MARSHALL, Minn. – The Southwest Minnesota State University women's swimming & diving team returns to competition this Friday and Saturday with a pair of meets, including a home dual on Saturday inside the Don Palm Natatorium.
Earlier this week, SMSU added a meet for this Friday in Sioux Falls, S.D., with a triangular with Augustana and Minnesota Morris at the Midco Auqatic Center starting at 6 p.m. SMSU is 0-1 all-time versus Augustana, losing 199-57, on Jan. 11, 2020, but is 5-0 all-time versus UMM, which includes two victories earlier this season.
On Saturday, SMSU will host Minnesota State in a dual meeting beginning at 1 p.m. SMSU is 0-7 all-time versus MSU in duals, including suffering a 235-120 loss earlier this season in Mankato.
SMSU, which is 6-3 in duals this season, last competed on Nov. 17-18 at the Luther College Invite in Decorah, Iowa, finishing second over in the six-team invite. SMSU finished the two-day meet breaking five school records.
During day one of the meet,
Carla Nevi set the school record and also broke the Luther pool record in the 200-yard IM recording a time of 2:07.69. The previous SMSU record was 2:10.41 set by current teammate
Natalie Bohnert during the 2020 NSIC Championships. The 400-yard medley relay team of Nevi,
Maddy Storm, Bohnert and
Maija Geier, captured first place with the school record time of 3:59.73. The winning time broke the previous school mark of 4:00.51 set during the 2021-22 season.
On Nov. 18, SMSU's 200-yard medley relay team of Nevi, Storm,
Heather Arlen and Geier set a school and Luther pool record with a first-place time of 1:48.45. It broke the previous school record of 1:49.14 set last season. Storm also set a school record in the 100-yard breaststroke placing second with a time of 1:06.25 and breaking the previous record of 1:07.48 set by
Olivia Sholl last season. The final record of the meet was broken by
Sarah McDonald in 3-meter diving (11 rounds) as she recorded a score of 342.95 to finish seventh overall.
Saturday's Schedule of Events
200 Medley Relay
1000 Freestyle
200 Freestyle
100 Backstroke
100 Breaststroke
200 Butterfly
50 Freestyle
1m Dive (6rd)
100 Freestyle
200 Backstroke
200 Breaststroke
500 Freestyle
100 Butterfly
3m Dive (6 rd)
100 IM
200 Freestyle Relay
