Ladies’s Swimming & Diving: Scots Carry out Effectively in Victory over St. Catherine

ST. PAUL, Minn. – The Macalester College girls’s swimming & diving staff produced a collection of standout performances in a twin meet in opposition to St. Catherine Saturday afternoon at Riley Pool. The Scots earned a convincing victory within the staff scoring, 187-109.

The Scots opened the meet with a win within the 400-yard medley relay, as seniors Emma Henry (Chesapeake, Va./Oscar Smith) and Izzy Uhlhorn-Thornton (Mill Valley, Calif./Tamalpais), together with sophomores Molly Nuckolls (Lawrence, Kan./Free State) and Amalia Shields (Madison, Wis./Madison West), mixed for a first-place time of 4:07.58. The Macalester B relay of senior Nadia Lanz (Bethesda, Md./Walt Whitman), sophomore Carolyn Wolking (Micanopy, Fla./Santa Fe College), senior Hannah Zurn (Hudson, Wis./Hudson), and junior Megan Chopskie (Cloquet, Minn./Esko) additionally turned in a top-three end, putting second in 4:13.01.

In the person swimming occasions, Macalester swimmers gained six occasions. Macalester swept the highest three locations within the 100-yard breaststroke, as Wolking gained the occasion in 1:11.73, first yr Jay Young (Arlington, Va.) completed second in 1:13.34, and sophomore Julia Goh (Williamstown, Mass./Northfield Mount Herman School) positioned third in 1:15.42. Sophomore Annika Hensel (Houston, Texas/St. John’s School) captured the 200-yard butterfly with a time of two:25.18. In the 50-yard freestyle, Chopskie gained in 25.57 and Shields positioned second in 25.93.

The Scots swept the highest three spots within the 200-yard backstroke, with first yr Poppy Wedding profitable in 2:20.40, Téllez putting second (2:20.79), and Zurn ending third (2:20.89). Uhlhorn-Thornton gained the 200-yard breaststroke in 2:29.69, whereas junior Nicole Tilzer (Tampa, Fla./Sickles) took third in 2:44.92. Henry gained the 100-yard butterfly in 1:01.20, and Nuckolls took second with a time of 1:02.34.

Sophomore Anna Wurtz (Pennington, N.J./Hopewell Valley Central) led the Scots within the 1000-yard freestyle, ending second in 12:02.33, whereas junior Claire Stretanski (Shavertown, Pa./Wyoming Seminary College Preparatory School) touched third in 12:02.93. In the 200-yard freestyle, sophomore Maya Téllez (Woodbury, Minn./Woodbury) positioned second with a time of two:03.47, adopted intently by Nuckolls in third at 2:03.70. Uhlhorn-Thornton completed second within the 100-yard backstroke, ending in 1:06.25.

Lanz completed second within the 100-yard freestyle with a time of 58.23, and Wolking adopted in third at 59.74. In the 500-yard freestyle, Young positioned second in 5:30.32, and Shields completed third in 5:31.53. Nuckolls completed second within the 400-yard particular person medley (4:55.40), and Wedding positioned third in 4:59.48.

In diving, first yr Ainsley Kashatus (Washington, D.C./Holton Arms School) gained on the 1-meter board with a rating of 222.10, whereas sophomore Alex Koplovsky (Jamestown, R.I./North Kingstown) positioned third. In the 3-meter diving occasion, Kashatus posted one other victory with a rating of 248.25, with Koplovsky taking third.

The Scots wrapped up the meet with a victory within the 200-yard freestyle relay, as Henry, Chopskie, Shields and Téllez mixed for a profitable time of 1:42.61.

Macalester will compete within the Luther College Invitational on Nov. 21-22 in Decorah, Iowa.

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