Spartan swim team falls to Menomonie

Superior Telegram

The Superior High School boys swimming and diving team kicked off its season Tuesday with a home meet against Menomonie. The winner wasn’t determined until the final event, when Menomonie out-touched Superior in the 400 freestyle relay to win 93-87.

“It came down to the last relay,” said George Lehman, SHS head coach. “It was really kind of exciting.”

The Spartans won five of the 12 events they competed in Tuesday. Andrew Eisenmann led the way, winning the 50 freestyle and 100 freestyle in personal best times. Aaron Christner added another first place finish for Superior in the 100 butterfly and took second in the 200 individual medley.

Superior also claimed a pair of relay wins, finishing about a second ahead of Menomonie in the 200 medley relay and also winning the 200 freestyle relay.

“For having graduated so many people — about half the team had not swam before — our younger guys really came through and swam well,” Lehman said.

Menomonie 93, Superior 87

(Winners plus SHS)

200 medley relay—1. SHS A (Matt Little, Cameron Gray, Aaron Christner, Andrew Eisenmann), 1:56.99; 3. SHS B (Tyler Kiel, Logan Kittleson, Dustin Gilbertson, Eric Rasmussen), 2:06.13; 5. SHS C (Brody Gordon, Morgan Moen, Andrew Roske, Ali Maamoun), 2:14.40

200 freestyle—1. Ben Challe, M, 2:14.42; 2. Kittleson, SHS, 2:17.93; 3. Zach Grymala, SHS, 2:25.46; 5. Jacob McGraw, SHS, 2:29.81.

200 individual medley—1. Kevin Challe, M, 2:20.54; 2. Christner, SHS, 2:24.97; 5. Gray, SHS, 2:44.06; 6. Little, SHS, 2:45.50; Ex. Moen, S, 2:56.88.

50 freestyle—1. Eisenmann, SHS, 23.39; 3. D. Gilbertson, SHS, 26.06; 5. Roske, SHS, 26.99; 7. Maamoun, SHS, 29.35; 9. Alan Dahl, SHS, 32.04; 10. Steven Camp, SHS, 32.35; 11. Dan Lewandowski, SHS, 33.68; 12. A. Erickson, SHS, 37.02; Ex. Nicholas Gilbertson, SHS, 29.06.

1-meter diving—1. Nickolas Erb, M, 162.65; 2. Tyler Bettschen, SHS, 115.30.

100 butterfly—1. Christner, SHS, 1:04.52; 5. Kiel, SHS, 1;26.48.

100 freestyle—1. Eisenmann, SHS, 51.32; 3. D. Gilbertson, SHS, 59.10; 6. Rasmussen, SHS, 1:03.65; 9. Maamoun, SHS, 1:13.74; 10. Lewandowski, SHS, 1:15.75; 11. Gordon, SHS, 1:17.57; 12. Dahl, SHS, 1:18.36; 13. Camp, SHS, 1:27.88; 14. Erickson, SHS, 1:28.42; Ex. N. Gilbertson, SHS, 1:09.98.

500 freestyle—1. Thomas Olson, M, 5:49.57; 3. McGraw, SHS, 6:56.17; 4. Grymala, SHS, 6:59.57; 5. Bettschen, SHS, 7:00.78.

200 freestyle relay—1. SHS A (Kittleson, D. Gilbertson, Kiel, Roske), 1:46.99; 3. SHS B (Gray, Rasmussen, McGraw, N. Gilbertson), 2:00.55; 5. SHS C (Lewandowski, Dahl, Camp, Erickson), 2:22.83.

100 backstroke—1. Giovanni Mendes, M, 1:08.90; 2. Little, SHS, 1:14.95; 3. Kiel, SHS, 1:15.23; 6. Gordon, SHS, 1:27.76,

100 breaststroke—1. Bobby Tronnier, M, 1:18.86; 2. Gray, SHS, 1:19.71; 4. Moen, SHS, 1:22.18; 5. Kittleson, SHS, 1:24.10; Ex. Rasmussen, SHS, 1:24.19.

400 freestyle relay—1. Menomonie A (Mendes, Colin Trimble, Olson, K. Challe), 3:53.79; 2. SHS A (Eisenmann, Roske, Christner, Little), 3:55.36; 4. SHS B (Bettschen, Maamoun, McGraw, Grymala), 4:36.67; 6. SHS C (Lewandowski, Dahl, Camp, Erickson), 5:38.31.

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