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Aberdeen, S.D. – The Northern State University swim team opened their 2023-24 season Friday evening with a second play relay meet finish versus Southwest Minnesota State, the University of Mary, and Concordia-St. Paul. The Wolves tallied 104 points to the Mustangs 106, followed by 88 for the Marauders and 86 for the Golden Bears.
 
WOLVES HIGHLIGHTS

• Northern kicked off the meet with a second place finish in the 300 fly relay with the team of Guusje van Lent, Alexia Hoven, and Lilly Grebner finishing with a time of 3:04.07
• The Wolves followed with a 3:06.03 victory in the 300 back relay from the squad of Georgy Turner, Mia Fursedonne, and Maddie Gonzales
• The squad of Tayla Liddle, Annalise Olsson, Hoven, and Haley Osborne brought home an event win in the 800 free relay with a time of 8:18.56; 12 seconds faster than the second place Mustangs
• Next up was the 500 free relay and a second place finish from the team of Turner, Fursedonne, Brianna Back, and Osborne in a time of 4:52.68
• The Wolves tallied back-to-back wins in the 400 medley relay and 200 free relay
• The team of Gonzales, Emma Beavers, Grebner, and Liddle recorded a 4:12.75 400 medley time and the squad of Fursedonne, Olsson, Hilary Sonnabend, and van Lent notched a 1:43.26 200 free time
• NSU added their final race victory of the evening in the 400 medley IM relay defeating the second place finishers by over 16 seconds; the team of Back, Gonzales, Liddle, and Grebner finished in 4:14.85
• The evening closed with a third place finish in the 400 free relay as the squad of Osborne, Sonnabend, Turner, and van lent hit the wall at 3:49.89

 
UP NEXT
Northern returns to the pool tomorrow morning against Concordia-St. Paul and UMary. Competition kicks off at 10:30 a.m. from the Aberdeen Family YMCA.  Saturday's meet schedule is outlined below.
 
200 Medley Relay
1000 Freestyle
200 Freestyle
50 Freestyle
200 Individual Medley
One Meter Diving
100 Butterfly
100 Freestyle
100 Backstroke
500 Freestyle
BREAK
100 Breaststroke
200 OR 400 Medley Relay