ST. CLOUD, Minn. - The NMU women's swim and dive team turned in another convincing performance, outing St. Cloud State 153-69.
Kalina Ceglinski finished atop the podium in both the 3 and 1 meter diving, with her score of 262.65 earning an NCAA Provisional Qualifying Score in the 1-meter.
Carlotta Santi claimed first in all three of her events, those being the 200 free, 500 free, and 400 free relay.
Becca Burrows also had three first place finished, hers coming in the 400 medley relay, 50 free, 400 free relay.
Zoe DeKievit earned a trio of firsts, first in the 400 medley relay, followed by the 200 IM, and emphatically in the 200 breaststroke.
Camilla Carbone finished first in the 400 medley relay and 200 backstroke, and
Elena Curti claimed gold in the 400 medley relay and 400 free relay.
Annika Geyer rounded out the athletes in the 200 butterfly to claim gold, and
Alyssa Bloser rounded out the 'Cats in the 400 free relay.
The full list of results can be found
here
Events Breakdown
Event 1 - NMU's A and B 400 medley relay teams set the tone for the meet, as they claimed first and second in the opening event of the afternoon. 'A', consisting of
Camilla Carbone,
Zoe DeKievit,
Sophia Moore, and
Becca Burrows produced a time of 3:56.07, and 'B', comprised of
Mia Strazny,
Evie DeCarlo,
Elena Curti, and Abby keen, finished at 3:58.18, eight seconds faster than the third place team.
Event 3 - The Wildcats claimed the top four spots in the 200 free, led by Santi with her second first place finish and a time of 1:55.87, a four second cushion between her and second place
Annika Geyer.
Ellie Kilgard finished third and
Alyssa Bloser claimed fourth, followed by Abby Keen in sixth,
Caitlin Aarseth in eighth, and
Anna Karubas in 10th.
Event 5 - Burrows led the 'Cats, earning her second first place spot with a time of 25.04. The 'Cats claimed spots three through five with Vicky Burda,
Joanne Arbic, and
Donna Hannig, respectively.
Brooklyn Millward rounded out the 'Cats in eighth.
Event 7 - The Wildcats claimed six of the top seven spots in the 200 IM, led by DeKievit claiming gold with a time of 2:10.94. Spots two and three belonged to
Anika Wright and DeCarlo, with spots five six and seven going to
Ella Houwers, Moore, and
Kenzie Stute, respectively.
Event 9 - Kalina Ceglanski found success on the board, finishing first in the 3-meter diving with her score of 254.80.
Lauren Plockmeyer claimed bronze,
Izzy McCabe finished fifth, and
Madison Germain rounded out the 'Cats in seventh.
Event 11 - Geyer crossed the line first in the 200 butterfly, besting teammate Moore by .20 seconds, with her time of 2:12.83, five seconds ahead of third place.
Pauline Izydorek finished fourth, and
Donna Hannig completed the 'Cats in eighth.
Event 13 - One of the rare events a Wildcat did not claim first in,
Alyssa Bloser just narrowly missed out on a first palce finish after posting a time of 54.79 in the 100 free, a mere .14 seconds behind Meredith Bangs. Kilgard finished fourth, Arbic in sixth, Burda in ninth, and Millward in 10th.
Event 15 - Carbone found the podium again, this time claiming an individual first in the 200 backstroke with a time of 2:07.84. Strazny was next on the podium with her time of 2:09.18, with Stute in fourth.
Event 17 - Santi claimed her second first place finish with a dominant performace in the 500 free, posting a time of 5:09.14, a solid 12 seconds ahead of second place.
Event 19 - Ceglinski hit a highlight of the evening, claiming first and hitting an NCAA Provisional Qualifying score on 1-meter diving with her score of 262.65. Plockmeyer was second with 231.50, and Germain finished fifth.
Event 21 - DeKievit dominated the 200 breaststroke, emphatically finishing first with her time of 2:23.44, eight seconds faster than second place.
Event 23 - The Wildcats 'A' team of Curti, Bloser, Santi, and Burrows completed the meet with a win, finishing first in the 400 free relay with a time of 3:36.55.
Up Next
The Wildcats return home, where they take on Saginaw Valley on Friday, October 25, before facing Grand Valley and Saginaw on Saturday, October 26.
