Meet Stats
- Complete results
- January 12, 2017
- Score
- Men: North Dakota 136, South Dakota 104
- Women: North Dakota 125, South Dakota 112
Press Release
Courtesy of North Dakota Athletics
Behind a bevy of DakotaDome pool records, the University of North Dakota men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams each notched duals wins over host South Dakota Friday evening. Nine UND athletes put their names into the pool record book Friday as the UND men picked up a 136-104 victory while the Fighting Hawk women were 125-112 winners over the Coyotes.
“It was a lot of fun to get back to racing tonight. The team performed at or above our expectations,” UND head coach Chris Maiello said. “I think the highlight of the meet tonight was all of the pool records that were set. Nine records are a real strong showing for the first meet back from our training trip. Our main goal tonight was to just race, and we did that tonight.”
The women’s 200 medley relay started the swimming portion with a pool record swim of 1:59.80. Katie Breault’s times in the 200 IM (2:23.11) and 100 back (1:03.88) were both good for pool marks as well.
“For the women, Katie Breault also recorded multiple victories and two pool records. She is training very well right now and it shows,” Maiello said. “I think overall the depth of our women’s program is showing through. From top to bottom, we have quality swimmers and divers.”
Katie Stover was the 400 (4:41.35) and 800 free champ (9:37.70) while Megan Wenman won the 200 free (2:09.38). Emily Hamel (26.98) was the winner in a 1-2-3 finish for UND in the 50 free. Danica Dutt won the 100 fly (1:05.08) and UND dominated the 100 free as Steph Frey led the pack with a 58.70 time.
“For the men, Noah Lucas and Jacob Wielinski were the headliners, each getting wins and two pool records,” Maiello said. “The DakotaDome pool has been around for quite some time and a lot of great swimmers have come through there. I am happy for our guys.”
Wielinski ran away with the 800 free race, clearing the competition by more than a half-minute (8:15.36) and wiping nearly 25 seconds off the old pool record. He later erased former UND standout Rodrigo Cintra’s 14-year-old pool record in the 400 free with his 4:01.42 time. Lucas went 23.02 in the 50 free to etch another pool record then later also had another pool standard in the 100 free (51.67). Ivar Iverson helped UND to the top three spots in the 200 IM with his pool-record win in 2:07.26.
Tyler Zelen won the 100 fly (57.44) while Sam Marlow went sub-minute in the 100 back (59.15).
“It was also real encouraging to see Nick Benson qualify for the zone diving meet,” said Maiello. “As a freshman this is a big deal, it’s been fun watching him improve and progress. He is going to be a great diver for us for a long time to come.”
Benson’s 337.15 in the 3-meter dive was the second-best score in UND history and punched his ticket for the NCAA Zone meet in March.
“It was great day on the boards with Nick qualifying for zones,” UND diving coach Brian Strom said. “Mitch Raihle and Sam Howard both dove well, too. Keeley Coffee haded her best performance best all year. We went back to basics at winter training to work on the little things and it paid off today.”
North Dakota will remain in South Dakota and will head north to Brookings to duel with the Jackrabbits of South Dakota State on Sunday.