Sioux Falls, SD - The dual meets between the University of Sioux Falls Women's Swimming team, Augustana University, and St. Cloud State University concluded on Friday and Saturday. USF dropped both their duals on Friday and on Saturday despite having 13 total event wins.
Top times from Friday for USF:
1000 yard Freestyle -
3rd place, 11:02.35,
Sarah Knox
200 yard Freestyle -
1st place, 1:57.95, Val Childs
200 yard IM -
1st place, 2:11.64, Lizzy Spaans
100 yard Butterfly -
1st place, 58.80, Dome Solano
3rd place, 54.41, Val Childs
100 yard Backstroke -
1st place, 58.79, Ilinde Du Plessis
2nd place, 1:01.02, Lizzy Spaans
500 yard Freestyle -
5th,
Inte Pas, 5:20.05
100 yard Breaststroke -
1st,
Inte Pas, 1:04.97
400 yard Freestyle Relay -
3rd, 3:41.41,
Natalia Escalante, Lizzy Spaans, Val Childs, Dome Solano
6th, 3:48.79, Ilinde Du Plessis,
Sarah Knox, Giulia Marcon, Abby Ford
Day 1 recap:
Ursula Demarquet claimed three event wins, the 100 yard Freestyle, 50 yard Freestyle and was part of the winning 200 yard Medley Relay team.
Dome Solano was part of the winning 200 yard Medley Relay team and won the 100 yard Butterfly.
Inte Pas won the 100 yard Breaststroke and was part of the winning 200 yard Medley Relay team. Her 1:04.97 in the 100 yard Breaststroke was less than a second out of an NCAA B standard time. USF fell to Augustana 102 - 123 and to St. Cloud 118.50 - 120.50.
Top times from Saturday:
400 yard Medley Relay-
1st, 3:56.35, Ilinde Du Plessis,
Inte Pas, Dome Solano, Val Childs
200 yard Freestyle-
3rd, 1:58.86,Ilinde Du Plessis
3rd, 1:01.80, Lizzy Spaans
200 yard Butterfly-
2nd, 2:14.12, Val Childs
200 yard Backstroke-
1st, 2:08.23, Ilinde Du Plessis
2nd, 2:11.06, Dome Solano
500 yard Freestyle-
4th, 5:27.07, Lizzy Spaans
200 yard Breaststroke-
1st, 2:21.65,
Inte Pas
200 yard Freestyle Relay-
1st, 1:39.87, Dome Solano,
Ursula Demarquet, Lizzy Spaans, Val Childs
Day 2 recap:
Ilinde Du Plessis and
Inte Pas were USF's only swimmers to claim multiple victories on day two. Both were part of the winning 400 yard Medley Relay team while Du Plessis won the 200 yard Backstroke and Pas claimed 1st in the 200 yard Breaststroke. Demarquet's 24.90 in the 50 yard Freestyle was less than a second from an NCAA B standard time. USF fell to Augustana 89 - 136 and St. Cloud 112 - 127.
"Inte and Ursula and Ilinde were awesome this weekend." said Head Coach
Chris Hamstra "We opened the season with a good test against two NSIC rivals. We swam and raced hard and now we're focused on next weekend."
USF will compete in its next meet on October 23rd with a double dual against the University of Jamestown and Minnesota State Mankato in Mankato. Stay tuned to USFCougars.com for updates!
