WEST FARGO, N.D. - The Concordia-St. Paul women's swimming and diving team concluded day two of the Dragon Invite with nine top-finishes to finish first with a program-record 1,638 points on Saturday evening at the Hulbert Aquatic Center.
The Golden Bears saw themselves break a program–record points scored during an invite after previously breaking the record at the WildBear Invite in November with 1,475.5 points.
It was Sophie Leo who set the control in the pool today, finishing first in all four of her events, tallying 80 points for the team. She saw herself with a top spot in the 100-yard backstroke, 50-yard freestyle, 100-yard IM and the 100-yard freestyle to bring her season total to 13 victories.
Junior Sierra Sherry and senior Chloe Rihon continued their season-best meet, both seeing the top of the podium in their respective event. Sherry won the 500-yard freestyle with a time of 5:30.80 for her second win of the weekend.
Rihon took the top-spot in the 200-yard IM with a time of 2:11.09 for her second victory of the weekend and fifth of the season.
Junior Rebecca Hildebrand earned her second career win and first of the season, finishing with a time of 26.62 in the 50-yard butterfly.
Sophomore Zoe D'Alessandro and junior Marianna Perna rounded out the top-finishes for the Navy and Gold. D'Alessandro saw her first collegiate victory, finishing first in the 100-yard breaststroke with a time of 1:09.46.
Perna added her second career win and first of the season, taking the top spot in the 1650-yard freestyle with a time of 19:48.19.
On the diving board, Mina Dahl tallied her second podium finish of the invite, finishing third in the 3-Meter dive to lead the diving effort for Concordia.
As a team, the Golden Bears notched 36 top-five and 76 top-10 finishes, bringing the weekend total to 50 top-five and 114 top-10 finishes. CSP recorded 11 event wins from six different swimmers to mark their most of the season.
The Golden Bears will return to action next Saturday, Jan. 17 for their final home meet of the year at the Two Rivers Aquatic Center. The final home meet will mark senior day for six student-athletes including Giulia Cury, Sophie Leo, Emma Granovsky, Silvana Jacquez, Caitlyn Greenwalt and Chloe Rihon.
FINAL TEAM STANDINGS
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Concordia-St. Paul, 1638
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MSU Moorhead, 1153
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Jamestown, 677
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Concordia Moorhead, 162
RELAY RESULTS (Top-3 Finishes)
2nd - 200 Yard Medley, (Sophie Leo, Zoe D'Alessandro, Rebecca Hildebrand, Emma Granovsky), 4:08.83
2nd - 400 Yard Freestyle, (Sophie Leo, Rebecca Hildebrand, Sierra Sherry, Emma Granovsky), 3:44.69
INDIVIDUAL RESULTS (Top-5 Finishes)
Emma Granovsky
2nd - 50 Yard Freestyle, 25.18
3rd - 200 Yard Freestyle, 2:02.10
3rd - 100 Yard Freestyle, 56.18
Rebecca Hildebrand
1st - 50 Yard Butterfly, 26.62
3rd - 100 Yard IM, 1:03.71
4th - 200 Yard Freestyle, 2:04.09
Sophie Leo
1st - 100 Yard Backstroke, 58.58
1st - 50 Yard Freestyle, 23.95
1st - 100 Yard IM, 59.34
1st - 100 Yard Freestyle, 52.61
Chloe Rihon
1st - 200 Yard IM, 2:11.09
3rd - 100 Yard Backstroke, 1:02.77
3rd - 50 Yard Breaststroke, 32.91
4th - 100 Yard IM, 1:03.77
Silvana Jacquez
4th - 100 Yard Backstroke, 1:03.64
5th - 200 Yard Butterfly, 2:29.11
Ashley Miranda-Limon
5th - 100 Yard Backstroke, 1:04.16
5th - 500 Yard Freestyle, 5:44.63
Zoe D'Alessandro
1st - 100 Yard Breaststroke, 1:09.46
Claire Briest
2nd - 100 Yard Breaststroke, 1:09.55
2nd - 500 Yard Freestyle, 5:38.09
2nd - 50 Yard Breaststroke, 32.71
Kaylie Johnson
5th - 100 Yard Breaststroke, 1:13.93
5th - 50 Yard Breaststroke, 33.50
Ava Reich
2nd - 200 Yard IM, 2:15.88
3rd - 100 Yard Butterfly, 2:15.60
Gabby Busch
4th - 200 Yard Butterfly, 2:23.97
Marianna Perna
1st - 1650 Yard Freestyle, 19:48.19
Juliana Marroquin
5th - 200 Yard IM, 2:16.92
Sierra Sherry
1st - 500 Yard Freestyle, 5:30.80
Lilly Adams
4th - 500 Yard Freestyle, 5:43.77
Brooklyn Keney
5th - 50 Yard Backstroke, 29.87
Mina Dahl
3rd - 3 Meter Dive, 338.45 points
Chloe Jones
4th - 3 Meter Dive, 333.20
