Nanooks Swimming Returns to Patty Center Pool for Blue/Gold Meet This Weekend

FAIRBANKS – The Nanooks swim crew is again in motion this week with their annual Blue/Gold meet, held on the Patty Center Pool on Sept. 19-20.

Friday, Sept. 19

Blue/Gold | 5:00 p.m.

Patty Center Pool | Fairbanks

Saturday, Sept. 20

Blue/Gold | 10:00 a.m.

Patty Center Pool | Fairbanks

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Last Time Out

The ‘Nooks are again within the pool for the primary time because the PCSC Championships final February, the place they positioned fifth within the convention with 909.5 factors over the 4 days of competitors in Monterey Park, Calif. Their fifth-place end was their finest consequence on the convention meet because the 2013-14 season, once they positioned third with 929 factors. The championships noticed quite a few private bests and two podium finishes. The relay crew of Charlotte Fletcher-Stables, Dorka Dancsok, Cosima Schmiedel and Janci Pangburn positioned third within the 200-yard medley relay. They posted a 1:44.78, surpassing their earlier finest time of 1:45.10 recorded earlier this season.  Fletcher-Stables would additionally win the 100-yard backstroke, her second straight victory within the occasion on the PCSC Championships.

Looking Back

The ‘Nooks are coming off a season that noticed them go 4-2 in twin meets whereas taking second on the Logger Invite and fifth on the PCSC Championships. They additionally hit 9 NCAA B Standard instances in the course of the season of their quest for an NCAA Championships choice, tripling their whole of three from the 2023-24 season. Janci Pangburn, Dorka Dancsok, Tori Shoemaker and Charlotte Fletcher-Stables all recorded B-Cuts in the course of the 2024-25 season.

#NookNotes

• Alaska has seven returners who will swim for them within the 2025-26 season. Dorka Dancsok, Eva Markovic, Janci Pangburn, Ali Pecore, Sariah Rodgers, Kaidence Sampsel and Charisma Watkins all return to the roster.
• The Nanooks have eight new swimmers for the upcoming season, as Macy Ahrens, Guielsie Borbon, McKenzie Fazio, Kitti Marton, Giorgia Merlo, MacKenzie O’Keefe, Mariia Sirotinskaia and Talia Wentz all be a part of the squad.
• Blue took house the victory in final 12 months’s Blue/Gold meet, claiming a 154-121 win over Gold.

Looking Ahead

The Nanooks will start their common season on Friday, Oct. 3, once they head to Fresno Pacific for a pair of twin meets towards the Sunbirds on Friday and Saturday.

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