By Becky Walz,
It’s been a long couple of weeks for the Decorah boys swim team, but one wouldn’t know it when they see Saturday’s finishes at the Rusty Garst Invite. As the squad, the Vikings were the team runner-up with 225 points behind Sioux City who tallied 296.
“This team continues to swim strong. It is that time of the season where we are competing on tired bodies — longer practices, four away meets in 11 days including 18 hours of bus travel time. We had significant time drops in two of the three relays plus 14 individual season best performances,” noted Coach Loran Storts.
Three events finished second for Decorah including two individuals. Dom Bigalk won silver in the longest event of the day — the 500 freestyle in 5:18.98. Isaac Knaack was also an individual runner-up in the 100 backstroke with a time of 58.12 seconds. Joining in the success with a time of 1:34.38 was the 200 freestyle relay quartet of Knaack, Simon Kutz, Quinn Baumann and Dylan Hogan.
The other two relays finished third. In the 200 medley relay it was Knaack, Mason Cote, Kutz and Hogan combining for a time of 1:45.71. Kutz, Doug Bentley, John Starrett and Bigalk combined their efforts in the 400 freestyle relay for third in 3:39.78.
The Vikes are at Linn-Mar Tuesday, Jan. 17, for a triangular with Iowa City City High and Linn-Mar at 6 p.m.
Rusty Garst Invite team scores
1. Sioux City 296; 2. Decorah 225; 3. Carroll 177; 4. Newton 155; 5. Fort Dodge 115; 6. Waterloo 104; 7. Atlantic 85; 8. Spencer 55
Varsity race results
200 medley relay – 3. Isaac Knaack, Mason Cote, Simon Kutz, Dylan Hogan, 1:45.71
200 free – 6. Cote 2:02.74; 12. Max Grimstad 2:16.67; 13. Will Robinson 2:16.80
200 IM – 4. Reid Kuehner 2:21.08; 6. James Vander Velden 2:22.69; 12. Adam Jones 2:35.61
50 free – 4. Hogan 24.07; 6. John Starrett 24.79; 7. Quinn Baumann 24.81
100 fly – 7. Gareth Sweet 1:00.05; 9. Starrett 1:04.84; 15. Jones 1:10.13
100 free – 4. Knaack 50.41; 9. Kutz 53.81; 13. Ian Giddings 58.62
500 free – 2. Dom Bigalk 5:18.98; 10. Grimstad 6:18.18
200 free relay – 2. Knaack, Kutz, Baumann, Hogan, 1:34.38
100 back – 2. Knaack 58.12; 5. Cote 1:02.10; 9. Sweet 1:05.11
100 breast – 5. Kuehner 1:10.96; 6. Hogan 1:11.64; 8. Vander Velden 1:12.65
400 free relay – 3. Kutz, Doug Bentley, Starrett, Bigalk, 3:39.78
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