Swimming and Diving Twin with the Duhawks

DUBUQUE, Iowa – The Beloit College Buccaneers Swimming and Diving groups showcased their depth and particular person expertise this afternoon in a hard-fought twin meet towards Loras College. While Loras took the general staff victories, the Beloit girls pushed the Duhawks to the brink, falling simply 5 factors brief in a 97-92 thriller. The males’s aspect additionally noticed standout particular person performances that highlighted the Buccaneers’ rising power within the pool.

The story of the day was the Beloit girls’s staff, which remained neck-and-neck with Loras all through the afternoon. The Buccaneers had been fueled by a number of first-place finishes and a dominant efficiency within the distance and specialty occasions.

Kelsey Gerstler set the tone early within the meet with a commanding victory within the 1000-yard freestyle. Gerstler touched the wall in 12:29.40. She later added a robust second-place end within the 500-yard freestyle (6:00.48).

In the person medley, Lylah Murrah (North Pole, AK) proved to be a drive, taking first place within the 200-yard IM with a time of two:28.84. Murrah additionally secured a second-place end within the 100-yard backstroke (1:10.93), proving her versatility throughout a number of strokes.

Lydia Nordgren (South Beloit, Ill.) delivered one other spotlight for Beloit by successful the 100-yard butterfly. Her time of 1:03.86 was practically 23 seconds sooner than the runner-up, showcasing her explosive velocity within the dash fly.

On the boys’s aspect, Jeremy Mueller (Loves Park, Ill.) was the undisputed star of the sprints. Mueller captured gold in each the 50-yard freestyle (22.22) and the 100-yard freestyle (47.60). His 100-free efficiency was notably spectacular, successful by a major margin and offering the Buccaneers with a serious factors increase.

Elsa Gregory took first within the girls’s 1-meter diving occasions, posting a high rating of 145.70. On the boys’s aspect, Jacob Fuller (Beloit, Wis.) took first place within the 1-meter diving with a rating of 143.15, guaranteeing the Buccaneers dominated the diving properly.

The Buccaneers additionally noticed very important podium finishes from Amelia Pullen (New Orleans, La.), Lucy Monnig (Beaverton, Ore.), Maya Delgadillo (Sioux City, IA) and Torin Schott (Fairfield, CT). Pullen secured second place in each the 50-yard freestyle (27.67) and the 100-yard freestyle (1:00.43). Monning earned second within the 200-yard freestyle (2:18.93) and third within the 100-yard freestyle. Delgadillo claimed second within the 100-yard breaststroke (1:20.66) and third within the 500-yard freestyle. Schott completed third within the 100-yard breaststroke and fourth within the 50-yard freestyle.

The Buccaneers are again in motion on the finish of the month on the Private College Championships. This 12 months’s championships are hosted by Carthage College. Action is about to happen on January thirtieth and thirty first. The thirtieth shall be diving solely with motion beginning at 5 pm. Competition will resume on the thirty first at 11 am.