Swimming & Diving
Swimming & Diving
Swim & Dive: SC wins 11 events
SWIMMING & DIVING: Huskies Dominate Day One At MSU Moorhead
Friday, October 16, 2009
SCSU's All-American Kirsten Koetter. |
Moorhead, Minn. – To open competition in the new 2009-10 season, the St. Cloud State University women’s swimming and diving squad dominated Minnesota State University Moorhead, winning 11 of the 13 events on Day One of competition in the dual meet between the Huskies and Dragons on Friday, Oct. 16, from MSUM’s Alex Nemzek Swimming Pool. SCSU also set three new pool records enroute to the 11 wins tonight at MSUM.
"This was a great meet for us tonight and it was important to compete well against MSU Moorhead," said SCSU's head coach Jeff Hegle in regards to MSUM, who was selected as one of the top teams in the RMAC this season. "We swam well, but there is definitely room for improvement, and it was great to finally swim in a meet after eight weeks of practice," added Hegle.
For live results from the dual meet, click here.
The Huskies started right where they left off from the 2008-09 season, with speed in the pool and agility on the boards. SCSU’s 400 yard medley relay led off the meet with a first place finish in a time of 4:01.20. Senior All-American Cathy Haen (Eveleth) swam the first leg, senior Katie Brueggemann (Grafton, Wis.) swam second, sophomore All-American Kirsten Koetter (Melrose) was third and rookie Ali Domeier (St. Cloud) brought up the rear for the victory.
The 1650 free was the second event of the evening, and St. Cloud State’s first year swimmer Dayna Nellis tabbed her first collegiate career victory, touching the wall in 18:16.78 to set a new pool record. In the 200 free, senior Alisha Blaydes charted first place honors with a time of 2:00.04.
Koetter garnered her first solo victory of the season in the 50 free, finishing the race in :24.85, just 14 tenths of a second shy of a national qualifying B-cut mark. The seventh event of the evening was the 200 butterfly, and it was Nellis posting her second first place finish of the day with a time of 2:13.14. Blaydes followed Nellis’s win with a win of her own in the 100 freestyle, touching the wall in :54.66.
Haen, who holds the school record in the 200 back (2:04.40) was the sole victor in the 200 backstroke, leading the Huskies with a time of 2:13.26. Rookie swimmer Heather Crandall (Woodbury) was a bright spot for ninth-year head coach Jeff Hegle’s squad, as she garnered her first collegiate victory in the Cardinal and Black with a time of 5:16.43 in the 500 freestyle which also set a new pool record.
On the boards, sophomore Allison Tracy (Minot, N.D.) tallied her first win of the season, totaling 221.15 points on the three-meter. Of note, Tracy placed second on the boards on the one-meter with 208.10 points. The final two events of the night saw SCSU victories in the 200 breaststroke and 400 free relay. Brueggemann set a new pool record, winning the 200 breast in a time of 2:27.39, while SCSU’s 400 free relay, made up of Blaydes, senior Kelly Vieau (Delano), Koetter and junior April Greene (Sun Prairie, Wis.) touched the wall in 3:42.87
Husky fans...you can view live results of the St. Cloud State women's swimming and diving dual meet at Minnesota State University Moorhead tomorrow afternoon (Saturday, Oct. 17). The meet is slated to begin at Noon.
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