Nanooks Finish Day Two of Northwest Collegiate Invite in Fifth Place

BOISE, Idaho – The Alaska Nanooks swimming group competed within the second day of the Northwest Collegiate Invite on Saturday, ending the day in fifth place with 432 factors.

The Nanooks completed eighth and thirteenth within the 200-yard medley relay, with the group of McKenzie Fazio, Dorka Dancsok, Giorgia Merlo and Janci Pangburn ending highest with a 1:46.07. Merlo was the very best finisher for the ‘Nooks within the 100-yard butterfly, ending in 58.70 to position twenty first within the C Final. Alaska had two swimmers within the E Final of the occasion, as MacKenzie O’Keefe (1:03.73) and Kaidence Sampsel (1:08.28) completed thirty fifth and thirty ninth.

In the A Final of the 400-yard IM, Dancsok continued her stellar weekend, putting third within the occasion with a 4:26.99, good for one more NCAA B Cut. Cosima Schmiedel and Charisma Watkins swam within the C Final of the occasion, putting seventeenth and twenty second, respectively, with occasions of 4:42.61 and 4:49.77. 

Fazio continued the great outcomes for the Nanooks within the 200-yard freestyle, posting a fourth-place end after touching the wall in 1:53.68. Ali Pecore additionally swam within the A Final and earned a sixth-place outcome with a 1:55.54. Kitti Marton (fifteenth, 2:00.08), Janci Pangburn (twenty second, 2:00.66) and Mariia Sirotinskaia (twenty sixth, 2:00.16) additionally competed within the occasion, swimming within the B, C and D Finals, respectively.

In the 100-yard breaststroke, Dorka Dancsok completed tenth with a 1:05.24 after incomes a spot within the B Final. The Nanokos had two extra swimmers racing within the D Final of the 100 breaststroke, with Macy Ahrens and Sariah Rodgers ending twenty fifth and twenty sixth, respectively, in 1:08.67 and 1:11.84.

In the ultimate particular person occasion of the day, Fazio posted a 57.51 to guide the Nanooks within the 100-yard backstroke, with that point good for seventh place within the A Final. Watkins (1:00.84), Sirotinskaia (1:03.30) and O’Keefe (1:06.05) would take twenty seventh, thirty first and thirty second after their race within the D Final.

Alaska positioned sixth and tenth within the 800-yard freestyle relay, with Fazio, Marton, Merlo and Pecore posting a 7:45.99 to guide the Nanooks.

The Nanooks conclude the meet tomorrow with prelims starting at 8 a.m. AKST and finals beginning at 2 p.m. AKST.

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