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MARSHFIELD – Wisconsin Rapids won all but one event to defeat Marshfield 90-74 in the Wisconsin Valley Conference dual meet opener on Thursday at Marshfield High School.
The Tigers’ lone win came in the 400 freestyle relay, with the team of Anthony Hartwig, Alec Brenner, Zach Hanson and Eric Tollefson winning in 4:26.94.
The Tigers finished second in 10 events and added third-place finishes in seven races to make the final score close.
Marshfield hosts Stevens Point on Monday at 5:30 p.m.
Varsity
Wisconsin Rapids 90, Marshfield 74
Winners and Marshfield results
200 medley relay: 1. Wisconsin Rapids (Drake Blossfield, Brett Burris, Jonah Mancl, Dylan Engelbright) 1:49.07; 2. Marshfield (Brian Engel, Scott Thompson, Michael Kruse, Colin Thomasgard) 1:57.80; 3. Marshfield (Andrew Gilkerson, Jacob Dick, Alec Brenner, Calden Wojt) 2:11.20.
200 freestyle: 1. Blossfield (WR) 2:01.21; 3. Anthony Hartwig (MAR) 2:20.42.
200 IM: 1. Burrris (WR) 2:14.84; 2. Thompson (MAR) 2:38.81.
50 freestyle: 1. Engelbright (WR) 24.40; 2. Wojt (MAR) 24.79; 3. Kruse (MAR) 25.93; 4. Thomasgard (MAR) 26.21.
100 butterfly: 1. Mancl (WR) 1:04.79; 2. Kruse (MAR) 1:07.32; 3. Brenner (MAR) 1:13.96.
100 freestyle: 1. Engelbright (WR) 54.59; 2. Engel (MAR) 56.48; 4. Zach Hanson (MAR) 1:06.97.
500 freestyle: 1. Josh Niedbalski (WR) 6:21.76; 2. Hartwig (MAR) 6:35.03; 5. Ryan McClellan (MAR) 7:42.03; 6. Wuethrick (MAR) 8:17.81.
200 freestyle relay: 1. Wisconsin Rapids (Blossfield, Burris, Mancl, Engelbright) 1:38.78; 2. Marshfield (Engel, Thomasgard, Thompson, Kruse) 1:42.36; 3. Marshfield (Brenner, Hanson, Tollefson, Hartwig) 1:57.59; 4. Marshfield (McLellan, Wuethrick, Dick, Gilkerson) 2:02.03.
100 backstroke: 1. Blossfield (WR) 1:03.37; 2. Engel (MAR) 1:15.06; 3. Thomasgard (MAR) 1:17.13; 4. Gabriel Ronan (MAR) 1:20.50.
100 breaststroke: 1. Burris (WR) 1:04.60; 2. Thompson (MAR) 1:16.97; 3. Dick (MAR) 1:20.84; 6. Kyle Schultz (MAR) 1:44.31.
400 freestyle relay: 1. Marshfield (Hartwig, Brenner, Hanson, Tollefson) 4:26.94; 2. Marshfield (Ronan, Wuethrick, Dick, Gilkerson) 4:54.17.
JV
200 freestyle: 1. Ryan McLellan (MAR) 2:45.64; 2. Alex Wuethrick (MAR) 3:00.65; 3. Trent Anderson (MAR) 3:42.56.
50 freestyle: 1. Ronan (MAR) 27.66; 2. Eric Tollefson (MAR) 29.12; 5. Anderson (MAR) 37.16.
100 freestyle: 1. Tollefson (MAR) 1:08.80; 3. Schultz (MAR) 1:34.07.
200 freestyle relay: 1. Wisconsin Rapids (Ethan Hess, Keaton Danula, Michael Humphrey, Andrew Hoile) 2:21.59.