Posted: 1/11/06
Rangers take 6th at Maroon and Gold Invite
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Jeff Gort
Guest Writer
The Forest Lake High School boys swimming and diving team improved its dual meet and conference record to 1-1 after defeating Park (Cottage Grove) 92-89 in Cottage Grove last Thursday.
The Rangers dominated the meet placing first in 11 of the 12 events. Placing first place were: Jacob Waskey in the 200 yard freestyle (2:04.02), Elijah Miller in the 200 yard individual medley (2:13.81) and 100 yard breaststroke (1:08.81), John Goossens in the 50 yard freestyle (24.81) and 100 yard freestyle (53.65), Dillon Hudalla in diving (242.05), and Mark Sandager in the 100 yard butterfly (58.98) and 100 yard backstroke (59.78).
In addition, the 200 yard medley relay team of Mark Sandager, Tyler Sperry, Miller and Sam Gort (1:50.77), the 200 yard freestyle relay team of Peter Sandager, John Gavanda, Matt Elden and Waskey (1:39.71), and the 400 yard freestyle relay team of Scott Isaacson, Sperry, Clint Krummi and Waskey (3:52.10) also took first place.
The Rangers had second place finishes from Gavanda in the 50 yard freestyle (24.82), Sperry in the 100 yard butterfly (1:04.55), Peter Sandager in the 500 yard freestyle (5:44.83) and Gort in the 100 yard backstroke (1:03.54). Third place finishers were Krummi in the 200 yard freestyle (2:07.25), Elden in the 50 yard freestyle (25.31), and Gavanda in the 100 yard backstroke (1:08.97).
The remainder of the Rangers scoring came from fourth place finishes by Jeff Isaacson in diving (154.65), Elden in the 100 yard freestyle (56.86), Kevin Lalla in the 500 freestyle (6:01.00), and Sperry in the 100 yard breaststroke (1:14.05).
Following the meet Coach Deb Welch said, ěThe boys this season are motivating each other to be better, to step up and start being aggressive. Itís great to see the mindset that the team has this year. They are taking care of business as a team - not just as individuals. The improvements we are seeing are represented across the entire team, which will only help us in the long run. We as coaches are proud to see the fire in their eyes in pursuing the goal of bettering themselves each and every meet.î
Maroon and Gold Invite
On Saturday, Jan. 7, the Rangers traveled to the University of Minnesota for the Maroon and Gold Invitational. The Rangers finished the day sixth in the 13 team event.
Minot, North Dakota lead the meet with 1150 points followed by Fergus Falls 871, Mounds View 823, Rosemount 774, Eagan 654, and Forest Lake with 620. Behind Forest Lake were St. Cloud Tech 614, Robbinsdale Armstrong 592, Anoka 584, Chaska 550, Moorhead 502, Blaine 471, and River Falls, WI 405.
The Rangers had a single first place finish from Dillon Hudalla in diving with a score of 228.60. The Rangers had second place finishes from Mark Sandager in the 100 yard backstroke (57.63) and the 400 yard freestyle relay team of John Goossens, Elijah Miller, Mark Sandager and Sam Gort (3:29.52).
The Rangers had fifth place finishes by Gort in the 200 yard freestyle (1:51.83) and the 500 yard freestyle (5:11.48) and Mark Sandager in the 100 yard butterfly (58.36).
A seventh place finish was obtained by the 200 yard freestyle relay team of John Gavanda, Goossens, Jacob Waskey, and Gort (1:37.97) and tenth place was obtained by Waskey in the 100 yard freestyle in 53.88.
The Rangers host a dual meet at 6 p.m. with Roseville today, Thursday, and will attend the true team section meet at Northdale Middle School in Blaine on Saturday.
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