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Northern Colorado takes second at Air Force
1/14/2023 2:51:00 PM | Women's Swimming & Diving
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- The Northern Colorado swimming and diving team returned to the pool for the first time of 2023, racing against Air Force, Wyoming and Colorado Mines in Colorado Springs, Jan. 13-14. The Bears placed second overall with a team score of 931.5.
Anna Austin led the squad with three first-place finishes, takin the top spot in the 200 Fly (2:06.66), 500 Free (5:10.80) and the 1000 Free (10:44.74).
Three other Bears claimed first place finishes; Ali Jackson in the 100 Free (51.87), Payten Irwin in the 100 Fly (56.81), and Maria Erokhina in the 100 Breast (1:04.96).
UNC's relay teams also performed well, finishing first in the 400 Medley Relay with a time of 3:52.97, and narrowly missing first in the 200 Free Relay by three one-thousandths of a second with a time of 1:37.20.
ACCORDING TO COACH EBELING
"I'm proud of our team for stepping up and racing hard two days in a row coming off of our heaviest training load of the year. After Friday's session we talked about swimming with purpose and executing the details of our races with more intention. We showed up today with a lot more focus and threw down some tough swims. I'm excited to fine-tune some of those details as we head into our championship season."
UP NEXT
The Bears return to home to host Colorado State for a dual on Friday, Jan. 27. The meet against the Rams is set to begin at 4 p.m. (MT).
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Anna Austin led the squad with three first-place finishes, takin the top spot in the 200 Fly (2:06.66), 500 Free (5:10.80) and the 1000 Free (10:44.74).
Three other Bears claimed first place finishes; Ali Jackson in the 100 Free (51.87), Payten Irwin in the 100 Fly (56.81), and Maria Erokhina in the 100 Breast (1:04.96).
UNC's relay teams also performed well, finishing first in the 400 Medley Relay with a time of 3:52.97, and narrowly missing first in the 200 Free Relay by three one-thousandths of a second with a time of 1:37.20.
ACCORDING TO COACH EBELING
"I'm proud of our team for stepping up and racing hard two days in a row coming off of our heaviest training load of the year. After Friday's session we talked about swimming with purpose and executing the details of our races with more intention. We showed up today with a lot more focus and threw down some tough swims. I'm excited to fine-tune some of those details as we head into our championship season."
UP NEXT
The Bears return to home to host Colorado State for a dual on Friday, Jan. 27. The meet against the Rams is set to begin at 4 p.m. (MT).
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| Jan. 13-14, 2023 • Air Force Invitational • Colorado Springs, Colo. | |||||||||||||||||||
| Team Scores | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1st | Air Force | 1567.5 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2nd | Northern Colorado | 931.5 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3rd | Wyoming | 386 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4th | Colorado Mines | 376 | |||||||||||||||||
| 50 Free | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2nd | Ali Jackson | 24.34 | |||||||||||||||||
| 7th | Payten Irwin | 24.71 | |||||||||||||||||
| T-14th | Sarah Jackson | 25.04 | |||||||||||||||||
| 17th | Bryanna Ungs | 25.20 | |||||||||||||||||
| 18th | Claire Timson | 25.21 | |||||||||||||||||
| 20th | AJ Popp | 25.39 | |||||||||||||||||
| 22nd | Saana Liikonen | 24.49 | |||||||||||||||||
| 27th | Gracie Moreland | 27.24 | |||||||||||||||||
| 100 Free | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1st | Ali Jackson | 51.87 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3rd | Anna Austin | 53.51 | |||||||||||||||||
| 7th | Saana Liikonen | 54.40 | |||||||||||||||||
| T-10th | Sarah Jackson | 54.69 | |||||||||||||||||
| 24th | Paula Lomonaco | 57.12 | |||||||||||||||||
| 200 Free | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2nd | Anna Austin | 1:55.96 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4th | Ali Jackson | 1:59.31 | |||||||||||||||||
| 6th | Saana Liikonen | 1:59.82 | |||||||||||||||||
| 9th | Jana Hellenschmidt | 2:00.78 | |||||||||||||||||
| 11th | Paula Nunez | 2:01.29 | |||||||||||||||||
| 12th | Paula Lomonaco | 2:01.47 | |||||||||||||||||
| 15th | Natalie Kayfes | 2:02.87 | |||||||||||||||||
| 21st | Cheyanna Cordova | 2:04.30 | |||||||||||||||||
| 26th | Sarah Jackson | 2:07.23 | |||||||||||||||||
| 500 Free | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1st | Anna Austin | 5:10.80 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3rd | Natalie Kayfes | 5:17.63 | |||||||||||||||||
| 8th | Paula Lomonaco | 5:25.40 | |||||||||||||||||
| 11th | Cheyanna Cordova | 5:27.29 | |||||||||||||||||
| 12th | Jana Hellenschmidt | 5:28.68 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1000 Free | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1st | Anna Austin | 10:44.74 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4th | Natalie Kayfes | 11:05.34 | |||||||||||||||||
| 7th | Cheyanna Cordova | 11:19.12 | |||||||||||||||||
| 8th | Jana Hellenschmidt | 11:21.33 | |||||||||||||||||
| 9th | Paula Lomonaco | 11:24.71 | |||||||||||||||||
| 100 Back | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2nd | Claire Timson | 58.38 | |||||||||||||||||
| 8th | Gracie Moreland | 1:00.65 | |||||||||||||||||
| 13th | AJ Popp | 1:01.97 | |||||||||||||||||
| 200 Back | |||||||||||||||||||
| 8th | Claire Timson | 2:13.55 | |||||||||||||||||
| 11th | Gracie Moreland | 2:15.83 | |||||||||||||||||
| 13th | AJ Popp | 2:16.72 | |||||||||||||||||
| 14th | Jana Hellenschmidt | 2:16.90 | |||||||||||||||||
| 100 Breast | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1st | Maria Erokhina | 1:04.96 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3rd | Bryanna Ungs | 1:05.93 | |||||||||||||||||
| 9th | Emina Pasukan | 1:08.84 | |||||||||||||||||
| 10th | Sunna Svanlaug Vilhjalmsdottir | 1:09.06 | |||||||||||||||||
| 200 Breast | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1st | Maria Erokhina | 2:22.34 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3rd | Bryanna Ungs | 2:27.43 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4th | Sunna Svanlaug Vilhjalmsdottir | 2:27.63 | |||||||||||||||||
| 10th | Emina Pasukan | 2:36.60 | |||||||||||||||||
| 100 Fly | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1st | Payten Irwin | 56.81 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4th | Katelyn Bergin | 58.48 | |||||||||||||||||
| T-11th | Maria Erokhina | 1:00.05 | |||||||||||||||||
| 27th | Emina Pasukan | 1:02.53 | |||||||||||||||||
| 28th | Sunna Svanlaug Vilhjalmsdottir | 1:04.39 | |||||||||||||||||
| 200 Fly | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1st | Anna Austin | 2:06.66 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2nd | Payten Irwin | 2:06.78 | |||||||||||||||||
| 5th | Katelyn Bergin | 2:12.16 | |||||||||||||||||
| 200 IM | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2nd | Katelyn Bergin | 2:02.49 | |||||||||||||||||
| 7th | Paula Nunez | 2:13.61 | |||||||||||||||||
| 8th | Maria Erokhina | 2:14.46 | |||||||||||||||||
| 11th | Jana Hellenschmidt | 2:16.00 | |||||||||||||||||
| 18th | Sunna Svanlaug Vilhjalmsdottir | 2:18.68 | |||||||||||||||||
| 19th | Emina Pasukan | 2:18.80 | |||||||||||||||||
| 400 IM | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2nd | Paula Nunez | 4:46.33 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4th | Jana Hellenschmidt | 4:48.87 | |||||||||||||||||
| 7th | Natalie Kayfes | 4:49.94 | |||||||||||||||||
| 10th | Paula Lomonaco | 4:57.14 | |||||||||||||||||
| 17th | Cheyanna Cordova | 5:04.82 | |||||||||||||||||
| 200 Free Relay | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2nd | Liikonen, Irwin, Jackson S., Jackson A. | 1:37.20 | |||||||||||||||||
| 6th | Timson, Pasukan, Popp, Ungs | 1:41.31 | |||||||||||||||||
| 400 Free Relay | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2nd | Liikonen, Kayfes, Austin, Jackson A. | 3:33.91 | |||||||||||||||||
| 6th | Popp, Pasukan, Nunez, Jackson S. | 3:42.11 | |||||||||||||||||
| 200 Medley Relay | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2nd | Â Timson, Ungs, Bergin, Jackson A. | 1:45.71 | |||||||||||||||||
| 5th | Moreland, Erokhina, Irwin, Jackson S. | 1:49.17 | |||||||||||||||||
| 400 Medley Relay | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1st | Timson, Erokhina, Irwin, Liikonen | 3:52.97 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4th | Nunez, Ungs, Bergin. Popp | 3:59.08 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 Meter Dive | |||||||||||||||||||
| 9th | Madison Berg | 175.85 | |||||||||||||||||
| 10th | Teagon Albert | 159.30 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 Meter Dive | |||||||||||||||||||
| 7th | Madison Berg | 207.60 | |||||||||||||||||
| 10th | Teagon Albert | 198.95 | |||||||||||||||||
| Platform Dive | |||||||||||||||||||
| 7th | Teagon Albert | 140.85 | |||||||||||||||||
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