Nanooks Defeat Westmont in Friday Twin Meet

FAIRBANKS – The Nanooks swimming staff picked up a 100-86 win over the Westmont College Warriors on Friday afternoon to maneuver to 5-3 in twin meets this season. Alaska received seven of the ten occasions in the course of the meet.

The ‘Nooks started the meet by taking the highest spot within the 400-yard medley relay, because the staff of McKenzie Fazio, Dorka Dancsok, Cosima Schmiedel and Ali Pecore positioned first with a 4:04.80, which was 5.8 seconds in entrance second place. Mariia Sirotinskaia was Alaska’s highest finisher within the 1650-yard freestyle, posting a time of 19:00.06 to take third within the occasion.

Pecore would declare her first of two particular person victories within the 50-yard freestyle, touching the wall in 24.58. She additionally positioned first within the 100-yard freestyle with a 54.23. Dancsok’s 2:11.59 within the 200-yard IM was 4.44 seconds in entrance of the second-place finisher, as she cruised to a victory within the occasion. Up subsequent was the 100-yard butterfly, the place Giorgia Merlo and Schmiedel completed 1-2, posting instances of 1:00.57 and 1:01.29 to cleared the path.

Fazio led the way in which for the Nanooks within the 200-yard freestyle, swimming to a 2:02.58 to position third, whereas Dancsok completed the 100-yard backstroke in 1:00.48 to take second.

Schmiedel grabbed the win within the 100-yard breaststroke with a 1:10.25 to say her first particular person victory of the day within the penultimate occasion of the meet. The day concluded with the 400-yard freestyle relay, the place the staff of Fazio, Merlo, Dancsok and Pecore would full their race in 3:41.32 to safe Alaska’s seventh win of the afternoon.

The Nanooks are again within the pool tomorrow, Jan. 17, at 10 a.m., of their last house meet of the season. Tomorrow can be Alaska’s Senior Day, the place they are going to honor their senior class in the course of the meet.

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