North Dakota Off To Strong Start at North Dakota Duals

GRAND FORKS, North Dakota, October 18. North Dakota swimming opened up day one of the North Dakota Duals with a pair of victories against South Dakota and Northern Colorado. Air Force also participated.

North Dakota Press Release

The UND women improved to 4-0 in dual meets by sweeping South Dakota (174-69) and Northern Colorado (154-89) Friday night at the Hyslop Pool. The North Dakota men split on Friday, defeating South Dakota handily, 191-52 and falling to Air Force, 138-99.

UND’s 200 medley relay got the meet off to a good start, winning in 1:46.96. Ali Church was runner-up in the 1000 free (10:31.30). Courtney Funk won the 50 freestyle in 23.83. Erin Grabanski easily outdistanced the competition in the 400 IM with a 4:33.90 effort. She later took the 100 backstroke, going 58.31. Danica Dutt took the 100 butterfly with a 56.97 clocking. Steph Frey was the 100 free champ, touching in 52.37. Alexa Weyer (1:05.84) led a UND one-two-three finish in the 100 breaststroke with Nicole Stevens (1:07.03) and Alli Schwab(1:07.55) right behind her.

In diving, Jen Anklan took second from both boards, scoring 232.65 from the 3-meter board and 233.50 from the low board.

Noah Lucas had a pair of wins on the men’s side, taking the 200 freestyle in 1:40.12. He charted another win later with a 4:33.86 finish in the 500 freestyle, an event that saw North Dakota place first through fourth. Martin Pozniak was runner-up in the 400 IM with a 4:05.54 time. He also took third in the 100 fly (51.00). Austin Smith’s 57.03 was good for second and UND’s 400 free relay went 3:11.68 to close Friday’s action.

The men’s divers were led by Clayton Metcalf, who won the 3-meter event with a 273.40 score. He was also third from the 1-meter board with a 249.25 score.

The teams square off again tomorrow at Hyslop Pool with diving set to start at 10:00 a.m. and the full meet schedule continuing at noon.

South Dakota Press Release

South Dakota sophomores Sam Schutt and Greysen Hertting lead the Coyotes with event wins at the conclusion of the first day of competition at the Hyslop Aquatics Center in Grand Forks. The triangular meet includes North Dakota, the Northern Colorado women and the Air Force men.

Schutt recorded wins in the women’s 200-yard and 500-yard free. Schutt’s time of 1:52.83 for 200 yards was only two seconds off her personal-best from the Summit League Championship meet a year ago. She also recorded a time of 5:02.52 for 500 yards. Her finishing time of 52.80 seconds in the 100-yard free was good for third place.

In the dives, Hertting won the women’s one-meter with 240.15 points and finished third in the three-meter with 223.80 points.

Leading the Coyote men was Sam’s older brother, senior Nick Schutt, with a runner-up finish in the 50-yard free. Schutt’s time of 21.01 seconds was .12 seconds out of first. On the diving platform, junior Dustin Gens finished third in the men’s three-meter with 239.85 points.

The women’s 400-yard freestyle relay rounds out the top-three finishes on the day. Junior Hannah Veselik, sophomores Allie Pfauth and Taylor Kirtley, and freshman Emily Lundstrom combined to finish third in a time of 3:41.09.

Action in Grand Forks continues tomorrow at noon.

Northern Colorado Press Release

The University of Northern Colorado swimming and diving team fell to New Mexico Friday evening after their first meet of the 2014-15 season with a total score of, 202.5-97.5.

“We performed fairly well tonight, “said head coach Kelly McClanahan. “We are a young and very small team in numbers, but I have every bit of confidence that the girls will get faster in the pool and stronger on the boards with every meet to come.”

The meet was made up of 14 events on the evening, starting off with the 400 yard medley relay. The Bears picked up their only win of the night in the second event, when sophomore Carleigh Barrett, downed the Lobos, in the 1000 yard freestyle with a time of 10:39.36, beating the competition by almost eleven seconds. Barrett is currently the second fastest to swim the 1000 yard freestyle and 200 fly in the program’s history. Barrett also holds the school record in the 500 free.

UNC finished respectively in the 100 yard freestyle, when Sydney Kovar came less than .45 of a second to UNM.

“In the end we simply could not put it all together for the win,” said McClanahan. “The point spread always looks daunting, but only a few hundredths of a second here and there, would have flipped the outcome.”

The Bears divers competed in the Wyoming Diving invitational this weekend, scoring well against the stiff competition. After the first day of diving, freshmen Savanah Meadows led all divers with a score of 235.95 in the 1 meter event. Also diving in the 1 meter for UNC, were Taylor Walsh with a score of 192.90 and Haley Schneider with a score of 181.35. Meadows notched the second highest score of the invite in the 3 meter dive with a score of 234.85.

“Savanna also had an excellent two days on the boards, and I really feel the rest of our divers are only going to get better from here on out,” said McClanahan.

Air Force Press Release

Air Force won a pair of dual meets, defeating both North Dakota (138.00-99.00) and South Dakota (161.00-76.00) on Friday, Oct. 17, in Grand Forks, N.D.

The men’s 200-yard medley relay team of Devon Davis, Michael Barnosky, Kevin Mitchell and Jordan Dahle place first with a 1:31.13. The team of Joey Gebhart, Zach Knoche, Sean Ledford and Robby Graves was third with a 1:34.76.

Air Force swept the 1000-yard freestyle as Andrew Faciszewski was first (9:29.72), while Alex Strom was second (9:40.99) and Kevin Jackson was third (9:46.17). Dahle was second in the 200-yard freestyle (1:40.38) while junior George Frank was third (1:41.45). Senior Ryan Dunne won the 50-yard freestyle (20.89). Faciszewski won the 400-yard IM (4:05.06) while Garrett Glaudini was third (4:09.98).

Frank won the 100-yard freestyle (45.94) while Dahle was second (45.98). Dunne won the 100-yard butterfly (49.49) while Kevin Pollard was second (50.95). Barnosky was the 100-yard breast stroke with a time of 55.73.

Air Force swept the 100-yard backstroke as Davis was first (49.78), Joey Gebhart (52.32), and Kris Tillery was third (52.36)

In diving, junior Nathaniel Zillweger won the one-meter event with 345.20 points while his teammate, junior Dominic Vallejo was second (281.95). Zillweger was second in the three-meter with 268.20.

Air Force, North Dakota and South Dakota square off again on Saturday, Oct. 18, at 10 a.m. in Grand Forks, N.D.

Results: North Dakota Duals, Day One

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