Decorah finishes fifth at Marcussen invite

By Becky Walz,

Monday, December 13, 2021 2:51 pm

It was another Saturday and another invite for the Decorah swim team as the Vikings competed at the Marcussen Invite, hosted by Cedar Falls Saturday. They put up 280 points to finish fifth overall. 
The Vikings were led by a couple of fourth place finishes among the stiff competition. Leading off the day, the 200 medley relay quartet of Drew Chamberlain, Isaac Knaack, James VanderVelden and Simon Kutz cruised through the water to a combined time of 1:46.82. Chamberlain claimed the other fourth-place finish in the 100 backstroke in 57.22 seconds.
Chamberlain also picked up fifth-place points in the 200 free, posting a time of 1:55.41, while the 200 free relay team finished fifth. Members of the relay combining for a time of 1:41.64, were John Starrett, Dominic Bigalk, Quinn Baumann and Doug Bentley.
The Vikings host the only home meet of the season Friday, Dec. 17, against Grinnell, Mason City, Vinton-Shellsburg and Waterloo West at the Luther pool at 6 p.m. It is the final event before the holiday break.

Marcussen Invite team scores
1. PVHS 564; 2. Dowling Catholic 451; 3. Cedar Falls 373; 4. Cedar Rapids Jefferson 321; 5. Decorah 280; 6. Mason City 112

Individual results
200 medley relay – 4. Drew Chamberlain, Isaac Knaack, James VanderVelden, Simon Kutz, 1:46.82; 9. Dylan Hogan, Mason Cote, Gareth Sweet, Quinn Baumann, 1:56.82
200 free – 5. Chamberlain, 1:55.41; 10. Dominic Bigalk, 2:01.75; 11. Sweet, 2:04.17; Exh. Reid Kuehner, 2:11.21; Exh. Landyn Hook, 2:33.71
200 IM – 7. Kutz, 2:17.27; 14. Ericson, 2:54.74; Exh. VanderVelden, 2:30.04; Exh. Hogan, 2:43.97
50 free – 12. Doug Bentley, 25.94; 14. Baumann, 25.99; 16. Adam Jones, 26.85; 19. Davis Coppola, 30.52; Exh. Ezra Vorvick, 36.14
100 fly – 7. Sweet, 1:02.43; 8. Kutz, 1:03.30; 10. Nat Roberts, 1:09.25; Exh. Kuehner, 1:07.25
100 free – 13. John Starrett, 56.81; 14. Doug Bentley, 1:00.71; 18. Isaac Ericson, 1:04.86; Exh. August Witt, 1:09.21; Exh. Oliver Brummel, 1:13.84
500 free – 9. Bigalk, 5:31.79; 11. Knaack, 5:38.96; 12. Cote, 5:40.80; 19. Hogan, 6:54.35
200 free relay – 5. Starrett, Bigalk, Baumann, Bentley, 1:41.64; 10. VanderVelden, Jones, Hogan Smith, Hogan, 1:47.03
100 back – 4. Chamberlain, 57.22; 13. Baumann, 1:09.57; 19. Tommy Hammel, 1:28.31; Exh. Jones, 1:16.42; Exh. Smith, 1:25.00
100 breast – 7. Knaack, 1:08.66; 10. Cote, 1:11.50; 13. VanderVelden, 1:13.71; 19. Hook, 1:39.81
400 free relay – 6. Kutz, Sweet, Knaack, Chamberlain, 3:39.40; 10. Kuehner, Bentley, Hook, Bigalk, 4:03.26

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