Swimming and Diving earns fourth consecutive victory at St. Thomas

Women’s Swimming & Diving | Oct 18, 2025

ST. PAUL, Minn. – Omaha Men’s and Women’s Swimming and Diving competed Friday, Oct. 17 and Saturday Oct. 18 in St. Paul, Minn., towards host St. Thomas at Anderson Pool. Both the boys’s and ladies’s groups captured wins over the Tommies.

The males’s workforce secured 236 factors over St. Thomas, which tallied 77. Freshman swimmer Jadeon Carter (Lincoln, Neb.) opened the meet with a stellar efficiency within the males’s 1000 free, breaking this system document with a rating of 9:37.27, adopted by a victory within the 500 free.

Freshman diver Nathan Frette (Lake Buena Vista, Fla.), who opened his collegiate profession in a significant means towards South Dakota State on Oct. 3 and Rockhurst on Oct. 4, breaking back-to-back data within the 1-meter diving occasion, got here out on high once more within the 3-meter diving sweeping each boards.

The Mavericks received the boys’s 200 medley relay with freshman swimmers Brady Wainionpaa (Hudson, Wis.), Mason Zadina (Omaha, Neb.), sophomore Aidin Kolb (Pickrell, Neb.), and senior Grant Shaeffer (Minot, N.D.) recording a time of 1:31.02. 

Individually, Wainionpaa (200 IM, 200 breast), Zadina (50 free), and Kolb (100 free) every earned first-place finishes of their respective occasions.

Also incomes particular person victories had been freshman Carson Agnew within the 100 breast, Benjamin Bryzelak within the 200 fly, junior Kyle Kulow (Sugar Land, Texas) within the 200 free and 400 free relay, and seniors Stefan Varga (Stockholm, Sweden) within the 100 and 200 again, Jace Walker (Houston, Texas) within the 100 fly and Michael Johnson (Chandler, Ariz.) within the 400 free relay.

The girls’s workforce defeated St. Thomas with a rating of 191 to 122. Sophomore swimmers Danica Brunk (McPherson, Kan.), Ella Drewes (Eden Prairie, Minn.), Catalina Kahan (Los Angeles, Calif.), and junior Leah Spencer (McCook, Neb.) dominated within the girls’s 200 medley relay, incomes the victory with a time of 1:43.39. 

The Summit League’s week one Kwik Star Peak Swimmer and freshman Addisyn Storms (Omaha, Neb.) shined taking first within the 200 IM with a time of two:05.83 together with profitable the 100 and 200 breast.

Also taking first had been freshman Kira Jacobs (Olathe, Kan.) in the 200 free; sophomores Kahan within the 100 fly and Kate Novinski (Grand Island, Neb.) within the 200 again; and junior Julia Thomas (Colorado Springs, Colo.) within the 200 fly.

In the 400 free relay, the Mavericks added three extra first-place finishes behind Thomas, Jacobs, Brunk, and senior Rachel Shelstad (Minnetonka, Minn.).

On the boards, senior Holly Bernardin (Rosemount, Minn.) earned her second victory of the 2025-26 marketing campaign, profitable the 1-meter occasion with a rating of 253.65.

 

This weekend’s victories over St. Thomas marked the boys’s and ladies’s fourth consecutive wins. The males stay undefeated this season.

“We had a number of impressive swims over the past two days while at St. Thomas,” mentioned head coach Jessica Hessel. “I’m proud of the swimmers for pushing through their swims after four days of tough practices and not letting that get into their heads. The training has been great, but the mental focus of this team so far has exceeded my expectations at this point in season. Extra congrats to all those earning best times and Jadeon for his school record in the 1,000.”

“The divers showed up prepared and performed well over the last two days,” mentioned diving coach Eric Sprague. “Bella Price performed with great determination today on 3-meter after a tough outing on 1-meter yesterday. Congratulations to Holly Bernardin picking up the win on 1-meter. Our men swept both boards the last two days and I like the composure I see from them during competition. Congrats to Nathan Frette on winning both boards.  Our depth showed this week with both the men and women earning the diving team event wins.  We’ll get back to work prepping for Missouri State coming.”

 

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