Packers win home meet

Published 9:23 am Monday, January 6, 2014

Austin’s Ben Carroll swims in the 200 yard individual medley Saturday during the Packer Invitational at Bud Higgins Pool. Eric Johnson/photodesk@austindailyherald.com

Austin’s Ben Carroll swims in the 200 yard individual medley Saturday during the Packer Invitational at Bud Higgins Pool. Eric Johnson/photodesk@austindailyherald.com

The Packers took first place out of nine teams at their home swimming and diving meet at Bud Higgins Pool Saturday.

Austin tallied a team score of 418 to beat out second-place Rochester John Marshall, which had team score of 343.

Austin’s Craig Heimark won the 200-yard freestyle, Ian Christopherson won the 50-yard freestyle, Alec Anderson took first in diving and Seth Clasen won the 100-yard butterfly

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The 200-yard freestyle relay team of Heimark, Seth Clasen, Sawyer Myers and Ian Christopherson took first and the 400-yard freestyle relay team of Heimark, Isaac Christopherson, Myers and Ian Christopherson took first.

 AUSTIN RESULTS

200-medley relay: Ben Walker, Andrew Baker, Seth Clasen, Ben Carroll (seventh, 1:52.66)

200-freestyle: Craig Heimark (first, 1:49.64); Isaac Christopherson (sixth,1:56.59)

200-individual medley: Sawyer Myers (sixth, 2:21.39); Ben Carroll (14th, 2:24.79)

50-freestyle (Ian Christopherson (first, 22.62); Matthew Knoll (13th, 24.53)

Diving: Alec Anderson (first, 319.95)

100-butterly: Seth Clasen (first, 58.14); Ben Walker (third, 58.32)

100-freestyle: Ian Christopherson (second, 50.89); Craig Heimark (fifth, 52.00)

500-freestyle: Sawyer Myers (third, 5:12.39); Isaac Christopherson (fifth, 5:23.06)

200-freestyle relay: Craig Heimark, Seth Clasen, Sawyer Myers, Ian Christopherson (first, 1:34.25); Matthew Knoll, Ben Carroll, Mitchell Mayer, Isaac Christopherson (sixth, 1:37.90)

100-backstroke: Ben Walker (ninth, 1:02.18); Sam Clasen (13th, 1:05.91)

100-breaststroke: Andrew Baker (12th, 1:13.56); Matthew Knoll (14th, 1:14.37)

400-freestyle relay: Craig Heimark, Isaac Christopherson, Sawyer Myers, Ian Christopherson (first, 3:25.26); Ben Walker, Giancarlo Marconi, Sam Clasen, Matthew Knoll (eighth, 3:47,79)

Austin’s Craig Heimark swims in the 200 yard freestyle Saturday during the Packer Invitational.

Austin’s Craig Heimark swims in the 200 yard freestyle Saturday during the Packer Invitational.