WEST FARGO, N.D. - Concordia-St. Paul swim and dive team concluded action at the Dragon Invite with 702 points and a third-place finish in the team standings on Saturday night at Hulbert Aquatics Center.
 
"We had a strong showing at the meet this weekend and enjoyed getting to race great completion from the NSIC," commented Head Coach Rachel Busch. "The focus was to race tough, and the team executed that intention."
 
The Golden Bears had a strong showing at the Dragon Invite on the second day of competition. They would move up one spot in the team standings over host Minnesota State-Moorhead. The Northern State Wolves would go on to win the meet with 1,065.5 points, followed by the University of Mary Marauders with 880.5.
 
Farida Maher led the Golden Bears with a pair of first-place finishes and a pair of second-place finishes on day two. The sophomore would add her first event victory of the day in the 1650 yard freestyle. Later, she would narrowly edge Victoria Murillo of UMary in the 100 yard freestyle by six hundredths of a second.
 
The Golden Bears would have three other swimmers finish in the top-3. Sophomore Charly Horn would add a second-place finish in 100 yard breaststroke, while Chloe Rihon added a third-place finish in the 100 IM, and Laura Vekony added a third-place finish in the 200 yard butterfly.
 
CSP swim and dive will return to action at home next week to host Augsburg University next Saturday, January 21, at 2:00 p.m. from Two Rivers Aquatic Center in Mendota Heights, Minn.  TEAM RESULTS
1. Northern State University 1065.5
2. University of Mary 880.5
3. Concordia University, St. Paul 702
4. Minnesota Moorhead 598
5. University of Jamestown 471
6. University of Minnesota Morris 178
  RELAY RESULTS
4th - 400 yard freestyle relay, 3:54.41
1) Chloe Rihon; 2) Emma Granovsky; 3) Hannah Hartlage; 4) Farida Maher
 
9th - 400 yard freestyle relay, 4:09.98
1) Sydney Fleming; 2) Stephanie De Leon; 3) Giulia Cury; 4) Charly Horn
 
4th - 400 yard medley relay, 4:20.89
1) Chloe Rihon; 2) Charly Horn; 3) Hannah Hartlage; 4) Farida Maher
 
9th - 400 yard medley relay, 4:32.19
1) Sydney Fleming; 2) Stephanie De Leon; 3) Laura Vekony; 4) Emma Granovsky
 
5th - 800 yard freestyle relay, 8:37.05
1)Farida Maher; 2) Sydney Fleming; 3) Charly Horn; 4) Chloe Rihon
 
9th - 800 yard freestyle relay, 9:07.75
1) Laura Vekony; 2) Giulia Cury; 3) Hannah Hartlage; 4) Emma Granovsky
  INDIVIDUAL RESULTS
Giulia Cury
5th - 1650 yard freestyle, 21:40.21
 
Sydney Fleming
5th - 200 yard IM, 2:23.59
 
Hannah Hartlage
5th - 50 yard butterfly, 28:46
 
Charly Horn
2nd - 100 yard breaststroke, 1:10.47
 
Farida Maher
1st - 100 yard freestyle, 54.21
1st - 1650 yard freestyle, 18:59.86
2nd - 200 yard freestyle, 1:56.44
2nd - 500 yard freestyle, 5:16.93
 
Chloe Rihon
3rd - 100 yard IM, 1:04.40
4th - 100 yard backstroke, 1:02.55
4th 200 yard IM, 2:21.33
5th - 50 yard backstroke,29.59
 
Laura Vekony
3rd - 200 yard butterfly, 2:25.52