Card swimming and diving: Rooney breaks record at Fergus Fals

The Alexandria swimming and diving team saw its seven-meet winning streak to start the season come to an end as Fergus Falls ran away with things 116-70 last Thursday night.

The Otters were dominant on this night, outscoring the Cardinals in 10 of the 12 events. Alexandria’s only wins came from Aaron Rooney in diving (288.75) and Chris Vogeler in the 50 freestyle (23.32). Rooney’s performance set another high mark as he broke the Fergus Falls pool record.

The Cardinals had three season bests on the night. Sean Norheim had the most notable time drop of 2.1 seconds in the 100 butterfly. Austin McCulloch improved his 200 freestyle time by .2 seconds, while Austin Biskey cut .4 seconds off his 100 backstroke time.

Alexandria will be back in action against another strong Central Lakes Conference team tomorrow, Thursday. The Cardinals will welcome the Section 8AA True Team champs, Brainerd, to town for Parents Night in what is the last home meet for Alexandria this season.

MEET RESULTS

Fergus Falls 116, Alexandria 70

ALEXANDRIA RESULTS – 200-MEDLEY RELAY – Austin Biskey, Elliot Jacobson, Bennett Freitag, Aaron Rooney – second place, 1:47.59; Bryce Bowser, John Vinje, Zach Cahlin, Jesse Hacker – fourth place, 1:58.36; Zac Bartolomeo, Anolfi Gustavo, Andrew Przybilla, Dalton Myhr – fifth place, 1:59.04

200 FREESTYLE – Kris Aaseng – second place, 1:57.55; Austin McCulloch – fourth place, 2:01.25; Aaron Pietrowski – sixth place, 2:09.97

200 IM – Biskey – fourth place, 2:23.69; Mark Kallevig – fifth place, 2:27.02; Bartolomeo – sixth place, 2:30.25

50 FREESTYLE – Chris Vogeler – first place, 23.32; Kyle Blank – fourth place, 24.79; Eric Moe – fifth place, 24.87

DIVING – Rooney – first place, 288.75; E. Jacobson – fourth place, 150.65; Gustavo – sixth place, 128.40

100 BUTTERFLY – Bennett Freitag – second place, 56.34; Kallevig – fifth place, 1:05.13; Norheim – sixth place, 1:05.82

100 FREESTYLE – Vogeler – second place, 52.11; Rooney – fourth place, 54.57; Moe – fifth place, 54.68

500 FREESTYLE – Aaseng – second place, 5:27.27; McCulloch – fourth place, 5:41.04; Pietrowski – fifth place, 5:47.24

200 FREESTYLE RELAY – Rooney, Moe, Freitag, Vogeler – second place, 1:34.86; Blank, Norheim, Cahlin, Vogeler – second place, 1: 42.92; Przybilla, E. Jacobson, Vinje, Myhr – fourth place, 1:44.16

100 BACKSTROKE – Biskey – third place, 1:02.50; Bartolomeo – fourth place, 1:04.52; Bowser – sixth place, 1:07.20

100 BREASTSTROKE – E. Jacobson – third place, 1:07.81; Vinje – fifth place, 1:13.36; Blank – sixth place, 1:14.19

400 FREESTYLE RELAY – Moe, Aaseng, Freitag, Vogeler – second place, 3:33.74; Biskey, McCulloch, Cahlin, Bowser – third place, 3:45.78; Bartolomeo, Kallevig, Jake Strand, Jesse Hacker – fifth place, 4:05.50

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