ST. PAUL, Minn. – Northern State came in fourth in the Wildbear Invite, scoring 593 points in the three-day event. Junior diver Jacie Flockhart recorded a first-place finish in the one-meter dive in both the preliminary and finals rounds.
 
QUICK DETAILS
Scoring:
Concordia-St. Paul: 1,475.5
St. Catherine: 699.5
Jamestown: 621
Northern State: 593
Augsburg: 23
 
PRELIMS

• Flockhart earned Northern's top finishes, boasting a dive of 399.70 in the one-meter dive
• Freshman Ella Wanschura took silver in the 200-yard breaststroke, recording a 2:32.64 finish, while Marie Loest (fifth, 2:24.80), Emma Beavers (seventh, 2:37.37) and Riley Vraniak (16th, 2:52.15) followed
• Wanschura (1:02.85) also took fifth in the 100-yard individual medley, with teammates Loest (1:03.68), Beavers (1:05.68), Vraniak (1:06.51) and Sidney Masgras (1:08.86) finishing in sixth, 13th, 17th and 21st, respectively
• In the 100-yard freestyle, two Wolves placed inside the top five, with Emma Moore taking third with a time of 54.88 seconds and Mazie Finch placing fourth with a time of 55.04 seconds
• Laila Gordillo (55.52 seconds) earned ninth in the same event, followed by Sydney Rogers (55.78 seconds) in 11th and Lorelai Grund (57.50 seconds) in 19th
• In the 500-yard freestyle, Moore notched NSU's fastest time at 5:32.40 for eighth, while Grund finished at 5:51.23 for 16th and Kenna Remily swam a 6:25.27 for 24th

 
FINALS

• After her stellar performance in the preliminary round, Flockhart followed it up with a score of 402.65 in the one-meter dive, earning yet another first-place finish
• Moore and Finch took second and third in the 100-yard freestyle, recording a 54.50-second finish and a 55.13-second finish, respectively
• In the same event, Gordillo (55.36 seconds) and Rogers (55.52 seconds) took ninth and 10th, while Grund (57.46 seconds) and Maya Hentges (58.32 seconds) placed 19th and 21st
• Wanschura tallied her third top-five finish in the 200-yard breaststroke as she secured a 2:32.64 finish for fourth, followed by Loest in fifth at 2:34.41
• Beavers took eighth with a time of 2:36.84, and Vraniak rounded out NSU's swimmers in the event with a 2:51.52 finish for 16th
• Five Wolves placed in the top 20 in the 100-yard individual medley, with Wanschura (1:03.17) taking fifth, Loest (1:03.81) placing sixth, Beavers (1:06.27) earning 14th, Vraniak (1:05.28) taking 17th and Masgras recording a 1:07.77 swim for 20th
• NSU's 400-yard freestyle relay team consisting of Loest, Hentges, Grund and Ilyanna Haigler took eighth with a time of 3:55.32
• In the women's 500-yard freestyle, Moore led the charge in eighth at 5:37.55, followed by Grund in 15th at 5:41.58 and Remily in 23rd at 6:16.66
• In the time trials, Rogers (1:05.43) and Grund (1:06.12) placed first and second in the 100-yard IM time trial, while Vraniak (28.18 seconds) and Masgras (28.79 seconds) finished with gold and silver in the 50-yard butterfly time trial

 
BEYOND THE RESULTS
Remily (200-yard freestyle), Loest (100-yard breaststroke), Wanschura (100-yard breaststroke), Beavers (100-yard breaststroke), Finch (100-yard backstroke), Rogers (100-yard backstroke), Moore (200-yard butterfly) and Grund (50-yard butterfly time trial) recorded personal records on the last day of the Wildbear Invite
 
UP NEXT
The Wolves will be back in the water Dec. 4-6 when they compete in the Augie Invite in Sioux Falls, S.D.