Tigers drop swimming opener

Published 12:00 am Sunday, December 10, 2006

FARIBAULT&8212; The Albert Lea boys&8217; swim team opened up its season with a 94-73 loss to Faribault.

Despite not coming up with the win, the Tigers did claim three individual victories.

Chris Dorman scored the first one by winning the 200 individual medley with a time of 2:33.0.

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Dorman picked up his second win of the night in the 100 breaststroke when he touched the wall in 1:09.57.

Matt Van Fossen had the other Tiger victory beating the field to the finish by nearly 12 seconds in the 100 butterfly with a mark of 1:00.27.

The 200 medley relay team of Drew Klick, Dorman, Van Fossen and Ethan Marquardt finished in the runner-up position with a time of 1:54.55.

Marquardt was second in the 50 free with a time of 25.95, and second in the 100 free finishing in 56.15.

The 400 free relay team of Klick, Marquardt, Dorman and Van Fossen also finished second in 3:56.32.

The Tigers are back in action Tuesday when they host Owatonna at 6 p.m.

Faribault 94, Albert Lea 73

200 Medley Relay &045; 2. Drew Klick, Chris Dorman, Matt Van Fossen, Ethan Marquardt 1:54.55

200 Free &045; 3. Klick 2:16.79, 5. Mitch Jones 2:23.47

200 IM &045; Dorman 2:33.00

50 Free &045; 2. Marquardt 25.95, 4. Chris Allison 30.09, 5. Gabe Girardi 32.29

Diving &045; 4. Kevin Zogg 84.85, 5. Mark Edwards 76.05

100 Butterfly &045; 1. Matt Van Fossen 1:00.27

100 Free &045; 2. Marquardt 56.15, 5. Allison 1:07.04, 6. Max King 1:08.39

500 Free &045; 3. Tyler Petersen 6:52.21, 4. Jones 6:52.32

200 Free Relay &045; 4. Allison, Petersen, King, Jones 2:03.44

100 Backstroke &045; 3. Van Fossen 1:04.82, 4. Klick 1:11.60, 6. Petersen 1:19.77

100 Breaststroke &045; 1. Dorman 1:09.57, 4. King 1:20.86

400 Free Relay &045; 2. Klick, Marquardt, Dorman, Van Fossen 3:56.32