By Chad Koenen

Publisher

Alex Mack took first place in the 100-yard butterfly at the Uvaas Otter Invite in Fergus Falls. The event was held on Saturday and featured four teams.

Mack narrowly edged Lucas Tuel of Fergus Falls by just .73 seconds. He finished with a time of 1:06.23. 

Mack, who attends New York Mills High School, was also a part of the fourth place 200-yard freestyle relay team. The team finished with a time of 1:50.72. 

The Detroit Lakes Lakers, which features swimmers from Detroit Lakes, Frazee, Perham and New York Mills, took first place with a team score of 521.5, while Fergus Falls took second place with 473 points. Morris Area took third place with 211 points and Thief River Falls took fourth place with a score of 149.5. 

Fergus Falls HS

December 9, 2023

200 Medley Relay: 1. Ryan Erickson, Zane Roberts, Bjorn Anderson, Blake Swenson 1:51.46, 5. Tony McLeod, Dominic Rootham, Henry Mathiason, Andrew Barberg 2:21.02

200 Freestyle: 3. Micah Barberg 2:13.38, 5. Tony McLeod 2:23.74, 9. Liam Bennett 3:27.46

100 IM: 2. Ryan Erickson 1:02.09

200 IM: 1. Bjorn Anderson 2:30.64, 2. Ben Mathiason 2:34.96

50 Freestyle: 1. Blake Swenson 23.47, 9. Henry Mathiason 28.16, 10. Brian Morrison 28.38, 12. Hunter Zehnacker 29.40, 13. Kase Benson 29.72, 17. Simon Runyan 31.07, 19. Noel Avery 32.25, 22. Caden Qualley 35.48, 23. Ethan Johnson 36.65, 26. Zac Westholter 38.62, 27. Duke Zehnacker 38.79, 31. Ethan Hendrickson 46.37

Diving: 1. Lane Yliniemi 171.80, 3. Lucas Lundberg 162.30, 4. Neil Trowbridge 142.10, 5. Carson Jensen 141.85, 7. Hunter Zehnacker 129.50

50 Butterfly: 1. Ryan Erickson 26.66, Zane Roberts 29.30, Isak Qualley 46.60

100 Buttefly: Alex Mack 1:06.23

100 Freestyle: 2. Brian Morrison 1:02.59, 3. Andrew Barberg 1:05.39, Henry Mathiason 1:06.63, 6. Dominic Rootham 1:09.37, 7. Simon Rundman 1:09.93, 9. Kase Benson 1:11.38, 13. Noel Avery 1:13.87, 18. Ethan Johnson 1:23.96, 20. Duke Zehnacker 1:29.88

500 Freestyle: 6. Tony McLeod 6:56.42, 7. Liam Bennet 8:54.92

200 Freestyle Relay: 4. Bjorn Anderson, Brian Morrison, Ben Mathiason, Alex Mack 1:50.72, 6. Andrew Barberg, Dominic Rootham, Hunter Zehnacker, Tony McLeod 1:58.76, 8. Henry Mathiason, Simon Runyan, Caden Qualley, Isak Qualley 2:11.13, 10. Zac Westholter, Liam Bennett, Ethan Johnson, Kase Benson 2:27.62

50 Backstroke: 1. Isak Qualley 42.63, 4. Caden Qualley 49.23

100 Backstroke: 1. Blake Swenson 59.25, 3. Micah Barberg 1:05.82, 15. Andrew Barberg 1:30.54

50 Breaststroke: 1. Dominic Rootham 39.97, 3. Zac Westholter 43.90

100 Breaststroke: 1. Zane Roberts 1:10.57, 5. Bjorn Anderson 1:16.62, 6. Ben Mathiason 1:17.19

400 Freestyle Relay: 1. Blake Swenson, Micah Barberg, Zane Roberts, Ryan Erickson 3:42.79, 7. Isak Qualley, Caden Qualley, Zac Westholter, Noel Avery 5:29.63, 8. Simon Runyan, Liam Bennett, Emmett Stuewe, Duke Zehnacker 5:45.77