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HUDSON – Marshfield divers Alik Martin and Shaun Hunter, as well as the Tigers’ 200-yard freestyle relay team, are moving on to the state meet after earning high finishes at the WIAA Division 1 Boys Swimming and Diving Sectional on Friday and Saturday at Hudson Middle School.
In the diving competition Friday night, Martin finished second with a new school record of 450.85 points, and Hunter was sixth with 350.75 points to earn spots at the 2023 WIAA State Boys Swimming and Diving Championships next Saturday, Feb. 18, at Waukesha South High School.
Also qualifying for state for the Tigers was the 200 freestyle relay team of Simon Dagit, Carson Klumb, Kyle Berres and Henry Hilbelink, which finished fourth in 1:33.00. This is the second time in three seasons Marshfield has had a 200 freestyle relay team qualify for state, the last time including Berres as well. The team of Ethan Dagit, Myles Jensen, Berres and Sander Marty finished 20th at the state meet in 2021.
Berres also just missed out on a pair of individual state qualifications as he took fourth in the 50 freestyle in 22.32 seconds, missing the state standard by just 9/100th of a second, and was fourth in the 100 freestyle in 48.73 seconds, finshing just 3/10th of a second shy of a state berth.
WIAA Division 1 Boys Swimming & Diving Sectional
Feb. 10-11, at Hudson Middle School
Team scores: 1. Hudson 379; 2. D.C. Everest 323; 3. Eau Claire Memorial/North 285; 4. Stevens Point 257; 5. River Falls 248; 6. Marshfield 215; 7. Chippewa Falls/McDonell 126; 8. Superior/Northwestern 118; 9. Onalaska/Holmen/Aquinas 92; 10. La Crosse Central/Logan 74; 11. Wisconsin Rapids 70.
Winners and Marshfield finishers
Diving: 1. Jackson Rodriguez (HUD) 558.55; 2. Alik Martin (MAR) 450.85; 6. Shaun Hunter (MAR) 350.75; 10. Michael Dick (MAR) 274.60.
200 medley relay: 1. D.C. Everest (Will Van Ermen, Adam Swedlund, Keaton Barwick, Camden Barwick) 1:38.24; 6. Marshfield (Hayden Nelson, Dick, Simon Dagit, Zander Edmundson) 1:49.98.
200 freestyle: 1. Andrew Hanson (HUD) 1:39.20; 9. Carson Klumb (MAR) 1:58.50; 16. Edmundson (MAR) 2:06.17.
200 individual medley: 1. Taylor Matter (RF) 2:00.59; 10. Henry Hilbelink (MAR) 2:24.21; 11. Kevin Buth (MAR) 2:24.34.
50 freestyle: 1. C. Barwick (DC) 21.61; 4. Kyle Berres (MAR) 22.32.
100 butterfly: 1. William Gargulak (SP) 52.80; 6. Dagit (MAR) 55.25; 16. Buth (MAR) 1:09.98.
100 freestyle: 1. David Mayer (DC) 46.90; 4. Kyle Berres (MAR) 48.73; 11. Hilbelink (MAR) 53.54; 16. Edmundson (MAR) 54.69.
500 freestyle: 1. Hanson (HUD) 4:34.78; 14. Carlos Koehn (MAR) 5:48.75.
200 freestyle relay: 1. D.C. Everest (C. Barwick, K. Barwick, Blake Beatty, Mayer) 1:25.81; 4. Marshfield (Dagit, Klumb, Hilbelink, Berres) 1:33.00.
100 backstroke: 1. Van Ermen (DC) 53.78; 13. Nelson (MAR) 1:05.38.
100 breaststroke: 1. Brady Wainionpaa (HUD) 58.57; 12. Dagit (MAR) 1:08.54; 15. Dick (MAR) 1:10.27.
400 freestyle relay: 1. Hudson (Jerett Maalis, Eli Ramthun, Benjamin Weaver, Hanson) 3:16.85; 4. Marshfield (Edmundson, Klumb, Hilbelink, Berres) 3:30.65.