MARSHALL, Minn. – The Southwest Minnesota State women's swimming & diving squad opened its home season on Saturday hosting a double dual with Minnesota State and Concordia-St. Paul inside the Don Palm Natatorium.
SMSU closed the day suffering a 241-56 loss to MSU, while CSP defeated SMSU by a score of 194.5 to 103.5. MSU finished 2-0 on the day earning a 205-93 victory over CSP.
Lexi Weems had a strong day for the Mustangs winning the 50-yard freestyle with a time of 24.05, while taking second in the 100-yard freestyle at 53.80.
Weems was also a member of SMSU's 200-yard freestyle relay team, along with
Maddy Storm,
Madeline Urbanek and
Maggie Johnson, that captured first-place with a time of 1:38.85.
SMSU's 200-yard medley relay team, consisting of
Grace Aesoph, Storm, Johnson and Weems, placed second with a time of 1:49.45.
Savannah Orzech finished fourth in the 1,000-yard freestyle closing with a time of 11:27.14 and was ninth in the 500-yard freestyle at 5:33.98.
Aesoph earned a fifth-place finish in the 100-yard backstroke touching the wall at 1:02.65 and was fifth in the 200-yard backstroke at 2:18.47.
Maggie Johnson led SMSU in the 200-yard freestyle, placing eighth at 2:02.81 and was seventh in the 100-yard butterfly at 1:03.05.
Storm finished fifth in the 100-yard breaststroke at 1:10.16 with teammate
Caitlyn Hasenjager recording an eight-place time of 1:12.79.
Shannon Bailey closed in seventh in the 200-yard breaststroke at 2:40.25 and was ninth in the 400-yard IM at 5:12.04.
SMSU resumes action next Saturday, Oct. 24, with a dual at Morningside in Sioux City, Iowa, starting at 12 p.m.
