Aberdeen, S.D. – The Northern State swim team travels to Fargo this weekend as they gear up to compete in a quad meet with Northern Michigan, St. Cloud, and MSU Moorhead. The University of South Dakota will also be in competition; however, the Wolves will not score team points versus the Coyotes. Competition opens up at 6 p.m. on Friday and 10 a.m. on Saturday, using the 13 event meet program each day.

About Northern

• NSU enters the weekend 0-3 after opening their season at the UMary Quad two weekends ago
• The Wolves tallied 35 top-10 finishes and several lifetime bests from the meet
• Delaney Ryken took seventh in the mile with a time of 19:03.17, right in front of Hannah Kiernan taking eighth at 19:20.49
• Jordan Metz rounded out the top-10 in the mile with a time of 20:14.21
• Lauren Forsyth placed sixth in the 400 IM touching the boards at 4:56.76, followed by teammate Kiernan placing seventh in 5:00.88
• Lexie Malimanek rounded out the top-10 in the 200 fly with 2:29.74

About Northern Michigan

• Northern Michigan competed last weekend against Findlay, coming away with a 199-92 victory
• NMU locked up the first, second, and third place finishes in the 1000 freestyle with freshman Maria Arakelian winning the race with a time of 10:44.34
• Northern Michigan won both the 200 medley with a time of 1:47.60, and the 200 freestyle in 1:39.62
• Katharina Springhetti took home the 200 breaststroke crown for the Wildcats with a time of 2:25.35
• The Wildcats are led by Heidi Voigt in her eighth season

About St. Cloud State

• The Huskies will open their season this weekend in Fargo
• SCSU is expected to finish first in the NSIC this year with swimmer to watch Chelsea Gehrke a senior backstroke and IM swimmer
• St. Cloud is an experienced squad with 18 juniors and seniors, in addition to welcoming nine freshman
• The Huskies are led by Head Coach Jeff Hegle in his 18th season

About MSU Moorhead

• MSU Moorhead will kick off their season this weekend
• The Dragons are predicted to finish sixth in conference swim just ahead of your Wolves
• MSU Moorhead's swimmer to watch this year is senior Breah Anderson, a 50, and 100 freestyle swimmer
• MSUM is another experience squad from the league, with only three freshman rostered
• The Dragons are led by second year head coach Charles King

Last Meeting

• The Wolves matched up against the Wildcats and Huskies from the same meet a season ago
• Northern fell to the Wildcats (197-92) and Huskies (224-70)
• The Wolves fell to the Dragons last year 69-168
• The Wolves are 0-5 all-time versus Northern Michigan, 0-5 all-time versus St. Cloud State, and 0-12 all-time versus MSU Moorhead
• Northern racked up a total of 45 top-10 finishes over the course of the 2 day competition