MOORHEAD, Minn. -- MSU Moorhead swimming & diving is back to dual action this week as the Dragons travel to Aberdeen, S.D., for events against Northern State on Saturday. Events are scheduled to begin at 2 p.m. 

Live video will be available at msumdragons.com. The last time MSUM competed was in last weekend's Dragon Invite, finishing third as a team with 880 points. MSUM has battled Northern State already this season, winning 161-75 on October 18 in Moorhead. 

On Friday evening at the Dragon Invite, the 200-yard medley relay began the action as the Dragon team of Demi-Lee Carlisle, Linnea Edgren, Ruth Pavelski and Sophia Verke finished third with a mark of 1:52.59. Verke would anchor with a 24.29 split. To conclude the evening, MSUM's 200-yard freestyle relay team of Carlisle, Pavelski, Maggie Moore and Verke would grab a runner-up finish with a collective time of 1:39.58. Each competitor swam a sub-25 second split with Verke anchoring behind a 24.17 split. 

Kelsey Jackson would turn in a strong race in the 200-yard backstroke, finishing third with a time of 2:10.87. In the 200-yard breaststroke, Rose Urick would earn a fourth-place finish with a mark of 2:32.75 with Edgren swimming a 2:44.30 in the same race. In distance swimming, Cami Mayo would place sixth in the 1650-yard freestyle with a 19:03.82 time. Fernanda Leon would finish third in the 100-yard butterfly, touching the wall at 58.79, making her one of three competitors to swim under a minute. Pavelski would claim eighth place in the same race with a time of 1:01.08. 

On Saturday, Moore was MSUM's top finisher in the 200-yard freestyle. Moore finished sixth overall with a time of 2:03.7. In the 100-yard backstroke, the senior Carlisle was the top Dragon, clocking a 1:00.23 to place third. Teammate Jackson would place sixth in the same event with a mark of 1:01.74 while Lacie Stark placed eighth with a time of 1:02.08. 

In the 100-yard breaststroke, Urick clocked a 1:10.48 to finish in fifth place. Leon would collect an event win in the 200-yard butterfly, marking a 2:09.15.  Leon would also place third in the 200-yard IM, touching the wall at 2:14.23. Pavelski placed ninth in the same event with a time of 2:18.98. In distance swimming, Mayo would place sixth in the 1000-yard freestyle with a time of 11:26.32. In the 50-yard freestyle, Verke would earn a runner-up finish with a mark of 24.92 with Carlisle not far behind, placing third with a time of 25.16. 

Mayo would earn an eighth place finish in the 500-yard freestyle with a finishing time of 5:35. Stark was the top MSUM finisher in the 50-yard backstroke, placing fourth with a time of 28.48. Carlisle (28.66) and Jackson (28.85) finished sixth and eighth respectively. Urick would place third in the 50-yard breaststroke with a time of 32.16 while Edgren (33.38) finished eighth. Verke would place third in the 100-yard freestyle with a time of 53.97. In the same race, MSUM had three other top ten finishes in Carlisle (56.46 -7th), Joanna Phillips (56.77 - 8th) and Moore (56.98 - 10th). Leon would place third in the 100-yard IM, notching a mark of 1:02.27 while Pavelski placed sixth with a time of 1:02.72. 

The MSUM 400-yard medley team of Leon, Jackson, Urick and Verke would finish runner-up with a time of 4:05.8. The squad of Carlisle, Pavelski, Moore and Edgren would place fourth behind a mark of 4:10.56. The final event of the meet was the 400-yard freestyle relay, which saw the MSUM team of Moore, Pavelski, Carlisle and Verke win the event with a time of 3:38.91.

In 1-meter diving, Isabelle Johnson would claim a runner-up finish with an 11-dive score of 362.05. Zoe Bjerke would also perform well, earning a fourth-place finish with a score of 352.65 while Ruth Guy placed seventh with a score of 313.35. In 3-meter diving, Bjerke would be MSUM's top finisher, placing second with an 11-dive score of 370.45. Johnson finished behind Bjerke in third with a score of 364.7. Guy would place sixth with an overall score of 319.05. 

Charlie King is in his seventh season as MSUM's head swimming & diving coach.