SARTELL-Gunnar Niemeyer and Preston Owen both captured Central Lakes Conference individual championships and the Brainerd Warriors placed second in the conference Saturday.
Niemeyer won the 100-meter butterfly and was third in the 50 freestyle. Preston Owen owned the 100 backstroke and was second in the 100 free.
Those two along with Michael Bylander and Griffin Blegen finished second in the medley relay. They trailed first-place Sartell by 1/100th of a second.
Bylander finished second in the 200 individual medley and was third in the 100 breaststroke.
The 200 free relay of Owen, Bylander, Niemeyer and Blegen was 2/10ths of a second from second place.
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The top three individuals in each event earn all-conference, while places 4-6 earn honorable mention.
The top two relays are all-conference with third place earning honorable mention designation.
Blegen was sixth in the 50 freestyle and placed seventh in the 100 free.
All three Warrior backstrokers earned honors. Following Owens' first, freshman Tristan Dawson was fifth and Andy Dillon placed sixth.
Team scores: 1-Sartell 516.50, 2-Brainerd 435, 3-Alexandria 326.50, 4-Sauk Rapids-Rice 258, 5-St. Cloud Tech 224, 6-Willmar 211, 7-Fergus Falls 189, 8-St. Cloud Apollo-Rocori 155
200 medley relay: 1-Sartell 1:41.84; 2-Brainerd (Preston Owen, Michael Bylander, Gunnar Niemeyer, Griffin Blegen) 1:41.85; 6-Brainerd (Tristan Dawson, Cody Evans, Andy Dillon, Riley Backstrom) 1:49.01
200 freestyle: 1-Patrick Chromey (Alex) 1:48.77, 10-Eric Rude (B) 1:57.73, 12-Pierce Solseth (B) 1:59.02,14-Charlie Rude (B) 2:01.22, 16-Mason Kuepers (B) 2:01.30
200 individual medley: 1-Mack Sathre (Sar) 2:01.29, 2-Bylander 2:05.73, 8-Dillon 2:16.42, 11-Cade Rosenwald (B) 2:19.20, 16-Evans 2:25.38
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50 freestyle: 1-Kevin Heller (Tech) 22:05, 3-Niemeyer 23.06, 6-Blegen 23.36, 15-Backstrom 24.54, 16-Dylan Paulson (B) 24.59
Diving: 1-Jack Grabinski (SR) 445.70, 7-Tim Whiteman (B) 320.75, 8-Cruz Lemmerhirt (B)) 311.55, 9-Blake Cummings (B) 309.70, 10-Izaac Herrlich 295.00
100 butterfly: 1-Niemeyer 54.99, 9-Dawson 1:00.85, 11-Solseth 1:02.07, 14-Rosenwald 1:03.67
100 freestyle: 1-Dylan Plemel (Sar) 49.08, 2-Owen 49.89, 7-Blegen 50.87, 15-Paulson 53.94, 18-Backstrom 54.31
500 freestyle: 1-Benjamin Hoffmann (Tech) 5:05.07, 10-E. Rude 5:21.94, 12-Kuepers 5:27.10, 15-C. Rude 5:31.77, 22-Tennyson Kelm (B) 5:48.37
200 freestyle relay: 1-Sartell 1:30.73; 3-Brainerd (Owen, Bylander, Niemeyer, Blegen) 1:30.93; 9-Brainerd (Paulson, Oliver Knudson, Solseth, E. Rude) 1:39.26
100 backstroke: 1-Owen 56.57, 5-Dawson 1:00.38, 6-Dillon 1:01.27,
100 breaststroke: 1-Nick Chromey (ALex) 1:00.56, 3-Bylander 1:03.82, 8-Evans 1:10.71, 10-Jacob VanRisseghem (B) 1:12.56, 16-Parker Tatge (B) 1:15.28
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400 freestyle relay: 1-Alexandria 3:20.30; 7-Brainerd (Backstrom, Dawson, Paulson,Dillon) 3:35.04; 11-Brainerd (Knudson, C. Rude, E. Rude, Solseth) 3:42.97
Next: Brainerd in Section 8-2A meet at St. Cloud Tech 5 p.m. Feb. 23.
