After a strong season, Swim and Dive looks ahead to 2020-21

10/29/2020 9:57:00 AM | Women's Swimming & Diving

By: By Thomas Hoffman, UNCBears.com

GREELEY, Colo. – Head coach Lisa Ebeling and her Northern Colorado Swim and Dive team are gearing up for a prolific 2020-21 season. Before we look forward to what's to come, it's worth noting the successes the Bears had in and out of the pool a season ago.

The 2019-20 campaign featured two wins against WAC opponents and a sixth-place finish at the conference championships. UNC handled the Aggies of New Mexico State in its second dual meet of the season (162-132) and blew past Seattle in January (181-49).

On the season, the Bears swam 76 lifetime bests and 25 top 10 all-time performances. Here's a look at the season's best swims:

	Swim	Name	Place	Time	Year
1.	50 FR	Doris Pusztay	10th	24.05	2020
2.	200 FR	Petra Kis	3rd	1:50.63	2020
3.	500 FR	Natalie Kayfes	8th	4:58.25	2019
4.	100 BK	AJ Popp	6th	56.32	2019
5.	200 BK	AJ Popp	4th	2:00.68	2019
6.	200 BK	Paula Nunez Blazquez	5th	2:01.76	2020
7.	200 Fly	Hallie Peterson	5th	2:03.58	2019
8.	200 Fly	Anna Austin	6th	2:04.65	2019
9.	200 IM	Paula Nunez Blazquez	6th	2:05.98	2020
10.	400 IM	Paula Nunez Blazquez	2nd	4:18.63	2020
11.	400 IM	Natalie Kayfes	8th	4:30.95	2019

Senior-to-be Petra Kis took home the 400 IM WAC title for the second consecutive year while Madelyn Moore also landed on the All-WAC first team with her swim in the 50 free. Tori Sayers (1-meter diving), Paula Nunez Blazquez (400 IM & 200 Back), Maria Heymans (100 Breast) and Natalie Kayfes (1650) added All-WAC second team efforts into the mix.

Out of the pool and in the classroom, UNC was one of the top programs in the nation. Twelve Bears earned a perfect 4.0 GPA (Leilani Herrera, Anna Austin, Stephanie Tymoszuk, MichaelAnn Wilson, Emily Hamel, Petra Kis, Chloe Greiner, Sarah Jackson, Tori Sayers, Natalie Kayfes, Hallie Peterson and Doris Pusztay), Two earned a 3.9 (Keeley Coffee and AJ Popp) and five earned a 3.2 and higher (Hayley Stauber, Celeste Llona, Madelyn Moore and Paula Nunez Blazquez).

Northern Colorado will turn its attention to the 2020-21 campaign, beginning the season with a home meet against Colorado Mesa. The Bears will also host northern rival Wyoming on December 5.

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