Aberdeen, S.D. – In their final home meet of the 2017-18 season, the Northern State University swim team fell to Augustana 166-96 from the Aberdeen YMCA. The Wolves drop to 2-12 overall and 1-4 in the NSIC following the loss.
 
The Wolves opened the afternoon as the runner-up in the 400 medley relay. The team of Edda Skoric, Ashley Dunn, Karlie Brown, and Lexie Malimanek finished with a time of 4:13.09.
 
Kalina Emaus tallied a second place in the 1000 yard free, the first individual event of the afternoon, hitting the wall at 11:12.83. The junior went on to win the 200 fly with a time of 2:15.93. She was followed Jordan Metz in third overall in the 1000 free with a time of 11:57.02.
 
Josie Gillund led the Wolves in the 200 free, finishing second with a time of 2:01.63. Gillund added her second runner-up finish of the evening in the 100 free, hitting the wall at 55.98. Kady Harris added a second place finish in the 100 breast, hitting the wall at 1:10.57. Harris also notched a runner-up finish in the 50 free, with a time of 26.39.
 
Edda Skoric notched her first win of the night in the 100 back, hitting the wall at 59.80 for nine team points. She was the only swimmer to finish under a minute. The sophomore went on to win the 200 back, with a time of 2:11.57. She defeated the next closest opponent by over three seconds. Malimanek followed in third with a time of 2:22.46. Skoric finished off the meet, taking second in the 500 free with a time of 5:17.32.
 
Karlie Brown led the team in the 100 fly, coming in second with a time of 1:02.42. She followed that with a fourth place finish in the 400 IM just one race later, hitting the wall at 4:56.34. Camille Kawasaki tallied personal records for the Wolves in the 200 breast and 100 fly. She hit the wall in fourth in the 200 breast with a time of 2:41.57, and notched a time of 1:04.31 in the 100 fly. 
 
The Wolves concluded the meet, finishing second in the 200 free relay with solid splits all around. The team of Harris, Maida Walters, Gentry Musgrove, and Gillund hit the wall at 1:42.82.
 
The Wolves return to action December 1-3 from the Rochester Invite in Rochester, Minnesota, with prelims and finals each day.