Oles sweep Norse in swim/dive duals

NORTHFIELD, Minn. – The St. Olaf College males’s and girls’s swimming and diving groups swept Luther College in non-conference twin meets on Saturday at Skoglund Center Natatorium.

The St. Olaf girls gained 15 of the 16 occasions on their strategy to a 215-82 victory over the Norse, whereas the boys gained 9 occasions of their 164-107 win. The Ole girls improved to 5-0 in twin meets this season, whereas the boys collected their first victory of the season.

Senior Aiden Yung led the best way for the boys’s crew by successful the 200-yrad freestyle (1:49.88), 200-yard backstroke (2:02.03), and 200-yard particular person medley (2:01.54). Yung additionally swam on the Oles’ first-place 200-yard medley relay (1:38.83) with senior Nick Starcevich, junior Jack Homme, and senior William Wallace.

Homme picked up wins within the 100-yard freestyle (49.57) and the 100-yard butterfly (53.35), in addition to main off the first-place 200-yard freestyle relay (1:29.46) that included Starcevich, junior Luke Williams, and Wallace. Wallace posted the highest time of the day within the 50-yard freestyle (22.08), whereas sophomore Daniel Cameron did so within the 200-yard butterfly (2:05.38).

Eight Oles gained at the very least one particular person occasion for the ladies, together with two wins apiece from first yr Alayna McCormick, senior Paige Steenblock, sophomore Olivia Small, and junior Alana Schmitzer. Fresh off a faculty file within the one-meter diving final week, McCormick gained each classes of the occasion with scores of 185.70 and 258.05.

Steenblock recorded first-place finishes within the 1,000-yard freestyle (11:26.97) and 200-yard butterfly (2:19.04), Small swept the 100-yard backstroke (59.38) and 200-yard backstroke (2:11.15), and Schmitzer took the 50-yard freestyle (25.15) and 100-yard freestyle (55.42). Small and Schmitzer each swam on St. Olaf’s first-place 200-yard medley relay (1:51.62) and 200-yard freestyle (1:43.62).

Sophomore McKelvey McDaniel was additionally on each first-place relays and gained the 200-yard freestyle (2:01.45), whereas sophomore McKenna Hultgren was on the 200-yard medley relay and gained the 100-yard butterfly (1:01.31). First years Norah Gunderson and Lena Minetto added first-place performances within the 100-yard breaststroke (1:12.04) and 500-yard freestyle (5:34.37), respectively.

St. Olaf will host Carleton College on Senior Day on Saturday, Jan. 31 at 11 a.m. at Skoglund Center Natatorium.