RESULTS

Moorhead, Minn. --- The Minnesota State swimming and diving team split a pair of decisions Saturday afternoon, beating Northern State, 217-69, and losing to MSU Moorhead, 151-147 as it closed out the 2012 portion of its season.
 
In the 200-yard medley relay, Minnesota State won with a time of 1:50.42.  The relay team was made up of sophomore Emily Green, senior Amber McHugh, sophomore Ivanna Smirnova and senior Megan Pickert
 
The Mavericks also won the 400-yard freestyle in 3:36.54 as Smirnova, senior Tabetha Temperley, Green and senior Nicole Blum swam the course in 3:36.54.
 
Individually, senior Marissa Reeve won the 1,650-yard freestyle (18:12.54) and the 500-yard freestyle (5:19.14), while Blum won the 200-yard freestyle touching in 1:58.05.
 
Green picked up a pair of victories, winning the 100-yard backstroke in 1:01.00 and the 200-yard backstroke in 2:15.30.  Smirnova claimed the 100-yard freestyle (:53.30) and the 100-yard butterfly (:58.61).
 
Other top finishers for MSU included: junior Nicole Bennett (second, 100-yard breaststroke, 1:10.68), junior Alyssa
Larson(second, 200-yard butterfly, 2:21.67), Pickert (third, 50-yard freestyle, :25.40), sophomore Melissa Runquist (third, one-meter dive, 362.40; third, three-meter dive, 361.65 ), McHugh (second, 200-yard breaststroke, 2:32.93), Temperely (second, 200-yard IM, 2:15.06).

MSU is idle until its winter break when it heads to Hawaii, beginning Dec. 29 and running through Jan. 10.