Swimming & diving dominates twin meet with Monmouth

MONMOUTH, Ill. — The Augustana Vikings males’s and ladies’s swimming and diving groups earned a dominant sweep over Monmouth College on Friday, Oct. 24. The males claimed a 149–28 victory, whereas the ladies captured a 134–50 win, with quite a few first-place finishes and powerful relay performances main the way in which.
 
The Vikings girls opened with a victory within the 200-yard medley relay, as Natalie Salazar, Livy Sholl, Charlotte Vogen, and Sophia Warren clocked a successful time of 1:55.96. Augustana’s B-relay of Sammie Knox, Petra Evans, Savannah Shapley, and Lexie Seten captured two factors with a time of two:02.69.

Caitlin Stoddard, Mya Pheneger, and Kendle Mihm swept the highest three spots within the 200-yard freestyle, posting instances of two:03.01, 2:03.27, and a couple of:03.34, respectively. Ava Kauffeld (2:11.84) and Makenzie Rusco (2:15.13) rounded out the occasion in fifth and sixth. In the 50-yard freestyle, Warren (26.05) and Vogen (26.09) led one other 1–2 end, whereas Kylee Blaha (26.90) positioned fifth, adopted by Victoria Krol (27.07), Seten (27.22), Salazar (27.35), Delaney Hummel (29.21), and Grace King (30.08). Giselle Koonce secured a win within the 200-yard particular person medley with a time of two:21.36, adopted by Sholl (2:26.00), Evans (2:26.41), Knox (2:29.81), and Avery Spacek (2:42.21).

In the 100-yard butterfly, Stoddard captured first in 1:02.70, with Krol (1:04.31) and Vogen (1:04.32) ending shut behind and capturing factors for the Vikings. Shapley (1:05.97), Macy Ahlgren (1:06.99), Kauffeld (1:07.10), and Emma McVicker (1:15.48) rounded out the occasion. Pheneger continued her robust meet with a win within the 100-yard freestyle (56.13), whereas Salazar (59.83) and Rusco (1:02.29) added second and fourth-place finishes. Mihm (1:05.14), Blaha (1:05.16), and Warren (1:06.48) positioned second by fourth within the 100-yard backstroke, with Knox (1:07.08), Spacek (1:07.72), Evans (1:08.44), and King (1:11.50) rounding out the occasion.

Koonce (5:33.05) and Shapley (5:34.16) led a 1–2 end within the 500-yard freestyle, adopted by Seten (6:02.44) and Hummel (6:05.62).

In the 100-yard breaststroke, Stoddard (1:11.65) and Sholl (1:12.91) completed second and third, whereas McVicker (1:20.03) and Ahlgren (1:25.22) added useful depth factors. The girls capped the meet with a commanding relay sweep as Pheneger, Krol, Koonce, and Mihm gained the 200-yard freestyle relay in 1:44.53, and Blaha, Spacek, Kauffeld, and McVicker took second at 1:50.74. The C-relay of Rusco, Hummel, King, and Ahlgren positioned fourth (1:57.40).

 

The Augustana males opened with a dominant exhibiting within the 200-yard medley relay, as Cesar Castillo, Michael Garland, Jake McCormack, and Teddy McGuire took first in 1:38.70, adopted by Emanuel Anguelov, Alejandro Jacob, Elliot Martillo, and Sam Kulisek in second (1:40.70). Luke Rettig headlined particular person occasions with a victory in each the 200-yard freestyle (1:47.88) and 100-yard freestyle (48.49). Ethan Herstedt (1:54.34) and Carter Lavold (1:54.37) adopted in second and third within the 200 free, with Josh Whalen, Max Nord, Matteo Graham, and Christian Mammoser all including instances below 2:07.

In the 50-yard freestyle, Bjorn Sievert (21.80) led a Viking sweep with Castillo (22.50) and McGuire (22.92) rounding out the highest three. Kulisek (22.98), William Quesnell (23.11), and Matt Olaru (23.40) added depth. Anguelov captured first within the 200-yard particular person medley (2:02.32), adopted carefully by Garland (2:02.97) and Matthew Meyer (2:03.50). Martillo (2:11.32) and Jacob (2:11.39) additionally contributed stable efforts.

Castillo (54.71) and McCormack (54.81) completed second and third within the 100-yard butterfly, whereas Quesnell (58.99), Herstedt (1:01.68), and Mammoser (1:02.66) accomplished the sweep of top-five spots. Rettig (48.49), McGuire (49.18), and Sievert (49.51) once more went 1–2–3 within the 100-yard freestyle, adopted by Kulisek (49.96), Olaru (52.67), and Whalen (53.06). Alex Xayachanla (58.03), Meyer (58.47), and McCormack (1:00.70) managed the 100-yard backstroke, putting first by fourth total.

Lavold gained the 500-yard freestyle (5:01.84) with Anguelov (5:11.03) and Graham (5:18.41) rounding out the rostrum. Nord (5:18.94) and Martillo (5:32.24) added robust supporting finishes. Garland and Jacob swept the 100-yard breaststroke, clocking 59.81 and 1:00.34, respectively, whereas Xayachanla (1:05.83) positioned third to finish the occasion sweep. In the ultimate relay, Nord, Olaru, Lavold, and Xayachanla gained the 200-yard freestyle relay (1:38.15), adopted by Whalen, Herstedt, Mammoser, and Graham in second (1:41.53).

With the sweep, the Vikings males enhance to 2–2, whereas the ladies transfer to 2–2 on the yr. Augustana will return to the pool Saturday, Nov. 8^th versus St. Ambrose.