FARGO, ND - USF claims 4^th place for the 2^nd year in a row at the NSIC Swimming & Diving Championships. The Cougars have finished top-four for six straight years.
 
Outstanding Senior of the Year
The Cougars 5^th year swimmer, Elizabeth Spaans, wins the 2023 NSIC Outstanding Senior of the Year award. Spaans has had an incredible career at USF filled with numerous recognitions and awards. This year Spaans was named USF's Swimmer to Watch for the second straight year after being invited to her 4^th NCAA DII Championship meet last year. This year she claimed 6 event victories & was the runner up in 4 more during the Cougars regular season. Through her five trips to the NSIC Championships, Lizzy was part of 10 team or individual NSIC event victories.
 
Spaans also owns the USF record in the 200 IM (2:03.41) and the second fastest USF mark in the 400 IM (4:38.09). She was named to the NSIC Academic Team of Excellence three times, received the NSIC's Myles Brand All-Academic with Distinction Award, was named a D2 ADA Academic Achievement Recipient and has been named a CSCAA All-American.

NCAA Championships Qualifying Times
100 Free - Ursula Demarquet-Alban - 52.07 - B standard
200 Breast - Inte Pas - 2:18.35 - B standard
100 Back – Spaans - 56.03 - B standard

USF All-Conference Honorees
Domenica Solano (200 Medley Relay, 100 Fly, 200 Back)
Elizabeth Spaans (200 Medley Relay, 200 IM, 100 Back, 100 IM)
Inte Pas (200 Medley Relay, 200 Breast)
Ursula Demarquet-Alban (200 Medley Relay)
Weronika Mrozek (1650 Free)

Top USF times
Day 4
1650 Free - Mrozek - 3rd - 17:31.35
                    Sarah Knox - 5th - 17:34.65
100 IM - Spaans - 2nd - 58.67
100 Free - Demarquet-Alban - 4th - 52.07
200 Back - Domenica Solano - 2nd - 2:03.66
200 Breast - Pas - 1st - 2:18.35
400 Free Relay - Demarquet-Alban, Solano, Spaans, Valerie Childs - 4th - 3:30.79
 
Day 3
500 Free – Mrozek – 6^th - 5:07.09 
                   Knox – 7^th – 5:11.34
100 Back – Spaans – 3^rd - 56.03
100 Breast – Pas – 2^nd – 1:04.18
200 Fly – Childs – 4^th – 2:09.28
800 Free Relay – Knox, Spaans, Valentina Brunelli, Childs – 3^rd – 7:40.68
 
Day 2
100 Fly - Solano - 3rd - 56.68
400 IM - Pas - 5th in B final - 4:41.32
200 Free - Childs - 4th - 1:53.09
400 Medley Relay - Solano, Pas, Childs, Demarquet-Alban - 3rd - 3:50.94
 
Day 1
200 IM - Spaans - 3rd - 2:06.07
50 Free - Demarquet-Alban - 4th in B final - 24.41
1000 Free - Anna Scheglowski - 6th - 10:31.43
200 Medley Relay - Solano, Pas, Childs, Demarquet-Alban - 2nd - 1:45.31
200 Free Relay - Demarquet-Alban, Spaans, Olivia Miller, Scheglowski - 6th - 1:37.43


Final Team Results

1. Augustana - 979.5
2. Minnesota State - 969
3. St. Cloud - 793
4. USF - 554.5
5. Northern State - 281
6. UMary - 225
7. SMSU - 154
8. Concordia St. Paul - 131
9. MSU Moorhead - 97

With the NSIC Championship over, USF will await news from the NCAA on which swimmers will move on to the NCAA Championships based on their B standard times. The NCAA Championships will take place in Indianapolis, IN at the IU Natatorium from March 8th to March 11th. Stay tuned to USFCougars.com and the USF athletics social media pages for news on which swimmers will be heading to Indiana.