Wallace wins 100 free, Oles end second and fifth at MIAC Championships

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. – The St. Olaf College ladies’s swimming and diving staff accomplished its first runner-up end in 14 years and the boys completed fifth because the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) Swimming & Diving Championships concluded on Saturday at Jean Ok. Freeman Aquatic Center.

Senior William Wallace recorded St. Olaf’s lone occasion victory on the ultimate day of the meet by successful the 100-yard freestyle, whereas sophomores Olivia Small and McKenna Hultgren posted runner-up finishes within the 200-yard backstroke and 200-yard butterfly, respectively. The St. Olaf ladies completed second within the nine-team subject with 631.50 factors, whereas the boys have been fifth with 426 factors.

Wallace grew to become the primary Ole to win the boys’s 100-yard freestyle since 2014 and the primary occasion champion for St. Olaf since 2020 by successful the 100-yard freestyle in 45.26 seconds. The senior’s time was practically one second forward of the second-place finisher as Wallace collected his second All-MIAC accolade within the occasion after ending because the runner-up in 2024.

Senior Aiden Yung added a runner-up end within the 200-yard breaststroke (2:05.80) for his first all-conference accolade within the occasion after ending fourth a 12 months in the past. Senior Nick Starcevich and sophomore Travis Elling recorded sixth-place finishes within the 100-yard freestyle (47.01) and 1,650-yard freestyle (17:08.58), respectively, to earn Honorable Mention All-MIAC honors.

Small completed second within the 200-yard backstroke (2:04.71) to land All-MIAC honors for the second season in a row after successful the occasion as a primary 12 months, whereas Hultgren was second within the 200-yard butterfly (2:09.65) to maneuver up from third final 12 months. First 12 months Lena Minetto joined Small within the high 5 within the 200-yard backstroke in fifth (2:12.19) to land within the honorable-mention spots.

St. Olaf swept the three Honorable Mention All-MIAC locations within the ladies’s three-meter diving so as to add 42 factors to its staff rating. Senior Zibby Hanifl was fourth (411.60), sophomore Savannah Carr was fifth (392.15), and first 12 months Alayna McCormick with sixth (390.00), with Hanifl choosing up honorable-mention honors for the second consecutive season.

Junior Alana Schmitzer, sophomore Sawyer Eastman, junior Samantha Sylvester, and junior Katie Homme claimed the honorable-mention spot within the 400-yard freestyle relay by taking fourth (3:33.90), whereas sophomore McKelvey McDaniel and senior Paige Steenblock have been fifth within the 1,650-yard freestyle (18:12.61) and 200-yard breaststroke (2:26.51), respectively.

Five St. Olaf ladies’s divers will head to Kalamazoo, Mich. for the NCAA Division III Region 1 Diving Championships on Friday and Saturday, Feb. 27-28.