Swimming & Diving | 11/1/2016 9:21:00 PM

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MOORHEAD, Minn. — The Minnesota State University Moorhead women's swimming and diving team continues action at home this week against crosstown rival Concordia College. The dual begins at 6 p.m. on Friday at the Nemzek Pool.

MSUM is 5-4 in dual meets this year while the Cobbers are 0-1. The Dragons have won three duals in a row.

MSUM Notes
--Junior Erin Sullivan leads MSUM with eight wins and 192.25 points scored through Oct. 29.
--Freshman Breah Anderson has five wins with sophomore Taylor Beynon and freshmen Téa Nyland and  Leticia Rodovalho with three each.
--Ten different Dragons have won an event this season.
--Beynon leads with six runner-up finishes
--top five points scorers so far: Sullivan (192.25), Beynon (183.95), Breah Anderson (159.50), Rodovalho (141.50) and senior Ashley Higgins (86.55).

Rankings
The Dragons have several individuals ranked in the top 25 in the nation (Division II) and in the top eight of their respective events in the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference.

National rankings (Dragons in top 25)
100 free—23. (tied) Breah Anderson, 53.18
100 back—6. Erin Sullivan , 57.25
400 medley relay — 6. Sullivan, Beynon, Rodovalho, Breah Anderson, 3:56.64
200 back—7. Erin Sullivan, 2:05.10
200 free relay — 8. Higgins, Anderson, Kampa, Sullivan, 1:38.08
200 fly—25. Leticia Rodovalho, 2:11.03
400 IM— 16. Taylor Beynon, 4:38.53
1,650 free — 19. Taylor Beynon, 18:22.22
800 free relay — 11. Sullivan, Higgins, Rodovalho, Kampa, 8:20.27
200 medley relay — 16. Sullivan, Beynon, Rodovalho, Anderson, 1:48.95
400 free relay — 23. Higgins, Anderson, Rodovalho, Sullivan, 3:39.21

NSIC Rankings (in top eight)
50 free — 2. Breah Anderson, 24.48; 3. Ashley Higgins, 24.61
100 free —2. Anderson, 53.18; 6. Erin Sullivan, 54.44
500 free — 6. Taylor Beynon, 5:21.54
1,000 free — 5. Beynon, 10:58.30
1,650 free — 2. Beynon, 18:22.22; 5. McKenna Togstad, 18:56.99; 6. Molly O'Brien, 19:16.44; 7. Danae Scheef, 19:17.42
100 back — 1. Sullivan, 57.25
200 back — 1. Sullivan, 2:05.10
100 breast — 5. Beynon, 1:09.65; 6. Shae Bodrero, 1:09.96; 7. Téa Nyland 1:10.08
200 breast — 4. Beynon, 2:30.25; 7. Bodrero, 2:33.89; 8. Nyland, 2:34.59
100 fly — 3. Sullivan, 58.90
200 fly — 7. Natalie Kampa, 2:17.07
200 IM — 3. Beynon, 2:13.87
400 IM — 2. Beynon, 4:38.53
200 free relay — 1. Higgins, Anderson, Kampa, Sullivan, 1:38.08
400 free relay — 1. Higgins, Anderson, Rodovalho, Sullivan, 3:39.21
800 free relay — 3. Sullivan, Higgins, Rodovalho, Kampa, 8:20.27
200 medley relay — 2. Sullivan, Beynon, Rodovalho, Anderson, 1:48.95
400 medley relay — 1. Sullivan, Beynon, Rodovalho, Anderson, 3:56.43

Last Time Out: Dragons Set Four Pool Records in Win Over Augustana
Junior Erin Sullivan set a new pool record in the 200 backstroke while the Dragon 400 medley relay also set a new pool record, with Sullivan setting a 100 backstroke pool record split in that event. Sophomore Taylor Beynon also set a new pool record in the 400 IM as MSUM rolled past Augustana, 187-75.

Sullivan won the 200 back in 2:05.10, shattering the pool record she set last season by more than two seconds. That time is top in the NSIC and seventh in all of Division II. Sullivan also anchored the winning 200 free relay, which won with 1:38.08, which is eighth in all of Division II and first in the NSIC. Senior Ashley Higgins, freshman Breah Anderson and sophomore Natalie Kampa teamed up with Sullivan for that win.

The 400 medley relay set a new pool record of 3:57.87, topping the previous time of 3:58.58. That relay consisted of Sullivan, sophomore Taylor Beynon, freshman Leticia Rodovalho and freshman Breah Anderson. Sullivan also broke the 100 backstroke pool record with her lead-off split of 57.57, breaking the pool record of 57.62.  Sullivan later lowered that mark with a 57.28 to capture the 100 backstroke individual event.

The Dragon sprint freestyle duo of Anderson and Ashley Higgins finished first and second, respectively, in the 50 freestyle with season-best times. Anderson's winning time of 24.48 is second-fastest in the NSIC while Higgins' 24.71 is third-best.  Anderson also claimed the 100 free in 53.69 with Higgins third in 55.58.

Freshman Téa Nyland had an excellent meet, winning the 100 and 200 breaststroke events, both with lifetime-best performances.  Nyland won the 100 breast in 1:10.08 and also won the 200 breast in 2:34.59. Rodovalho grabbed lifetime-best wins in the 100 butterfly (1:00.38) and 200 butterfly (2:11.03) and was on the record setting 400 medley relay.

Senior Amanda Groebner swept both diving events (exhibition) with a 219.30 on the 1-meter and 2:15.75 on the 3-meter. 

About Concordia
Concordia is 0-1 in duals after losing its season opener to Minnesota-Morris, 136.5-99.5 on Oct. 28. In that dual, sophomore Ciara White won two events, claiming the 200 IM and the 100 breaststroke. The Cobbers placed second in eight other events as Katrina Teskey and Sarah Nelson each had two runner-up finishes. The Cobbers have a large contingent of seniors on their roster with eight.  They have one junior, four sophomores and four freshmen on the roster.
Gary Fisher is in his first season as the Concordia head coach.