WEST FARGO, N.D. – The St. Cloud State Women’s Swim & Dive team had two all-conference performances and an individual conference champion on the third day of competition at the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference (NSIC) Championships in West Fargo, N.D. With one day remaining, SCSU continues to sit in second place with 539.5 points, trailing only Minnesota State with 825.5 points.
Sophomore Hallie Drossel (Melrose, Minn.) captured the first individual conference championship for the Huskies in the 100-yard breaststroke, finishing with an NCAA B-cut time of 1:03.06. The Huskies then continued its impressive showing in relay events, earning its fourth top-four finish in the 200-yard freestyle relay. The team of sophomore Emma Hoppman (Red Wing, Minn.), sophomore Carly Salzer (Oshkosh, Wis.), sophomore Brooklyn Ferguson (Millford, Iowa) and freshman Megan WIllenbring (Watkins, Minn) finished at 1:34.43 to earn all-conference honors.
DAY 3 TEAM SCORES
1. Minnesota State, 825.5 // 2. St. Cloud State, 539.5 // 3. Augustana, 424 // 4. Sioux Falls, 352 // 5. Concordia-St. Paul, 306 // 6. UMary, 296 // 7. MSU Moorhead, 252 // 8. Southwest Minnesota State, 214 // 9. Jamestown, 178 // 10. Northern State, 133
PRELIMS RESULTS
500-Yard Freestyle: 5. Kate Turner, 5:10.04q // 6. Izzy Koebele, 5:10.20q // 11. Mia Meller, 5:15.96q
100-Yard Backstroke: 13. Lucy Price, 58.67q // 15. Margherita Spada, 59.06q // 18. Ella Sieber, 59.45q // 19. Emma Hoppman, 59.70q // 21. Addisyn Nelson, 1:00.30q
100-Yard Breaststroke: 1. Hallie Drossel, 1:03.13q (NCAA B-cut) // 13. Natalie Gneiser, 1:06.97q // 14. Low EE Mang, 1:07.13q // 17. Megan Willenbring, 1:07.69q // 18. Claire Salzer, 1:07.86q // 24. Alba Silva Alcoba, 1:08.35q
200-Yard Butterfly: 5. Carly Salzer, 2:09.38q // 6. Amelia Travis, 2:10.48q
FINALS RESULTS
500-Yard Freestyle: 4. Izzy Koebele, 5:06.87 // 5. Kate Turner, 5:07.50 // 12. Mia Meller, 5:13.53 // 20. Paige Patten, 5:21.18
100-Yard Backstroke: 11. Margherita Spada, 58.48 // 16. Lucy Price, 58.83 // 23. Paula Abala, 1:00.13
100-Yard Breaststroke: 1. Hallie Drossel, 1:03.06 (NCAA B-cut) // 9. Natalie Gneiser, 1:06.11 // 15. Low EE Mang, 1:07.56 // 19. Megan Willenbring, 1:07.32 // 21. Claire Salzer, 1:07.79
200-Yard Butterfly: 5. Carly Salzer, 2:08.46 // 8. Amelia Travis, 2:10.01 // 18. Evelyn Claeys, 2:13.41 // 21. Ray Robeck, 2:15.63 // 23. Talia Nettesheim, 2:22.26
200-Yard Freestyle Relay: 2. Emma Hoppman, Carly Salzer, Brooklyn Ferguson, Megan Willenbring, 1:34.43 // 13. Alba Silva Alcoba, Amelia Travis, Margherita Spada, Natalie Gnesier, 1:38.13
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