SIOUX FALLS - USF Swimming closed out the Augustana Invitational tonight with multiple noteworthy performances. The Cougars lit up the board with school records, B cuts and personal/season bests.

Highlights-
Ursula Demarquet-Alban improved her B cut time in the 50 Free from the Sioux Falls Quad in October by .03 seconds. Domenica Solano achieved a B cut time in the 100 Back by finishing in a personal best time of 56.13. 12 of 13 events throughout the first 2 days featured a personal or season best for the Cougars. Demarquet-Alban achieved a B cut time of 51.89 in the 100 Free. Inte Pas landed a B cut time and set the school record in the 200 Breast with her event winning time of 2:16.08 (3rd in DII).

Head Coach Chris Hamstra on this year's midseason meet - "We had a lot of great swims that included school records, B-cuts, personal bests and season bests. However, the way the team bonded over the last 3 days was the most remarkable. I'm proud of this group and we can't wait to make some noise after the break."

Final Team Scores:
USD - 1664
SDSU - 1082
Augie - 1065
MSU - 860
USF - 522
NSU - 176
UMary - 128
Iowa Central CC - 125
CSP - 88
SMSU - 81
UNK - 53
CSM - 46
U Minn Morris - 2

USF Day 3 Results:

100 IM
Anna Scheglowski - 7th (B final) - 1:01.13

200 Back
Solano - 3rd - 2:04.24
Elizabeth Spaans - 1st (C final) - 2:09.54
Weronika Mrozek - 10th (C final) - 2:19.91

100 Free
Demarquet-Alban - 2nd (B final) 51.89

200 Breast 
Inte Pas - 1st - 2:16.08
Abby Ford - 3rd (B final) - 2:28.80

200 Fly
Valerie Childs - 6th - 2:10.71

1650 Free
Mrozek - 5th - 17:47.48
Valentina Brunelli - 13th - 18:29.73

400 Free Relay
Childs, Spaans, Solano, Demarquet-Alban - 6th - 3:30.47
Pas, Brunelli, Scheglowski, Olivia Miller - 17th - 3:39.14
Josie Schlachter, Abby Ford, Lizzy Featherstone, Taylor Murphy - 28th - 3:51.21
 
USF Day 2 Results:

200 Free Relay
Ursula Demarquet-Alban, Elizabeth Spaans, Solano, Valerie Childs - 5th - 1:35.22
Olivia Miller, Anna Scheglowski, Sarah Knox, Abby Ford - 19th - 1:40.08
Lizzy Featherstone, Taylor Murphy, Valentina Brunelli, Josie Schlachter - 46th - 1:57.95

400 IM
Inte Pas - 11th (1st in B final) - 4:39.61
Weronika Mrozek - 20th (10th in B final) - 4:52.51

200 Free
Childs - 5th - 1:53.68
Demarquet-Alban - 22nd (2nd in C final) - 1:55.40

100 Back
Solano - 6th - 56.13 
Spaans - 7th - 56.36

100 Breast
Pas - 4th - 1:04.32
Ford - 16th (6th in B final) - 1:06.82

400 Medley Relay
Solano, Pas, Childs, Demarquet-Alban - 3rd - 3:48.69
Hannah Warmbrand, Scheglowski, Lizzy Featherstone, Miller - 25th - 4:11.77
Murphy, Lilly Featherstone, Weronika Mrozek, Schlachter - 32nd - 4:25.01

USF Day 1 Results:

200 Medley Relay Final

7th - Domenica Solano, Inte Pas, Valerie Childs, Ursula Demarquet-Alban - 1:45.61

12th - Elizabeth Spaans, Abby Ford, Makenzy Kennedy, Anna Scheglowski - 1:47.59

31st - Taylor Murphy, Weronika Mrozek, Hannah Warmbrand, Olivia Miller - 1:53.75

40th - Josie Schlachter, Lilly Featherstone, Lizzy Featherstone, Valentina Brunelli - 2:00.98

500 Yard Free (A Final)

10th - Weronika Mrozek - 5:14.61

500 Yard Free (B Final)

20th - Valerie Childs - 5:20.83
23rd - Valentina Brunelli - 5:14.79

50 Yard Free (A Final)

8th - Ursula Demarquet-Alban - 23.62

200 Yard IM (A Final)

4th - Elizabeth Spaans - 2:06.10

200 yard IM (B Final)

11th - Inte Pas - 2:08.33

100 Yard Fly (A Final)

4th - Domenica Solano - 56.21
10th - Valerie Childs - 57.55

800 Yard Free Relay (A Final)

4th - Sarah Knox, Elizabeth Spaans, Valentina Brunelli, Valerie Childs - 7:41.40

800 Yard Free Relay (B Final)

13th - Weronika Mrozek, Abby Ford, Inte Pas, Ursula Demarquet-Alban - 8:00.61


The Cougars will have a break from competition until after the new year, they'll start the second half of their season in Marshall, Minnesota with a meet against SMSU on January 13th and 14th.