ST. PAUL, Minn. – The Minnesota State women's swimming and diving team took first place in 10 of the 16 events in the triangular meet against Concordia-St. Paul and St. Thomas, hosted by the Tommies. The Mavericks were victorious in both matchups Saturday.
 
The team defeated St. Thomas by a score of 163-137. MSU also beat the Golden Bears 233-67.
 
"We were hoping to see our women step up this week and race hard at St. Thomas. We had great effort throughout the afternoon. I thought that our freshman had an outstanding meet and performed very well. There were several close races that we were able to edge out. Our divers had another solid day on the boards and scored valuable points. The last relay was probably the highlight of the meet. There was a palpable energy in the pool with all the teams in a tight race. We got beat on that one, but our women gave it a great effort. We had a lot of fun today"
 
To start the meet, the Mavericks won the 200 yard Medley Relay. The team made up by Abby Gronholz, Averi Larsen, Claudia Schwartz and Olivia Huboda finished with a time of 1:47.11, with Huboda pulling the fastest split at 24.37.
 
Kaylie Gibbs followed up the MSU victory in the relay with one of her own in the 1000 freestyle. The freshman ended with a time of 10:44.78. In the 100 freestyle, Larsen ended in first place with a 52.49.
 
In the 100 backstroke, Gronholz took first place with a time of 58:07. In the 200 yard race, freshman Savannah Acker also took first with a time of 2:08.34.
 
Larsen ended nearly a full second before the next racer with a time of 1:06.59 in the 100 breaststroke. In the 200, Megan Schultz finished in second place with a time of 2:27.60.
 
Gretta Hansen won the 200 butterfly event with a time of 2:13.80. Acker took first place in the 100 butterfly, as she finished at 58.96. Schwartz took second in that race with a time of 59.67.
 
Larsen won the 200 yard IM race with a time of 2:08.46.
 
In diving, Nat Freeman took first place in the one meter dive competition with a score of 230.40. Aspen Warnygora was the highest finisher for the Mavericks in the three meter competition; she took third with a score of 222.90.
 
Minnesota State is back in action next weekend, Saturday, November 9 for another triangular meet against Gustavus Adolphus and UW-Stevens Point. The diving portion of the meet will be held in Mankato and the swimming will take place in St. Peter.