Cherie Schmidt)
Marshfield’s Brian Engel reaches for the finish as he wins the 100 backstroke during the Tigers’ victory at D.C. Everest on Thursday. (Photo submitted by Cherie Schmidt)

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WESTON – Brian Engel and Scott Thompson each won two events, and helped a relay team win another to lead the Marshfield boys swim team to a 94-72 victory over D.C. Everest on Thursday at D.C. Everest High School.

Marshfield won its first Wisconsin Valley Conference dual meet of the season, improving to 1-4. Everest is now 1-5.

Engel, a junior, won the 100 freestyle in 56.26 seconds and the 100 backstroke in 1:07.95.

Thompson, a freshman, took first in the 100 breaststroke in 1:14.80 and the 200 IM in 2:30.76.

Engel, Thompson, Michael Kruse and Calden Wojt teamed to win the 200 medley relay in 1:57.71 for the Tigers.

Wojt won the 50 freestyle in 25.72 and Ben Donahue took first in the 100 butterfly in 1:10.38 for Marshfield’s other two victories.

Marshfield hosts La Crosse Logan on Monday at 5:30 p.m.

Marshfield 94, D.C. Everest 72
200 medley relay: 1. Marshfield (Brian Engel, Scott Thompson, Michael Kruse, Calden Wojt) 1:57.71; 2. Marshfield (Colin Thomasgard, Mason Metz, Ben Donahue, Jose Vasquez) 2:08.27; 4. Marshfield (Alex Wuethrich, Ayush Shukla, Brendyn Divine, Ryan McLellan) 2:55.05.
200 freestyle: 1. Jacob Grass (DC) 2:13.31; 3. Anthony Hartwig (MAR) 2:25.60; 4. Alec Brenner (MAR) 2:31.69; 5. Zach Hanson (MAR) 2:38.39.
200 IM: 1. Thompson (MAR) 2:30.76; 4. Kruse (MAR) 2:51.78; 5. Metz (MAR) 2:56.30.
50 freestyle: 1. Wojt (MAR) 25.72; 4. Trevyn Tham (MAR) 27.47; 5. Vasquez (MAR) 28.13.
100 butterfly: 1. Donahue (MAR) 1:10.38; 3. Brenner (MAR) 1:20.92.
100 freestyle: 1. Engel (MAR) 56.26; 4. Kruse (MAR) 1:05.92; 5. Vasquez (MAR) 1:06.30.
500 freestyle: 1. Bennet LaPorte (DC) 6:15.73; 3. Hartwig (MAR) 6:28.24; 4. Donahue (MAR) 6:51.01; 5. McClellan (MAR) 7:31.08.
200 freestyle relay: 1. D.C. Everest (Ian Baeten, Zach Heil, LaPorte, Grass) 1:48.00; 2. Marshfield (Zach Hanson, Gilkerson, Brenner, Tham) 2:01.35.
100 backstroke: 1. Engel (MAR) 1:07.95; 2. Wojt (MAR) 1:08.51; 3. Thomasgard (MAR) 1:14.37.
100 breaststroke: 1. Thompson (MAR) 1:14.80; 3. Metz (MAR) 1:22.78; 4. Tham (MAR) 1:47.84.
400 freestyle relay: 1. D.C. Everest (Baeten, LaPorte, Andrew Schnae, Grass) 4:00.84; 2. Marshfield (Thompson, Kruse, Donahue, Engel) 4:08.92; 3. Marshfield (Vasquez, Wojt, Brenner, Metz) 4:27.73; 4. Marshfield (Tham, Hanson, Tim Benson, Gilkerson) 4:45.97.