Vikings are best of NCSC…for fifth straight season

By Becky Walz,

Monday, January 30, 2023 9:29 pm

Saturday marked the fifth North Central Swim Conference title in a row for the Decorah boys’ swim team. The Vikes traveled to Cedar Rapids to compete in the championships where they tallied 479 points, which included 11 top-three placings. Vinton-Shellsburg was a distant second with 357 points.
“I am so proud of the way the boys swam — from our freshman scoring points to the depth of our relays — this was truly a team win for the Vikings. For the season, we had a record of 30-7,” said Coach Loran Storts.
Decorah had one individual champion winning two events. Dom Bigalk claimed the 200 freestyle in 1:56.48 and touched the wall first in the 500 freestyle in 5:20.60.
One relay also won gold — the 200 freestyle relay of Isaac Knaack, Dylan Hogan, John Starrett and Simon Kutz. The quartet combined for the winning time of 1:33.68.
Two events earned silver including the 200 medley relay. Combining for a time of 1:47.01 were Knaack, Mason Cote, Kutz and Hogan. Knaack was also an individual runner-up in the 100 backstroke in 58.33 seconds.
Bringing home third was Cote in the 200 freestyle, Cote in the 500 freestyle, Reid Kuehner in the 200 individual medley, Knaack in the 50 freestyle, Gareth Sweet in the 100 butterfly and the 400 free relay of Kutz, Starrett, Cote and Bigalk.

All down to this
   The boys district swim meet is set for Saturday, Feb. 4, at 12 p.m.
Decorah will swim at Dubuque Senior and will compete against Cedar Falls, Clinton, Dubuque Hempstead, Dubuque Senior, Iowa City West, Vinton-Shellsburg and Waterloo.

North Central Swim Conference Team scores
1. Decorah 479; 2. Vinton-Shellsburg 357; 3. Newton 352; 4. Boone 326; 5. Williamsburg 246; 6. Grinnell 185; 7. Oskaloosa 155; 8. Centerville 92

Varsity race results
200 medley relay – 2. Isaac Knaack, Mason Cote, Simon Kutz, Dylan Hogan, 1:47.01
200 free – 1. Dom Bigalk 1:56.48; 3. Cote 2:00.33; 10. Will Robinson 2:17.69
200 IM – 3. Reid Kuehner 2:19.98; 4. James Vander Velden 2:19.99; 11. Adam Jones 2:33.41
50 free – 3. Knaack 23.12; 5. John Starrett 23.94; 5. Hogan 23.96
100 fly – 3. Gareth Sweet 1:00.21; 4. Kutz 1:00.65; 7. Starrett 1:05.05
100 free – 5. Hogan 54.94; 12. Ian Giddings 57.28; 13. Jones 58.53
500 free – 1. Bigalk 5:20.60; 3. Cote 5:24.57; 8. Max Grimstad 6:07.27
200 free relay – 1. Knaack, Hogan, Starrett, Kutz, 1:33.68; 5. Quinn Baumann, Giddings, Bigalk, Kuehner, 1:37.97; 18. Kyle Pattison, Oliver Bollinger, Levi Abbott, Andrew Olson, 2:05.43
100 back – 2. Knaack 58.33; 9. Sweet 1:05.35; 11. Grimstad 1:10.72
100 breast – 6. Kuehner 1:10.16; 7. Vander Velden 1:11.46; 13. Robinson 1:17.25
400 free relay – 3. Kutz, Starrett, Cote, Bigalk, 3:34.35; 7. Sweet, Giddings, Kuehner, Vander Velden 3:46.27; 15. Olson, Grimstad, Oliver Brummel, Robinson, 4:32.94

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