West Fargo, N.D. – The Northern State University swim team placed sixth overall at the 2021 NSIC Swimming and Diving Championships, notching 209 total points. NSU recorded their highest finish since the move to nine competing teams and surpassed MSU Moorhead for the first time in school history.

HOW IT HAPPENED

• In the 100 IM, Lauren Forsyth placed 17^th overall with a time of 1:01.74 and Kennedy Davis finished 22^nd overall hitting the wall at 1:04.01
• Marialuisa Avila  and Connor Doran too 14^th in a time of 53.74 and 16^th hitting the wall at 54.07 in the 100 free
• Maddie Gonzales recorded the Wolves highest finish of the day, placing seventh in the 200 back with a time of 2:06.04
• Hannah Kiernan and Lexi Malimanek placed 21^st and 22^nd in the 200 back with times of 2:16.31 and 2:16.43 respectively
• Mayson Sheldon finished in 15^th place in the 200 breast with a time of 2:30.79
• In the 1650 free, Delaney Ryken swam to a ninth place finish, recording a time of 18:33.22, while Kenzi Matson placed 13^th with a time of  19:20.77
• The 400 free relay team of Gonzales, Ryken, Doran, and Avila placed sixth, finishing in 3:35.51  

 
BEYOND THE RESULTS

• Sheldon earned a 16 seed in the finals with a new personal best and freshman record time of 2:27.61
• NSU swam season bests in the 100 IM from Davis (1:03.75), Forsyth (1:04.08), Sheldon (1:05.39), and Kenna Smith (1:09.56)
• In the 100 free, the Wolves had season bests from Avila (54.12), Doran (54.17), Murdock (56.48), Mercer (56.68), and Randall (57.61)
• Season bests in the 200 back came from Gonzales (2:06.83), Kiernan (2:17.30), Malimanek (2:18.62), and Turner (2:20.11)
• In the 200 breast, Sheldon (2:30.88), Grier (2:38.73), and Davis (2:42.14) all recorded season best times  

MONANIAN'S THOUGHTS
"We needed to swim fast, even though we were tired tonight, and that's exactly what we did. Mayson's win in the swim off (200 breast) really set the energy for the last session. I'm very proud of how they all raced."

The Northern State seniors, Lexie Malimanek and Hazel Ohm swam the final races of their Wolves careers this evening from West Fargo. The Wolves finish the season with a sixth place standing in the NSIC and a dual win over Concordia College in the regular season.