St. Cloud State brings home wins over DI rival Western Illinois

Saturday, November 2

Sioux Falls, SD

St. Cloud State

168.00

46.00

Western Illinois University

Chelsea Gehrke

St. Cloud State brings home wins over DI rival Western Illinois

11/2/2019 4:55:00 PM | Men's Swim & Dive, Women's Swim & Dive

The St. Cloud State University men's and women's swimming and diving teams completed their weekend of competition at the South Dakota Quad Duals in Sioux Falls, S.D. on Nov. 2 with a pair of victories over NCAA Division I rival Western Illinois University. The SCSU men's team charted a 168.00-46.00 win over WIU and the women's team rolled to a 189.00-28.00 win over WIU.

In other dual meet action on Nov. 2 at the Midco Aquatic Center in Sioux Falls, the SCSU men's team lost a 163.00-78.00 match against DI rival South Dakota and also posted a 144.00-96.00 loss to DI opponent South Dakota State. The SCSU women's team lost 142.00-100.00 to DI foe South Dakota and also lost 161.00-80.00 to Northern Iowa and 136.00-105.00 to South Dakota State (both NCAA DI rivals).

In the 1M diving competition, SCSU's Madison Brinkman placed third with a score of 228.60 and teammate Alyssa Doherty placed fourth at 228.00. Doherty also led SCSU in the women's 3M diving with a second place finish of 248.05.

The SCSU women's 200 medley relay team of Marena Kouba, Alexis Burroughs, Kasey Milstroh and Chelsea Gehrke placed third at 1:47.56, and the SCSU men's relay team of Kevin Guenter, Jayden Porter, Kyle Weis and Abe Townley placed second at 1:35.89.

The Huskies brough home a 1st and 2nd place in the men's 1650 free as Gavin Bloch won the race with a time of 16:46.20 and David Clossey was second at 16:46.20. In the women's 200 free, Milstroh placed third for SCSU with a time of 1:54.42 and Gehrke was SCSU's top placer in the 50 free at 24.09. In the men's 50 free, Townley gained first place with a top time of 20.70.

In the women's 100 IM, Burroughs placed third for SCSU with a time of 1:00.30, and Matheus Laperriere led SCSU's men in the event with a second place time of 53.99. In the men's 200 fly, Garrett Alleven placed fourth with a top team time of 1:58.16 for the Huskies.

Milstroh led the Huskies in the 100 free with a fourth place time of 53.49, and Laperriere placed second in the men's 100 free at 46.65. SCSU's Andrea Hernandez placed third in the 200 back at 1:56.81 and Guenter placed fourth in the same event at 1:56.88.

Porter added another top place for the Huskies int he 200 breaststroke with a fourth place time of 2:12.81. In the 400 free relay, SCSU's women's team of Gehrke, Alaina Friske, Rosalind Pang and Christina Ware placed fourth with a time of 3:38.32 and the men's 400 free relay team of Townley, Kyle Weis, Joel Huth and Laperriere placed second with a time of 3:08.96.

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