Girls’s Swimming & Diving: Macalester Tops Grinnell with Relay Win

ST. PAUL, Minn. – The Macalester College ladies’s swimming & diving staff gained the ultimate relay to seize a twin meet with Grinnell College Saturday afternoon at Riley Pool. The Scots gained by a rating of 153-145.

With Macalester main 142-141 heading into the ultimate occasion, the Scots’ 400-yard freestyle relay staff of seniors Hannah Zurn (Hudson, Wis./Hudson) and Emma Henry (Chesapeake, Va./Oscar Smith), and sophomores Amalia Shields (Madison, Wis./Madison West) and Maya Téllez (Woodbury, Minn./Woodbury) gained with a time of three:45.50 to offer Macalester the staff victory. The Scots additionally opened the meet with a win within the 200-yard medley relay by the foursome of seniors Nadia Lanz (Bethesda, Md./Walt Whitman), Izzy Uhlhorn-Thornton (Mill Valley, Calif./Tamalpais), Henry and Zurn in 1:52.69.

In the person occasions, the Scots gained eight occasions. Henry gained each the 50-yard freestyle (25.23) and the 200-yard backstroke (2:10.62). Shields additionally gained a pair of occasions, successful the 200-yard freestyle (2:01.39) and the 100-yard freestyle (56.25). Lanz positioned first within the 100-yard backstroke with a time of 1:01.97. Uhlhorn-Thornton was victorious within the 100-yard breaststroke in 1:07.87 and completed second within the 200-yard particular person medley (2:15.49). Sophomore Molly Nuckolls (Lawrence, Kan./Free State) positioned first within the 200-yard butterfly with a time of two:13.92 and was third within the 500-yard freestyle (5:25.63). First 12 months Jay Young (Arlington, Va.) took first within the 500-yard freestyle in 5:23.54.

Téllez completed second within the 100-yard freestyle with a time of 56.70 and took third within the 200-yard particular person medley (2:17.93). Sophomore Carolyn Wolking (Micanopy, Fla./Santa Fe College) took second within the 200-yard breaststroke (2:36.52) and was third within the 100-yard backstroke (1:05.87).

Others taking third included first 12 months Ella Franklin (Tucson, Ariz./University) within the 1000-yard freestyle (11:26.16), sophomore Anna Wurtz (Pennington, N.J./Hopewell Valley Central) within the 200-yard freestyle (2:10.13), and Zurn within the 200-yard butterfly (2:18.84) and the 500-yard freestyle (5:33.96).

First 12 months Ainsley Kashatus (Washington, D.C./Holton Arms School) completed in second place in each the 1-meter diving (379.80) and 3-meter diving (217.95) occasions.

Macalester competes on the University of Minnesota First Chance Invite on Feb. 6-7 within the remaining tune-up earlier than the MIAC Championships.

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