MENDOTA HEIGHTS, Minn. - Concordia swim hosted its first swim and dive meet in program history with a double-dual against Minnesota State and Southwest Minnesota State at Two Rivers Aquatic Center on Saturday afternoon.
 
"The coaching staff is really proud of how well our women did at our very first home meet today," head coach Rachel Busch commented after the event. "They were part of making history in the hosting of our university's first home swim and dive meet."
 
Busch mentioned, "We had multiple season-best times, we had a handful of lifetime best times and we had school records broken by Chloe Rihon in the 100 backstroke, 200 backstroke and 200 IM."
 
"Overall, our team had an excellent showing and it was so fun to see their hard work pay off and so much fun to see the support of our Golden Bear family from across campus coming out to Two Rivers Aquatic Center to support us," Busch added.
 
"Whenever we did a highlight share at dinner this evening, every woman on our team commented on how much fun it was to have so much support at our pool, and they could really feel the sense of community that we have at Concordia University, St. Paul," Busch stated.
 
"We are very grateful for the athletic directors and their support and operating our first ever home meet, and very thankful for Southwest and Mankato (Minnesota State) for coming from up or over to visit us and compete in the pool," Busch concluded.
 
TEAM RESULTS
Minnesota State 201, Southwest Minnesota State 72
 
Southwest Minnesota State 146, Concordia-St. Paul 110
 
Minnesota State 195, Concordia-St. Paul 65
 
INDIVIDUAL RESULTS
The 200 yard medley relay team of  Rihon, Charly Horn, Hannah Hartlage and Emma Granovsky kicked off the event with a fourth-place finish and a new school record in the event with a time of 1:56.03.
 
Farida Maher led the field for the Golden Bears with three first-place finishes. The sophomore won the 1000 yard freestyle with a time of 10:56.13, the 100 yard freestyle with a time of 53.21 and the 500 yard freestyle with a time of 5:21.81.
 
Rihon collected a pair of second-place finishes on the day for the Golden Bears. The freshman set new school records in the 100 yard backstroke with a time of 1:01.08, the 200 yard backstroke with a time of 2:12.32 and in the 200 yard individual medley with a time of 2:16.19  
 
UP NEXT
The Golden Bears will return to action on Saturday, November 12th, against Minnesota State-Moorhead and Jamestown at the MSU Moorhead Meet. The event is scheduled for a 2 p.m. start at Nemzek Pool.