Sioux Falls, S.D. – Northern State University swimming raced against the University of Mary, Sioux Falls and Augustana in a pair of triple-duals from the MIDCO Aquatic Center. The Wolves scored 288 points on the day, with seven top-5 individual finishes.
 
Quick Details
Score vs. Sioux Falls: NSU 39, USF 128
Score vs. UMary: NSU 61, UMary 106
Score vs. Augustana: NSU 53, AU 114
 
Session One:
 HOW IT HAPPENED

• Northern State kicked off the quad meet placing fourth in the 400 medley; with the team of Maddie Gonzales, Mayson Sheldon, Lauren Forsyth, and Connor Doran swimming to a time of 4:09.14
• Forsyth swam a 5:01.95 grabbing a fifth place finish in the 400 IM and added a fourth place finish in the 100 fly finishing in 1:01.75
• With a time of 2:16.58, Gonzales tabbed a third place finish in the 200 back

 
Session Two:
THE QUICK DETAILS
Score vs. Sioux Falls: NSU 33, USF 112
Score vs. UMary: NSU 50, UMary 98
Score vs. Augustana: NSU 52, AU 95
 
 HOW IT HAPPENED

• The squad of Gonzales, Sheldon, Marialuisa Avila, and Doran opened the second session taking fourth in the 200 medley with a time of 1:53.30
• In the 200 fly, Forsyth swam to a fourth place finish with a time of 2:16.24
• Doran added a fourth place finish of her own, hitting the wall in 56.33 seconds
• With a time of 1:01.81 in the 100 back, Gonzales landed another fourth place finish for the Wolves
• Sheldon rounded out the individual top-5 finishes for NSU, taking fifth in the 100 breast with a time of 1:11.06
• Doran, Delaney Ryken, Gonzales, and Emma Murdock grabbed a fifth place finish in the 800 free with a time of 8:31.79

 
MONANIAN'S TAKE
"We asked a lot of the swimmers this weekend. We not only raced back-to-back meets, but many of them were expected to perform in back-to-back events. We have a young team and these challenging meets are an important part of our season as we head into conference next month."
 
BEYOND THE RESULTS

• Gonzales led the Wolves finishing third individually in the 200 back, while helping her 400 medley relay to a fourth place finish in session one
• In the evening session, Gonzales tallied one individual top-5 finish and helped her relay teams to two top-5 finishes

 
UP NEXT
Northern State swimming is back on the road next Saturday, January 23 heading to Bismarck to take on the University of Mary.