Todd Fritze was able to move members of the Park Rapids boys swimming and diving team into different events in a dominating dual win over Perham Thursday night at the Area High School pool.
Matthew Benson, Tyler Breitweser, Bobby Bruce and Andrew Zinke opened the meet by winning the 200-yard medley relay in 2:03.77 while Hunter Utke, Sam Eystad, Zach Behrens and Jack Walsh followed in 2:11.34.
Bruce won the 200 freestyle in 2:09.65 and Spencer Fritze was second in 2:09.96 before Behrens (in 2:26.29) and Breitweser (in 2:26.80) went 1-2 in the 200 individual relay.
After James Utke clocked a runner-up 27.63 in the 50 freestyle, Fritze (with 228.90 points), Tyler Breitweser (with 167.25 points) and Seth Breitweser (with 128.45 points) went 1-2-3 in diving.
Benson (with a 1:03.95) and Hunter Utke (with a 1:08.13) led the way in the 100 butterfly before Eystad clocked a runner-up 1:01.08 in the 100 freestyle.
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Bruce clocked a winning time of 6:13.08 and James Utke (with a 6:22.17) and Kaleb Carlson (with a 7:12.17) followed as the Panthers went 1-2-3 in the 500 freestyle.
Fritze, James Utke, Zinke and Bruce won the 200 freestyle relay in 1:49.72 while Hunter Utke and Bradley Graham went 1-2 in the 100 backstroke with respective times of 1:09.54 and 1:14.15.
Behrens (with a 1:19.98), Zinke (with a 1:22.54) and Casmir Simonson (with a 1:22.76) went 1-2-3 in the 100 breaststroke before Fritze, James Utke, Jack Bateman and Benson (with a 4:02.76) and Huot, Graham, Simonson and Behrens (with a 4:11.79) went 1-2 in the 400 freestyle relay.
The Yellowjackets swam most of their younger swimmers in the junior varsity races.
Park Rapids 135, Perham 26
200 medley relay: 1, Park Rapids (Matt Benson, T. Breitweser, B. Bruce, Zinke), 2:03.77. 2, Park Rapids (H. Utke, Eystad, Behrens, J. Walsh), 2:11.34. 3, Park Rapids (Huot, Bateman, Graham, T. Walsh), 2:15.15. JV: Park Rapids (Z. Fritze, Carlson, Raidt, Wattenhofer), 2:21.44; Park Rapids (Marcus Benson, D. Walsh, Vanbatavia, Backmann), 2:27.72.
200 freestyle: 1, B. Bruce, PR, 2:09.55. 2, S. Fritze, PR, 2:09.96. 3, Beach, P, 2:35.41. 4, Cullen, P, 2:36.97. JV: Huot, PR, 2:27.18; M. Bruce, PR, 2:37.83; Vanbatavia, PR, 2:39.05.
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200 individual medley: 1, Behrens, PR, 2:26.29. 2, T. Breitweser, PR, 2:26.80. JV: Raidt, PR, 2:51.49; Z. Fritze, PR, 2:55.84; D. Walsh, PR, 3:02.35.
50 freestyle: 1, Murphy, P, 24.85. 2, J. Utke, PR, 27.63. 3, Zinke, PR, 29.55. 4, Carlson, PR, 31.20. JV: T. Walsh, PR, 28.74; J. Walsh, PR, 30.85; Wattenhofer, PR, 40.54.
Diving: 1, S. Fritze, PR, 228.90 points. 2, T. Breitweser, PR, 167.25. 3, S. Breitweser, PR, 128.45.
100 butterfly: 1, Matt Benson, PR, 1:03.95. 2, H. Utke, PR, 1:08.13. 3, Cullen, P, 1:22.84. JV: Marcus Benson, PR, 1:24.46.
100 freestyle: 1, Murphy, P, 55.34. 2, Eystad, PR, 1:01.08. 3, Graham, PR, 1:02.56. 4, T. Walsh, PR, 1:03.64. JV: M. Bruce, PR, 1:08.35; Rugroden, PR, 1:16.47; Backmann, PR, 1:18.13.
500 freestyle: 1, B. Bruce, PR, 6:13.08. 2, J. Utke, PR, 6:22.17. 3, Carlson, PR, 7:12.17. JV: Bateman, PR, 6:42.66; Raidt, PR, 7:23.39; D. Walsh, PR, 7:46.39.
200 freestyle relay: 1, Park Rapids (S. Fritze, J. Utke, Zinke, B. Bruce), 1:49.72. 2, Perham, 1:54.55. 3, Park Rapids (Eystad, Simonson, Huot, Carlson), 1:56.94. 4, Park Rapids (Bateman, Raidt, J. Walsh, T. Walsh), 2:01.20. JV: Park Rapids (Marcus Benson, Rugroden, Backmann, Z. Fritze), 2:11.04; Park Rapids (Vanbatavia, Wattenhofer, D. Walsh, M. Bruce), 2:11.50.
100 backstroke: 1, H. Utke, PR, 1:09.54. 2, Graham, PR, 1:14.15. JV: Marcus Benson, PR, 1:19.96; S. Breitweser, PR, 1:20.25; Wattenhofer, PR, 2:04.36.
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100 breaststroke: 1, Behrens, PR, 1:19.98. 2, Zinke, PR, 1:22.54. 3, Simonson, PR, 1:22.76. 4, Beach, P, 1:29.70. JV: Vanbatavia, PR, 1:33.47; Rugroden, PR, 1:40.26.
400 freestyle relay: 1, Park Rapids (S. Fritze, J. Utke, Bateman, Matt Benson), 4:02.76. 2, Park Rapids (Huot, Graham, Simonson, Behrens), 4:11.79. 3, Park Rapids (T. Breitweser, J. Walsh, Eystad, H. Utke), 4:12.05. 4, Perham, 4:32.20. 5, Park Rapids (M. Bruce, Rugroden, Backmann, S. Breitweser), 5:01.93. 6, Perham, 5:29.25.
