Bismarck, N.D. – The Northern State University swim team tallied their highest individual finish on Friday from the NSIC Championships. Seven Wolves advanced to finals, in addition to two relays in competition. Heading into the final day from Bismarck, Northern sits 46 points ahead of eighth place Southwest Minnesota State.
 
THE QUICK DETAILS
Team Place: 7^th (124 points)
 
MEET HIGHLIGHTS

• Delaney Ryken opened the day three finals session taking 16^th in the 500 free with a time of 5:20.35
• Hannah Kiernan followed in 24^th, hitting the wall at 5:27.37
• Emma Murdock added a 24^th place finish of her own in the 100 back with a time of 1:01.20
• Shayna Asuncion landed in the 'b' final of the 100 breast, taking 13^th overall with a time of 1:08.15
• Lauren Forsyth recorded the top Northern State finish of the meet, taking fourth in the 200 fly with a time of 2:08.67; she was just .41 seconds off a third place finish and all-conference performance
• Lexie Malimanek and Marialuisa Avila followed in the event, taking 21^st and 22^nd with times of 2:21.05 and 2:22.19 respectively
• The 800 free relay team of Ryken, Kristen Collingwood, Connor Doran, and Josie Gillund tallied the top relay finish of the meet, taking ninth with a time of 7:53.15
• The squad of Forsyth, Kiernan, Megan Pattee, and Murdock added a 14^th place finish, hitting the wall at 8:12.06

 
UP NEXT
Northern returns to action tomorrow at 10 a.m. and 5:30 p.m., competing in the 100 IM, 100 free, 200 back, 200 breast, 1650 free, and 400 free relay.