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SHEBOYGAN – The Marshfield boys swim team had four top-six finishes and ended up sixth as a team at the nine-team Redwing Invitational on Saturday at Sheboygan South High School.
The top six in each event earned medals.
Marshfield’s Brian Engel was part of all four top-six finishes. He was fourth in the 100 freestyle in 53.04 seconds, sixth in the 100 backstroke in 1:03.88, and was part of two relay teams that end up in the top six.
The Tigers’ 200 medley relay team of Engel, Scott Thompson, Michael Kruse and Calden Wojt was fifth in 1:51.80, and the 400 freestyle relay team of Engel, Kruse, Wojt and Colin Thomasgard took sixth in 3:45.33.
Plymouth won the team title with 425 points, 26 better than second-place Wauwatosa West/East. Marshfield was sixth with 197 points.
Marshfield is off until Thursday, Jan. 28, when it finishes its Wisconsin Valley Conference dual meet season at Wausau East.
Redwing Invitational
Jan. 16, at Sheboygan South High School
Team scores: 1. Plymouth 425; 2. Wauwatosa West/East 399; 3. Sheboygan South 352; 4. Sheboygan North 343; 5. Green Bay United 212; 6. Marshfield 197; 7. Pulaski 166; 8. Sturgeon Bay/Sevastopol 136; 9. Racine Park 31.
Winners and Marshfield finishers
Diving: 1. Riley Josephs (PLY) 337.30.
200 medley relay: 1. Plymouth (Harrison Strutz, Chaz Halderson, Ryan Holec, Cole Henning) 1:45.05; 5. Marshfield (Brian Engel, Scott Thompson, Michael Kruse, Calden Wojt) 1:51.80; 11. Marshfield (Colin Thomasgard, Jacob Dick, Alec Brenner, Ben Donahue) 2:01.37.
200 freestyle: 1. Cal Hartt (WWE) 1:53.07; 16. Donahue (MAR) 2:14.23; 18. Anthony Hartwig (MAR) 2:16.29; 23. Andrew Gilkerson (MAR) 2:25.45.
200 IM: 1. John Gahnz (GBU) 2:09.20; 9. Dick (MAR) 2;32.95; 11. Thompson (MAR) 2:34.99.
50 freestyle: 1. Danny Larson (WWE) 22.12; 8. Wojt (MAR) 24.70; 14. Kruse (MAR) 25.48; 25. Gilkerson (MAR) 29.76.
100 butterfly: 1. Holec (PLY) 54.88; 7. Kruse (MAR) 1:04.24; 12. Brenner (MAR) 1:08.59.
100 freestyle: 1. Larson (WWE) 48.05; 4. Engel (MAR) 53.04; 8. Wojt (MAR) 56.26; 16. Donahue (MAR) 57.63; 23. Thomasgard (MAR) 1:00.66.
500 freestyle: 1. Ben Schaefers (PLY) 5:23.31; 13. Zach Hanson (MAR) 6:10.78; 14. Hartwig (MAR) 6:15.39; 18. Ryan McLellan (MAR) 7:08.84; 19. Alex Wuethrick (MAR) 7:47.00.
200 freestyle relay: 1. Plymouth (Strutz, Halderson, Henning, Holec) 1:32.54; 10. Marshfield (Donahue, Thompson, Hanson, Brenner) 1:47.84; 15. Marshfield (Gilkerson, Eric Tollefson, Hartwig, Dick) 1:55.74.
100 backstroke: 1. Gahnz (GBU) 56.59; 6. Engel (MAR) 1:03.88; 15. Thomasgard (MAR) 1:10.81.
100 breaststroke: 1. Michael Pritchard (GBU) 1:05.29; 9. Thompson (MAR) 1:13.12; 18. Dick (MAR) 1:18.65; 25. Nick North (MAR) 1:25.58.
400 freestyle relay: 1. Wauwatosa West/East (Hartt, Caleb Vollmers, Brandon Toye, Larson) 3:32.38; 6. Marshfield (Kruse, Thomasgard, Engel, Wojt) 3:45.33; 13. Marshfield (Gilkerson, Hartwig, Tollefson, Hanson) 4:15.69.