Women’s Swimming & Diving Wins At Hamline And Saint Mary’s

The Gustavus women’s swimming and diving team competed as a split squad Saturday and won both meets at Hamline and Saint Mary’s. The Gusties defeated Hamline 180-55, Saint Mary’s 124-107, and Iowa Lakes 121-71 to open the 2017-18 season.

HAMLINE RESULTS | SAINT MARY’S RESULTS

WINONA and ST. PAUL, Minn. – The Gustavus women’s swimming and diving team competed as a split squad Saturday and won both meets at Hamline and Saint Mary’s. The Gusties defeated Hamline 180-55, Saint Mary’s 124-107, and Iowa Lakes 121-71 to open the 2017-18 season.

“It was a great day as we were able to compete against a pair of conference teams and have some success as well,” Head Coach Jon Carlson said.

The Gusties won 11 of 13 events against Hamline. Here are the winners:

  • 200 medley relay (1:39.93) – Hana Pokornowski (Fy., Cokato, Minn.), Maddie Westendorp (So., St. Michael, Minn.), Michelle Simms (Jr., Inver Grove Heights, Minn.), Haley Pesik (Jr., Eagan, Minn.)
  • 1000 freestyle (11:21.83) – Sydney Hallmark (Jr., Cedarburg, Wis.)
  • 50 freestyle (25.35) – Maggie Webster (Jr., Apple Valley, Minn.)
  • 200 IM (2:20.88) – Hallmark
  • 1-meter diving (189.35) – Sophia Steinberg (Fy., Faribault, Minn.)
  • 100 butterfly (1:03.66) – Simms
  • 100 freestyle (55.99) – Alyssa Lokensgard (So., St. Peter, Minn.)
  • 100 backstroke (34.10) – Rachel Thate (So., North Mankato, Minn.)
  • 500 freestyle (5:32.56) – Pesik
  • 100 breaststroke (1:10.12) – Hailey Auran (Fy., St. Paul, Minn.)
  • 200 freestyle relay (1:42.35) – Pokornowski, Alyssa Kohorst (Fy., Sauk Center, Minn.), Lokensgard, Webster

The Gusties won three events against Saint Mary’s and Iowa Lake. Here are the winners:

  • 200 medley relay (2:00.24) – Abby Mattson (Fy., St. Peter, Minn.), Nicole Feldhake (Fy., Montevideo, Minn.), Ruth Chuah (Fy., Penang, Melaysia), Meghan Harper (Fy., Appleton, Wis.)
  • 50 freestyle (27.11) – Harper
  • 100 butterfly (1:05.04) – Chuah
  • 100 freestyle (59.03) – Harper

The Gusties host UW-Stevens Point and MSU-Mankato next Saturday at 1 p.m.