Saturday Meet Results
MARQUETTE, Mich. --  Two wins from junior Erin Sullivan led the way for the Minnesota State University Moorhead swimmers and divers at second day of the Northern Michigan quad in Marquette, Mich. MSUM finished 1-2 on the day, beating Northern State (218.5-75.5) and losing to Northern Michigan (181-119) and St. Cloud State (192-108).

The Dragons finished the weekend at 2-4 in the duals but had several swimmers improve their times from the same meet a year ago.

"Saturday was even better than Friday night with nearly everyone swimming times faster than the same meet last year," MSUM head coach Todd Peters said. "That is impressive considering last year's meet was at home.  This year we had the 10-hour bus ride and a foreign pool and we swam much faster.  Danica Scheef had a great weekend, swimming far faster than a year ago and achieving lifetime bests in many events.  Amber Westering was much improved from a year ago on both boards.  Taylor Beynon, Erin Sullivan, Breah Anderson all swam times ranking them in the top 10 of DII and our 400 medley relay is near the top of DII.  It was about as successful a weekend as we could hope for.  After the meet we visited Presque Isle Park for rock climbing and a few team members and coaches jumped into Lake Superior."

Sullivan won the 100 backstroke in 58.06, more than a second faster than her time at the meet last year.  Senior Madison Kuznia (1:00.79) was a half second faster than last year.  Junior Laura Mitlyng (1:04.40) was over a second faster than last year while sophomore Marissa Hudoba (1:07.91) was over three seconds faster than last year.

Sullivan also won the 200 back in 2:07.69, which is 13th-best in DII this season. Madison Kuznia was a second faster than last year in recording a 2:13.14 time while Mitlyng was five seconds faster than a year ago at 2:19.59. Sullivan's lead-off 100 backstroke split on Friday night broke the Northern Michigan pool record.

MSUM went 1-2 in the 50 free as freshman Breah Anderson took the win in 24.62 with senior Ashley Higgins second in 24.98 (half second faster than a year ago). Anderson was second in the 100 free in 53.18 which is the fourth-fastest time in school history and ninth-best in all of Division II.

MSUM's 200 medley relay was second in 1:50.93. That consisted of Sullivan, Beynon, Rodovalho and Anderson.   The Dragons' 200 free relay, consisting of Higgins, Anderson, Rodovalho and Sullivan, was second in 1:39.45, which is the eighth-fastest time in Division II.

 Taylor Beynon was second in the 1,650 free in 18:22.22, which is 17 seconds faster than the same meet last year and is currently seventh in DII. Senior Danae Scheef improved her time by 25 seconds from a year ago with a 19:17.42.

Beynon was third in the 200 breaststroke at 2:41.26 with freshman Courtney Skarie recording a lifetime-best of 2:41.26. Beynon added another top five finish in the 200 IM, taking fifth in 2:16.56, which was two seconds faster than last year. 

Senior Danica Scheef had the fastest time for the Dragons in the 200 free (2:02.92) and was over four seconds faster than the same meet last year. She also improved her time in the 200 IM (2:20.25) by six seconds from a year ago.

Freshman Leticia Rodovalho was third in the 200 butterfly in 2:12.16, which was the sixth-fastest all-time for the Dragons. Rodovalho was fourth in the 100 butterfly in 1:00.58.

In the one-meter diving, sophomore Amber Westering had a lifetime-best score of 203.50 to finish fifth; that score was 33 points higher than a year ago. Senior Amanda Groebner was sixth at 201.85, an improvement of 10 points from 2015. In the 3-meter diving, Groebner was seventh at 186.15 (11 points better than a year ago) while Westereng (185.40) improved her score by 75 points from last season.

MSUM will host Northern State for a dual at 5:30 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 21.