The Packers advanced two relay teams and two individuals to the finals at the Class A state swimming preliminaries in the University of Minnesota Aquatic Center in Minneapolis Friday.

The Austin 200-yard freestyle relay team of Seth Clasen, Ben Walker, Mitchell Mayer and Isaac Christopherson took a second off their seed time to take third in the prelims and they were within a couple of seconds of first place Saint Thomas Academy. The 400-yard freestyle relay team of Walker, Clasen, Mayer and Christopherson took a couple of seconds off their time to take sixth in the prelims.

Walker and Clasen advanced to the 100-butterfly finals and Walker broke his own school record with a time of 51.58 seconds that was nearly a second faster than his seed time.

Advancing to the consolation finals, were Austin’s 200-yard medley relay team of Kaleb Blaser, Zach Newman, Ben Walker and Mitchell Mayer, Christopherson in the 100-yard and 200-yard freestyles, Clasen in the 50-yard freestyle and Mayer in the 100-yard butterfly.

The finals and consolation finals will be held at the Aquatic Center noon Saturday.

AUSTIN RESULTS

200-medley relay: Kaleb Blaser, Zach Newman, Ben Walker, Mitchell Mayer (14th, 1:42.36)

200-freestyle: Isaac Christopherson (ninth, 1:46.80)

50-yard freestyle: Seth Clasen (14th, 22.32)

100-butterfly: Ben Walker (third, 51.58); Seth Clasen (eighth, 53.11); Mitchell Mayer (13th, 54.34)

100-freestyle: Isaac Christopherson (11th, 48.61)

200-freestyle relay: Seth Clasen, Ben Walker, Mitchell Mayer, Isaac Christopherson (third, 1:28.22)

400-freestyle relay: Ben Walker, Seth Clasen, Mitchell Mayer, Isaac Christopherson (sixth, 3:16.28)