Girls’s Swimming and Diving Earns All-NSIC Honor On Day One Of NSIC Championships

FARGO, N.D. – The Augustana girls’s swimming & diving crew opened the NSIC Championships on Wednesday, incomes an All-NSIC end and sit in fifth place with 135.5 factors on day one on the Hulbert Aquatic Center. 

The Vikings closed the night time on a excessive word with the 800 Free Relay. A crew of Maija Kangas, Margaret Reed, Tova Blikre and Sofia Hein went toe-to-toe for the highest spot, finally putting second with a time of seven:39.43 to earn All-NSIC honors. In the B-Final, Ylva Konings, Abbey Nynas, Sofia Ospina and Ella Ward-Zeller took second of their respective race so as to add 18 factors.

Reed was the best finisher for the Vikings throughout three particular person occasions within the 1000 Free. She positioned fifth with separation on either side as she clocked a time of 10:43.45. Behind her was Nynas, taking eighth place with a time of 10:48.34, and Konings positioned tenth in 10:48.94.

In the 200 IM, Ava Brogren swam her strategy to the A-Final the place she positioned sixth following a 2:07.28 end within the remaining. Audrey Johnson additionally earned a spot on Wednesday night time, reaching the C-Final the place she positioned twenty fourth with a time of two:17.06.

Three Vikings swam on Wednesday night time within the 50 Free. In the B-Final, Sofia Hein raced to an eleventh place end with a time of 24.20. Nathalia Silva additionally earned a spot within the B-Final and positioned 14th in 24.49 whereas Jisella Haskamp took twenty first within the C-Final with a time of 24.65.

The Vikings proceed to day two of the NSIC Championships on Thursday with prelims at 10 a.m. and finals at 5 p.m.