ST. PETER, Minn. – The Gustavus men’s swimming and diving team hosted the fourth annual Grace Goblirsch Memorial Invitational on Saturday and came away with a convincing win. The Gusties accumulated 861 points for first place, while Morningside College took second with 497 points, edging Macalester with 480.
“For as hard as we are training at this time of the season I was very pleased with our results,” Head Coach Jon Carlson said. “They really stepped up. The energy wasn’t at their best, but they swam smarter and we improved on things we’ve been working on in practice. I’m looking forward to our meet at Grinnell in two weeks after a little bit of a break and see what they can do.”
Gustavus won eight individual events and three relays. Here are the Gustie winners:
200 medley relay
Josh Muntifering (Fy., Buffalo, Minn.), Tanner Sonnek (Jr., North Mankato, Minn.), Nolan Larson (Fy., West Des Moines, Iowa), Will Clark (So., Northfield, Minn.) – 1:40.83
200 freestyle
Zach Dawson (So., Eagan, Minn.) – 1:49.60
50 freestyle
Clark – 22.22
100 breaststroke
Sonnek – 58.47
200 butterfly
Frankie Zobitz (Jr., White Bear Lake, Minn.) – 2:01.63
200 free relay
Larson, Clark, Sonnek, Andrew Peters (Jr., Montevideo, Minn.) – 1:28.31
400 IM
Dawson – 4:23.63
200 breaststroke
Sonnek – 2:11.59
500 free
Larson – 4:57.28
200 IM
Larson – 2:01.84
400 free relay
Muntifering, Clark, Thomas Fitzloff (Fy., Mankato, Minn.), Peters – 3:18.85
The Gusties have Thanksgiving weekend off and then take part in the Grinnell Invite on Dec. 1-2.