Packer relay team takes first in Maroon and Gold swim meet

Published 12:35 pm Sunday, January 3, 2016

The Austin boys swimming and diving team took eighth out of 14 teams at the Maroon and Gold Invite at the University of Minnesota Aquatic Center in Minneapolis Saturday.

The Packer 200-yard freestyle relay team of Seth Clasen, Ben Walker, Mitchell Mayer and Isaac Christopherson finished third and Christopherson took third in the 100-yard freestyle.

Austin had a team score of 565.5 and Chaska-Chanhassen took first with a 1,142.

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AUSTIN RESULTS

200-medley relay: Kaleb Blaser, Zach Newman, Mitchell Mayer, Aaron Knoll (19th, 1:54.48); 200-freestyle: Isaac Christopherson (sixth, 1:52.31); 200-individual medley: Ben Walker (ninth, 2:12.45); 50-freestyle: Seth Clasen (sixth, 23.12); Diving: Riley Norton (eighth, 161.15); 100-butterlfy: Ben Walker (fourth, 55.44); Seth Clasen (fifth, 56.45); 100-freestyle: Isaac Christopherson (third, 50.10); 500-freestyle: Ethan Thompson (18th, 5:32.44); 200-freestyle relay: Seth Clasen, Ben Walker, Mitchell Mayer, Isaac Christopherson (first, 1:32.24); 100-backstroke: Kaleb Blaser (31st, 1:06.49); 100-breaststroke: Zach Newman (28th, 1:14.55); 400-freestyle relay: Ben Walker, Seth Clasen, Mitchell Mayer, Isaac Christopherson (seventh, 3:26.72)