Nanooks Swimming Hosts Simon Fraser for Two Twin Meets this Weekend

FAIRBANKS – The Alaska Nanooks swimming workforce is again within the Patty Center Pool this weekend for 2 extra twin meets, this time taking over the Simon Fraser Red Leafs on Friday afternoon and Saturday morning.

Friday, Oct. 31
vs. Simon Fraser | 5 p.m.
Patty Center Pool | Fairbanks

Saturday, Nov. 1
vs. Simon Fraser | 10 a.m.
Patty Center Pool | Fairbanks

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Last Time Out
The ‘Nooks held their house opener final weekend, taking over the Puget Sound Loggers in twin meets on Friday and Saturday. The ‘Nooks received 20 out of twenty-two occasions over the 2 meets, incomes victories of 141-63 and 128-75.

Dorka Dancsok tallied a team-high 4 particular person wins over the weekend, claiming first within the 100-yard butterfly (59.52), 100-yard breaststroke (1:06.96), 400-yard IM (4:32.31) and 200-yard backstroke (2:09.66).

#NookNotes

• The ‘Nooks have two swimmers ranked within the prime 20 nationally for his or her respective occasions. Kitti Marton holds the Sixteenth-best time in Division II within the 1650-yard freestyle, posting an 18:23.05 vs. Fresno Pacific, and Dorka Dancsok’s 4:32.31 within the 400-yard IM places her 18th within the nation, with the time set within the meet vs. Puget Sound. Those two occasions rank fourth and third within the PCSC, respectively.
• Talia Wentz sits tenth and eighth within the PCSC within the 50 (24.88) and 100-yard freestyle (54.00), with each occasions set vs. Puget Sound.
• McKenzie Fazio ranks seventh within the convention within the 200-yard freestyle with a 1:55.96, additionally set vs. Puget Sound.
• In addition to her 1650-yard freestyle time, Marton additionally ranks ninth within the PCSC within the 1000-yard freestyle, posting an 11:04.36 within the occasion vs. the Loggers.
• The Nanooks have two top-10 PCSC occasions within the 200-yard backstroke, with Dancsok (2:09.66) and Fazio (2:13.71) sitting sixth and ninth within the convention.
• Additionally, Dancsok is prime 10 within the convention within the 50 (31.20, third), 100 (1:06.96, fourth) and 200-yard breaststroke (2:28.13, eighth), the 100-yard butterfly (59.52, tenth) and the 200-yard IM (2:13.50, eighth).
• Macy Ahrens is ninth within the 200-yard breaststroke with a 2:29.63.
• The ‘Nooks maintain the fourth-best PCSC time within the 200-yard freestyle relay with a 1:39.64 and the sixth-best time within the 400-yard freestyle relay with a 3:44.85.
• Their time of 4:03.65 places them fifth within the convention within the 400-yard medley relay.

Meet the Opponent
Simon Fraser Red Leafs
Head Coach: Demone Tissira, fifth Season

• The Red Leafs enter the meet with a 1-3 document in duals thus far this season. They dropped each their meets vs. Biola by last scores of 106-64 and 86-62. They beat Claremont-Mudd-Scripps 127-78 however fell to California San Diego 114-83 in a double-dual on Oct. 18.
• The ‘Nooks and Red Leafs swam collectively on the Logger Invitational final season, with SFU inserting first with 1,118 factors and Alaska inserting second with 992 factors.
• They completed second within the RMAC Championships final season with 1,194 factors, trailing the champions, Colorado Mesa, who gathered 1,939 factors on the convention championships.
• They positioned seventh on the NCAA Championships in 2024-25 with 211 factors.
• This would be the first time the Nanooks and Red Leafs face one another in twin meet motion for the reason that 2012-13 season.

Looking Ahead
The Nanooks are off till Friday, Nov. 21, after they return for day one of many Vandal Invite on the Idaho Central Aquatic Center in Boise, Idaho, starting their invitational schedule. The ‘Nooks won’t return to the Patty Center Pool till Jan. 16, as they shut out the 2025 portion of their schedule with the Vandal Invite (Nov. 21-23) and UNLV Invite (Dec. 15-17).

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