Contact:
Jack Lindsay, Athletics Communication Graduate Assistant, jlindsay@noctrl.edu
Monmouth Ill. (Nov. 8)—The North Central Swim and Dive team traveled to Monmouth, Ill. for the Monmouth Invite, with the men placing sixth and the women finishing 5
th.
The Illinois Wesleyan University Titans won both sides of the invite with scores of 355 on the women's side and 335 on the men's side.
Griffin Laurin represented the men and competed in three events. The 200-yard freestyle, the 100-yard butterfly, and the 500-yard freestyle. Laurin's best finish came in the 500-yard freestyle, where he placed fifth in the event with a time of 5:29.28, his season best by 3.41 seconds. Laurin also recorded times of 1:59.98 in the 200-yard freestyle and 1:00.79 in the 100-yard butterfly.
Kate Koral scored the highest for the women, placing first in the 100-yard backstroke with a personal best time of 1:01.19.
Amelia Minarik set personal or seasonal bests in every event she competed in. In the 500-yard freestyle, Minarik shaved off 6.51 seconds from career-best time with a time of 6:16.82 and placing third. She also recorded a season best in the 100-yard butterfly (1:11.59) and placed in ninth.
Their 200-yard Medley Relay team placed third, swam by
Addison Bludgen (32.42, season best), Koral (33.67),
Leah Salva (29.66), and
Ayla Pequette (27.54), which was good for a cumulative time of 2:03.29. Salva also swam in the 200-yard freestyle (2:17.48) and the 100-yard backstroke (1:08.63).
Bludgen competed in the 50-yard freestyle with a time of 28.63 and the 100-yard freestyle with a time of 1:04.36. Pequette competed in one other individual event, the 100-yard freestyle where she recorded a time of 1:01.78, placing eighth.
Celina McDaniel competed in three events, the 50-yard freestyle (30.41), the 100-yard freestyle (1:16.26, season best), and the 100-yard butterfly (1:17.15).
The Cardinals will take to the pool once again Saturday, November 14 when the travel to the Robert G. Nicholls Natatorium for a triangular hosted by Beloit College and the Milwaukee School of Engineering.
