Wildbear day 1 recap
Kory Burdick

WOLVES SIT IN FOURTH AFTER FIRST DAY OF WILDBEAR INVITE

ST. PAUL, Minn. – Northern State sits in fourth place after the first day of the Wildbear Invite. NSU's Mazie Finch was involved with both of the team's second-place finishes in the finals this evening.
 
QUICK DETAILS
Scoring:
Concordia-St. Paul: 497
St. Catherine: 258
Jamestown: 229
Northern State: 193
Augsburg: 11
 
PRELIMS
  • In the 200-yard individual medley, freshman Ella Wanschura took fourth with a time of 2:17.72, while Marie Loest (2:22.06), Riley Vraniak (2:24.94) and Emma Beavers (2:26.54) followed in 10th, 15th and 17th, respectively
  • Sydney Rogers led the Wolves in the 200-yard backstroke, securing a 2:17.49 finish for seventh
  • Finch (10th) followed with a time of 2:22.53, and Lorelai Grund (11th) finished at 2:26.54
  • Northern State boasted seven qualifying times in the 50-yard freestyle, with Finch placing seventh at 25.39 seconds, NSU's fastest time in the event
  • Two spots behind Finch was Rogers at 25.56 seconds for ninth, and Emma Moore notched an 11th-place finish at 25.59 seconds
  • Laila Gordillo (26.39 seconds) and Maya Hentges (26.49 seconds) finished back-to-back for 18th and 19th place, with Sidney Masgras (26.70 seconds) and Grund (26.73 seconds) doing the same for 21st and 22nd
  • The Wolves featured three top-10 swimmers in the 100-yard butterfly: Moore (seventh) at 1:02.96, Gordillo (eighth) at 1:04.33 and Masgras (ninth) at 1:05.84
  • Hentges followed with a time of 1:08.22 for 15th, and Kenna Remily finished at 1:14.15 for 20th
 
FINALS
  • Northern State's 200-yard medley relay team consisting of Finch, Moore, Wanshura and Rogers secured silver at 1:50.06, while Vraniak, Beavers, Gordillo and Hentges took eighth at 1:56.59
  • Finch tallied another second-place finish in the finals, this time in the 50-yard freestyle, recording a 24.89-second swim
  • Moore (25.33 seconds) and Rogers (25.53 seconds) rounded out the NSU scorers in 10th and 13th place, respectively
  • In the 200-yard backstroke, Rogers took fifth at 2:15.71, Finch finished in 10th with a time of 2:18.75, and Grund recorded a 13th-place finish at 2:30.51
  • Wanschura swam a 2:19.32 in the 200-yard individual medley for sixth, while Loest (2:20.30) took ninth, and Vraniak rounded out the scoring swims in 16th at 2:28.68
  • Two Wolves finished back-to-back in the 100-yard butterfly in Moore (seventh) and Gordillo (eighth) with times of 1:01.89 and 1:04.22, respectively
  • To finish out the first day, Northern State's 800-yard freestyle relay team made up of Moore, Hentges, Loest and Gordillo finished the event with a time of 8:28.74 to take seventh place
 
BEYOND THE RESULTS
  • Five Northern State swimmers recorded personal-best times in today's meet: Beavers (200-yard individual medley), Wanschura (200-yard individual medley), Rogers (200-yard backstroke), Vraniak (100-yard butterfly) and Gordillo (100-yard butterfly)
 
UP NEXT
Northern State will compete in the second day of the Wildbear Invite tomorrow morning at 9:30 a.m. for prelims in St. Paul, Minn. The diving portion will begin at 12:30 p.m., and the finals begin at 5:30 p.m.
 
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