Aberdeen, S.D. – The Northern State swim team returns home to take on the University of Mary and Southwest Minnesota State in a duel meet. The meet is set to begin at 6 p.m. on Friday, January 26
th from the Aberdeen YMCA. The Wolves and Mustangs will return to the Aberdeen YMCA at 2 p.m. on Saturday, January 27
th to compete in the Pentathlon Meet.
GAME & FAN INFORMATION
- Links for live video and the meet schedule are included above or on the schedule page at nsuwolves.com
NORTHERN STATE STORYLINES
- The Wolves last competed on the road at the Dragon Invite on January 13, finishing fifth in the invite
- Lilly Grebner led the way for the Wolves with a first place finish in the 100 fly, with a time of 58.85
- Maddie Gonzales notched two top five finishes in the 200 back and 100 back with times of 2:13.71 and 1:02.48
- Grebner added two first place finishes in the 200 fly and 200 IM hitting the wall at 2:11.35 and 2:12.68 respectively
- In the 200 free, Haley Osborn took second place with a time of 1:59.22
- Northern State finished the Dragon Invite in fifth place with 403.5 total points
UNIVERSITY OF MARY STORYLINES
- The Marauders head into the match-up with a 2-5 record
- UMary last competed in the Sprint Pentathlon on January 20th
- Victoria Murillo claimed the sprint pentathlon title after winning three of the five events
- Abby Loel heads into her first season as head coach of the Marauders
LAST MATCH-UP
- Northern State split against UMary in the fall of 2023, losing 148-117 and defeating the Marauders, 105-88
- NSU holds a 6-11 all-time record against MARY
SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA STATE STORYLINES
- SMSU heads into the weekend with a 7-5 record
- The Mustangs were defeated by Minnesota State, 221-65 in their last competition
- Maija Geier took first in the 50 free with a time of 25.06 while finishing second in the 100 free hitting the wall at 54.80
- At the helm for the Mustangs, Marty Wahle enters his fifth season
LAST MATCH-UP
- Northern State was defeated by Southwest Minnesota State, 121-101 in their last match-up in the spring of 2023
- The Wolves hold an 1-3 all-time record against the Mustangs