Athletics

Swim & Dive Teams Take Second At UW-Stevens Point Invite

The Gustavus men’s and women’s swimming & diving teams finished where they started the day at the UW-Stevens Point Invite, both taking second place. The men tallied 942 points behind host UW-Stevens Point’s 1,386, while the women accumulated 866 points behind Division II Minnesota State, Mankato’s 1,352.5.

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FRIDAY RESULTS | SATURDAY RESULTS

STEVENS POINT, Wis. – The Gustavus men’s and women’s swimming & diving teams finished where they started the day at the UW-Stevens Point Invite, both taking second place. The men tallied 942 points behind host UW-Stevens Point’s 1,386, while the women accumulated 866 points behind Division II Minnesota State, Mankato’s 1,352.5.

“It was a great weekend of competition for our team,” Head Coach Jon Carlson said. “The prelims and finals format was like four meets in two days. We needed to compete at this point of our season and we got plenty of it. I am proud of our results and looking forward as we near our conference championships.”

A number of Gusties posted top-three finishes Saturday in their respective races. Here are those that did:

WOMEN

200 medley relay

  1. Kennedy Holwerda (Sr., Willmar, Minn.), Hailey Auran (Fy., St. Paul, Minn.), Kate Reilly (Sr., Hastings, Minn.), Alyssa Lokensgard (So., St. Peter, Minn.) – 1:53.89

100 butterfly

  1. Reilly – 1:01.77

200 backstroke

  1. Ruth Chuah (Fy., Penang, Melaysia) – 2:13.98

50 freestyle

  1. Reilly – 25.05
  2. Maggie Webster (Jr., Apple Valley, Minn.) – 25.19

400 freestyle relay

  1. Holwerda, Lokensgard, Webster, Reilly – 3:45.53

MEN

400 IM

  1. Zach Dawson (So., Eagan, Minn.) – 4:29.77

100 butterfly

  1. Nolan Larson (Fy., West Des Moines, Iowa) – 53.10

100 breaststroke

  1. Tanner Sonnek (Jr., North Mankato, Minn.) – 59.08

200 backstroke

  1. Josh Muntifering (Fy., Buffalo, Minn.) – 2:02.62

The Gusties next host Saint John’s and Saint Benedict at 1 p.m. Saturday.