Meet Facts:
- Complete Results
- October 14th/15th, 2016
- Hosted by Univeristy of North Dakota
North Dakota Press Release
The North Dakota men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams posted dominating dual wins over regional rivals South Dakota and Northern Colorado Friday evening at the Hyslop Pool. The UND women beat USD, 179-63 and UNC 181-59 while the North Dakota men scored a 159.5-83.5 victory over the Coyotes.
The UND women’s 200 medley relay started the meet with a 1:45.94 winning time as three North Dakota relay squads were in front of the other two school’s top teams. The 1650 free went to Gabi Liedy, who buried the field, finishing nearly a full lap ahead of the competition at 17:27.13. She also won easily in the 500 free, clocking a winning time of 5:07.22. Freshman Katie Breault swam an impressive 1:52.41 to take first in the 200 freestyle. UND posted the top six times in the 50 free as Steph Frey won with a 24.04 showing. She later won the 100 free (51.86) with UND owning the top three places. North Dakota went one, two, three again in the 200 IM with freshman Megan Wenman the champ at 2:08.36. The first through fourth spots in the 100 butterfly belonged to Fighting Hawks athletes in a recurring theme Friday evening. Marlena Pigliacampi touched in 56 seconds flat to take the win. The 100 back had the same formula with North Dakota recording the three best times led by Maddie Derby’s 57.61. The top two times were both UND relay teams in the 200 free relay to end Friday’s swimming action.
Ari Brace was the top UND diver from the 3-meter board with a 221.20 score while Sawyer Murray took fourth in the 1-meter event, scoring 190.55.
On the men’s side, UND scored a win in the 200 medley relay with a 1:33.43 time. The top three times in the mile were all Fighting Hawks with Jacob Wielinski way out in front with a 15:58.28 time, more than 40 seconds ahead of the field. He also won the 500 free (4:35.66). The 200 free champ was Noah Lucas, who turned in a 1:41.61 effort. He’d later win the 100 free, too, with a 45.11 time. Tyler Zelen won the 50 sprint in 20.72. Joe Perez led a 1-2-3 UND finish in the 200 IM with a 1:57.30. Fellow freshman Ivar Iverson was a full second and a half in front in his convincing 100 butterfly win. Iverson would win the 100 breaststroke as well, touching in 57.37. Sam Marlow’s 52.85 time in the 100 backstroke bested his opponents by more than a full second.
The diving events saw Mitch Raihle winning the 3-meter with a 272.90 score. Sam Howard was the runner-up from the 1-meter board (257.80).
The teams continue action Saturday at the Hyslop Pool.
TEAM SCORES
Women
North Dakota 181, Northern Colorado 59
North Dakota 179, South Dakota 63
South Dakota 137, Northern Colorado 103
Men
North Dakota 159.50, South Dakota 83.50
University of South Dakota Press Release
South Dakota freshman diver Isaac Morris set a new school-record on the one-meter dive with a score of 289.55 as the Coyotes’ swimming and diving teams captured nine event titles at a triangular against North Dakota and Northern Colorado which was held Friday and Saturday in the Hyslop Swimming Pool.
Each day was considered a meet, consisted of 26 events and used dual meet scoring. The South Dakota women beat Northern Colorado on Friday with a score of 137-103, but lost to North Dakota 179-63. In the first meet of the year for the men, North Dakota beat USD 159.50-83.50. On Saturday, South Dakota’s men lost to North Dakota 150-93, while the women lost to Northern Colorado 127.50-112.50 and to North Dakota 174-68.
Morris claimed three titles in the first collegiate meets of his career. On Friday, The freshman broke South Dakota’s one-meter diving record which was set by Chase Testa in 2015. He came in second in the three-meter dive with a score of 271.35. On Saturday, Morris won the one- and three-meter dives with scores of 265.10 and 327.85, respectively. His score of 327.85 on the three-meter dive is third all-time on the Coyote Top 10 list.
For women’s diving, senior Greysen Hertting won three out of the four events. She won both one-meter dives as she scored 270.62 on Friday and 275.90 on Saturday. She won Friday’s three-meter dive with a score of 257.05 and came in second for Saturday’s three-meter with 275.90.
The South Dakota men’s swimming team claimed three event titles in its first meet of the season. Sophomore Hunter Padgett won the 1,000-yard free with a time of 9:49.60. FreshmanNathan Spencer claimed the 200-yard free with 1:43.56. Spencer then combined with junior Eric Erlenmeyer, sophomore Jared Thorson and freshman Kenny Austin to win the 200-yard freestyle relay. The team beat North Dakota by .05 seconds.
On the women’s side, freshmen Charlton Mechling and Sabrina Sabadeanu turned in second-place performances. Mechling placed second in the 100- and 200-yard freestyles with times of 53.68 and 1:55.36, respectively. Sabadeanu came in second for the 200-yard backstroke and touched in at 2:06.21.
South Dakota continues its season in Brookings S.D., as both teams will travel to South Dakota State for a Summit League matchup on Oct. 29 at 2 p.m.
University of Northern Colorado Press Release
Northern Colorado Swimming and Diving kicked off their official 2016 campaign over the weekend, facing both North and South Dakota. In a meet played out across Friday and Saturday, the Bears picked up their first win of the season, defeating South Dakota, 127.5 to 112.5.
HOW IT HAPPENED
The meet kicked off with the 200-yard medley relay. A fifth place finish from the team comprised ofValeria Mihhailova, Leilani Herrera, Laura Ramirez and Karlie O’Connell wasn’t the fastest time record in UNC history, but it was a half second improvement from last week’s Denver Relays.
Senior Syndey Kovar and junior Jennifer Brown each placed in the 1650-yard freestyle, Kovar touching the pad with a sub 18-minute mark.
Competing in her first collegiate meet of her career, freshmen Allyson Wood notched a third place finish in Friday’s 1-meter diving with a total score of 193.50. Wood would follow up with an additional third place finish in the three-meter diving event, scoring 219.05 points.
Relaying off the moment of the Bear’s successful diving campaign, Leilani Herrera would earn the Bears’ first individual event win of the year, in the 100-yard breast stroke with a time of 1:07.30.
Saturday represented a new day and a new opportunity to keep improving on the previous day’s scores.
In the 400-yard medley relay, head coach Lisa Ebeling made a few changes in the swimming order from the Denver Relays. Inserting Valeria Mihhailova, Leilani Herrera and Karlie O’Connell proved to be a change worth noting as the Bears swam a full sixteen seconds faster in Grand Forks.
Syndey Kovar continued her positive results in the long-distance swims, earning a second place finish in the 1000-yard freestyle and a third place finish in 500-yard freestyle.
Allyson built upon her performance in day one, scoring 214.30 points in the one-meter diving, good enough for second place.
Both Laura Ramirez and Leilani Herrera earned second place finishes in the 200-yard butterfly and 200-yard breast stroke respectively.
The final event, the 400-yard freestyle relay, saw another lineup change from Ebeling. The team made up of Sydney Kovar, Karlie O’Connell, Valeria Mihhailova and Sydney Kimura finished eight seconds under the team’s mark at the Denver Relays with a time of 3:36.03.
When all was said and done, the Bears had not only swam some of their fastest times of the season as a team, but they had also picked up their first official win of the season, knocking down South Dakota 127.5 to 112.5.
BEST PERFORMANCE
Allyson Wood – The freshmen, diving in her first event as a Bear, never finished out of the top five throughout the weekend.
IN THEIR WORDS
Lisa Ebeling, Head Coach
“I was really proud of the way our girls rallied today for their first dual meet win of the season. We had a couple of disappointing losses after the first day of competition and they had the option to throw their hands up or fight back.”
“They came together as a unified team and fought on every race this morning, winning almost all of the close ones. We swam with a lot of heart today and that’s what competition is all about. It was a lot of fun.”
UP NEXT
Northern Colorado will go on to host their first meet of 2016, when Nebraska Omaha comes to Greeley on Monday, October 17.
Nice meet Lady Yotes