Swimming and Diving Twin with Inexperienced Knights and Foresters

DE PERE, WI – The Beloit College Buccaneers displayed outstanding grit and particular person brilliance this afternoon in De Pere. Competing towards powerhouse packages from St. Norbert College and Lake Forest College, the Buccaneers carved out a number of podium finishes.

The story of the meet for Beloit was undoubtedly Jeremy Mueller (Loves Park, Ill.). The junior proved to be the category of the sphere within the freestyle sprints, securing two particular person victories for the Buccaneers. In the Men’s 200 Yard Freestyle, Mueller touched the wall first with a commanding time of 1:43.90. He adopted that efficiency later within the day by profitable the Men’s 100 Yard Freestyle in 47.48, ending almost two full seconds forward of his nearest competitor.

Beloit’s freshman class additionally made a major impression, notably within the grueling distance occasions. Jordan Hodges (College Station, TX) delivered a standout efficiency within the Men’s 100 Yard Freestyle, battling his method to a second-place end with a time of 10:59.82. 

On the ladies’s aspect, sophomore Lydia Nordgren (South Beloit, Ill.) was a mannequin of consistency. Nordgren earned a third-place end within the Women’s 200 Yard Freestyle (2:06.70) and a powerful fourth-place end within the 100 Yard Freestyle (58.62). She additionally served because the lead-off for the ladies’s 200 Yard Medley Relay, serving to that squad safe a third-place podium spot.

The Buccaneers discovered success throughout the board in specialty strokes and diving. Lylah Murrah (North Pole, AK) was a drive within the breaststroke, taking third place within the Women’s 50 Yard Breaststroke with a time of 34.91. She additionally added a top-five end within the 100 Yard IM.

On the boards, the Buccaneers had been well-represented. Sophomore Elsa Gregory took house third place within the Women’s 1 meter Diving with a rating of 322.10, whereas sophomore Jacob Fuller (Beloit, Wis.) mirrored the success on the lads’s aspect, inserting third with a rating of 256.85.

The Buccaneers wrap up the 2025-26 season in two weeks after they head to Grinnell, Iowa to compete on the Midwest Conference Swimming and Diving Championships. Action is ready to start on Thursday, February nineteenth and can conclude on Sunday, February twenty second.