Aberdeen, S.D. – In the final home meet of the season, the Northern State swim team earned their seventh dual win of the season with 144-118 victory over UMary. The Wolves earned seven individual event wins and 22 individual top-3 finishes in the dual meet. Northern honored six seniors prior to the meet, Lauren Forsyth, Hannah Kiernan, Delaney Ryken, Kenna Smith, Georgy Turner, and Mayson Sheldon.
 
THE QUICK DETAILS
Final Score: NSU 144, MARY 118
Records: NSU 7-6, MARY 2-1
 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• Northern State recorded a runner-up finish in the opening relay of the dual meet, with the team of Mia Fursedonne, Mayson Sheldon, Lauren Forsyth, and Lilly Grebner swimming to a time of 1:54.30 in the 200 yard medley relay
• Grebner led a 1-2-3 finish for the Wolves in the 200 yard IM with a time of 2:11.87, she was followed by Maddie Gonzales (2:19.52) and Brianna Back (2:22.61) in second and third respectively
• Haley Osborne earned a runner-up finish in the 200 yard freestyle, hitting the wall in a time of 2:02.19; Delaney Ryken rounded out the top-3 with a time of 2:05.03
• Fursedonne swam to a second place finish in the 50 yard backstroke with a time of 29.89, she was followed closely behind by Gonzales in third place with a time of 29.97
• Sheldon earned her second event win of the season, winning the 50 yard breaststroke with a time of 32.41
• Forsyth earned her first event win of the season with a victory in the 100 yard butterfly, hitting the wall in a time of 1:00.38; Georgy Turner rounded out the top-3 for the Wolves with a time of 1:04.20
• Ryken (25.89) and Osborne (26.04) earned second and third place finishes in the 50 yard freestyle
• Osborne earned her second runner-up finish of the night in the 100 yard freestyle, finishing with a time of 56.38
• Gonzales earned her third win of the season with a victory in the 100 yard backstroke with a time of 1:01.96
• Grebner earned her second win of the night with a victory in the 100 yard breaststroke, finishing with a time of 1:08.83; Sheldon earned a runner-up finish with a time of 1:11.24
• Hannah Rodts earned a top-3 finish in the 500 yard freestyle, finishing in third place with a time of 5:49.23
• Forsyth earned her second win of the night with a victory in the 50 yard butterfly, hitting the wall in a time of 27.13; Ryken rounded out the top-3 with a time of 28.39
• For the second time in the dual meet the Wolves finished 1-2-3 in an event, this time in the 100 yard IM; Back finished first place with a time of 1:05.71 and was followed by Sheldon (1:06.26) and Hannah Kiernan (1:07.82)
• The final relay of the meet was decided by just four hundredths of a second as the UMary relay team (3:40.16) edged Northern in the 400 yard freestyle relay as the team of Grebner, Forsyth, Osborne, and Ryken who hit the wall in a time of 3:40.20
• To end the night Kiernan competed in a time trial in the 400 yard IM, she finished with a time of 5:15.97

 NORTHERN STATE STATISTICAL STANDOUTS
Lilly Grebner: won the 200 yard IM (2:11.87) and 100 yard breaststroke (1:08.83)
Lauren Forsyth: won the 100 yard butterfly (1:00.38) and 50 yard butterfly (27.13)
 
UP NEXT
Northern State will close out the first half of their season with a trip to Sioux Falls and the Augustana Invitational. The 3-day event will take place November 17-19 at the Midco Aquatic Center and the meet start times will be announced in the coming weeks.