Contact: Jack Lindsay, Athletics Communication Graduate Assistant, jlindsay@noctrl.edu

BLOOMINGTON, Ill. (Nov. 6) – The North Central College men's and women's swimming and diving teams traveled to Bloomington on Saturday for a triangular meet against Illinois Wesleyan University and Olivet Nazarene University. Both Cardinal squads finished third overall.

Illinois Wesleyan won the meet with 427.3 points, followed by Olivet Nazarene with 408.0 points. North Central totaled 356.5 points to place third.

Griffin Laurin tied his career-best time of 1:58.13 in the 200-yard freestyle, placing fifth. He also finished fifth in the 500-yard freestyle (5:32.92) and the 100-yard butterfly (1:00.19).

Kate Koral led the Cardinals with 1,422 points while recording one personal-best time and two season-best performances. Koral posted a personal-best mark of 1:01.93 in the 100-yard backstroke to finish second. She also recorded a season-best leadoff split of 26.07 in the 200-yard freestyle relay and a season-best 2:06.92 in the 200-yard freestyle, placing fifth.

Addison Bludgen competed in the 50-yard freestyle and 100-yard freestyle, recording season-best times of 28.40 and 1:03.15, respectively. Leah Salva matched her time from the Cardinals' previous meet against Carroll in the 100-yard backstroke, clocking 1:07.61 to place fourth.

Amelia Minarik competed in the 200-yard freestyle for the first time in her collegiate career, finishing in 2:22.60. She also placed sixth in the 500-yard freestyle with a time of 6:23.33. Celina McDaniel recorded season-best performances in the 50-yard freestyle (29.71) and 100-yard butterfly (1:12.34) while also competing in the 100-yard freestyle (1:16.45).

The Cardinals return to competition Saturday, November 6th at the Monmouth Invitational. Events from Pepper Natatorium are scheduled to begin at 1 p.m.