Swimmmers place 13th
Published 9:24 am Monday, December 17, 2012
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Travis Nemac swims in the 400-yard freestyle relay for the Tigers on Saturday. The team placed 11th. --Brandi Hagen/Albert Lea Tribune
The Albert Lea boys’ swimming and diving team placed 13th at the Tiger Relay Invitational that they hosted Saturday with a score of 64.
Lakeville North won the meet with a score of 159.
“I thought we were much improved over last year,” Tigers’ head coach Jon Schmitz said.
He added that the meet is a good experience for his small, young team to see other swimmers and see what they need to do to improve themselves.
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Kyle Zogg dives into the water during the third round of diving Saturday. --Brandi Hagen/Albert Lea Tribune
Kyle Zogg placed 10th in the diving portion of the meet with a score of 147.35. Faribault won with a score of 616.35.
In the 200-yard medley relay, the team of Corbin Schultz, Zogg, Preston Smith and Larry Holcomb placed 10th with a time of 1 minute, 53.71 seconds.
In the 600-yard freestyle relay the Tigers’ team of Daniel Gould, Luke Sunblad and Kendrick Fjeldberg placed 12th with a time of 6:45.20.
The Tigers’ also took 12th in the 300-yard medley relay with a time of 3:33.03. The team was made up of Holcomb, Simith and Travis Nemec.
In the 200-yard freestyle the Albert Lea team of Andrew Field, Ryan Nelson, Aaron Zogg and Esteban Johnson placed 13th with a time of 2:09.47.
In the 850-yard freestyle crescendo relay the Tigers placed 10th with a time of 9:43.53. The team was made up of Field, Johnson, Sunblad and Gould.
In the 300-yard butterfly relay the Tigers had their highest finish with a time of 3:20.71 for eighth place. The team was Schultz, Fjeldberg and Smith.
Albert Lea had three 11th place finishes. The races were the 300-yard backstroke relay, 300-yard breaststroke relay and the 400-yard freestyle relay.
In the 300-yard breaststroke Kyle Zogg, Gould and Aaron Zogg had a time of 4:01.11.
In the 300-yard backstroke Schultz, Nemec and Fjeldberg finished with a time of 3:39.05 and in the 400-yard freestyle, Holcomb, Sunblad and Johnson finished with a time of 4:18.32.