Ladies’s Swimming & Diving: Macalester Set to Compete at MIAC Championships

ST. PAUL, Minn. – The Macalester College ladies’s swimming & diving workforce heads to the MIAC Swimming & Diving Championships, which might be held Feb. 11-14 on the University of Minnesota Aquatic Center. Last 12 months the Scots completed second within the workforce standings, this system’s highest end, and had been simply 20 factors from successful this system’s first MIAC championship.

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Several Scots who contributed to final 12 months’s success are again, led by senior Izzy Uhlhorn-Thornton (Mill Valley, Calif./Tamalpais). A two-time MIAC champion within the 100- and 200-yard breaststroke, Uhlhorn-Thornton additionally was honorable point out within the 200-yard particular person medley and swam on two successful relay groups. Sophomores Maya Téllez (Woodbury, Minn./Woodbury) and Molly Nuckolls (Lawrence, Kan./Free State) additionally earned All-MIAC honors with third-place finishes within the 200-yard freestyle and the 1,650-yard freestyle, respectively. Others receiving All-MIAC honorable point out in particular person swimming occasions had been Téllez, Nuckolls, seniors Nadia Lanz (Bethesda, Md./Walt Whitman) and Hannah Zurn (Hudson, Wis./Hudson), and sophomore Amalia Shields (Madison, Wis./Madison West).

Other swimmers who’ve had stable seasons to date embrace senior Emma Henry (Chesapeake, Va./Oscar Smith), sophomore Carolyn Wolking (Micanopy, Fla./Santa Fe College), and first years Ella Franklin (Tucson, Ariz./University), Poppy Wedding (Madison, Wis./Middleton) and Jay Young (Arlington, Va.).

In the diving occasions, first 12 months Ainsley Kashatus (Washington, D.C./Holton Arms School) is a risk to position excessive on each the 1- and 3-meter boards.

Tickets might be bought through HomeTown Ticketing; money won’t be accepted. All-session passes are $73 for adults and $31 for college students. Single-session tickets are $12 and $6. Children underneath 5 are admitted free.

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