Sioux Falls, SD – The USF Swimming team heads to Mankato, MN for a meet with the University of Jamestown and Minnesota State. The meet will take place at 1:00 PM on Saturday, October 23
rd in the Highland Pool.
After finishing in third place in the conference for the fourth consecutive year, USF Swimming opened the season at the Midco Aquatic Center with a double dual against Augustana and St. Cloud. USF narrowly fell in each dual despite taking 13 event wins across the two days of competition. While no NCAA standard times were achieved, USF came within seconds of those marks in multiple events.
Highlights from meet #1-
-200 yard Medley Relay -
1st place, 1:48.70
Domenica Solano, Inte Pas, Emily Solarski, Ursula Demarquet
-200 yard Freestyle -
1st place, 1:57.95,
Valerie Childs
-50 yard Freestyle -
1st place, 24.64, Demarquet
-200 yard IM -
1st place, 2:11.64,
Elizabeth Spaans
-100 yard Freestyle -
1st place, 54:07, Demarquet
-100 yard Backstroke -
1st place, 58.79,
Ilinde du Plessis
2nd place, 1:01.02, Spaans
-100 yard Breaststroke -
1st, 1:04.97, Pas (6
th best time in all of NCAA DII for 21-22 season as of 10/19/21)
-400 yard Medley Relay-
1st, 3:56.35, du Plessis, Pas, Solano, Childs
-50 Yard Freestyle-
2nd, 24.90, Demarquet
-100 yard IM-
1st, 1:01.15,
Paulina Ruelas
-200 yard Butterfly-
2nd, 2:14.12, Childs
-200 yard Backstroke-
1st, 2:08.23, du Plessis
2nd, 2:11.06, Solano
-200 yard Breaststroke-
1st, 2:21.65, Pas (7
th best time in all of NCAA DII for 21-22 season as of 10/19/21)
-200 yard Freestyle Relay-
1st, 1:39.87, Solano, Demarquet, Spaans, Childs
Swimmers with multiple event wins;
du Plessis- 100 yard Backstroke ,200 yard Backstroke, 400 yard Medley Relay
Pas- 200 yard Breaststroke, 100 yard Breaststroke, 400 yard Medley Relay, 200 yard Medley Relay
Demarquet- 200 yard Freestyle Relay, 200 yard Medley Relay, 50 yard Freestyle, 100 yard Freestyle
Solano- 200 yard Freestyle Relay, 400 yard Medley Relay, 200 yard Medley Relay
Childs- 200 yard Freestyle Relay, 400 yard Medley Relay, 200 yard Freestyle
The event will be streamed for free at
https://nsicnetwork.com/. Stay tuned to USFCougars.com and the USF athletics Twitter page for results after the meet.
