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RESULTS

November 2, 2019 - The Loras College swimming and diving team took to the pool this Saturday to host a double dual meet against Illinois Institute of Technology and Iowa Central Community College.

The Women's team lost two close battles losing to IIT by a mere 10 points while getting edged by ICCC 120 to 87. The meet started with a heated relay battle, as the 400 Medley Relay team of Nina Schiro, Alex Nesset, Sarah Shafer, and Kinsey Bogen blasted a time of 4:26.28 to beat conference rival Illinois Tech by 8.17 seconds. 

Following the Medley Relay, the Duhawks would go on to win three more events. Shafer won the 200 freestyle in 2:07.63 and finished in a very close second in the 100 freestyle swimming a 57.47, and getting out-touched by only .03 seconds.
Nesset won the Women's 1m diving with a score of 69.75, and Schiro won the 100 backstrokes with a time of 1:05.74. This 100 backstroke time currently places her 2nd fastest in the entire conference. With many more close races, the meet came down to the final relay between Illinois Tech and Loras. Whoever was to win the relay would win the meet. In a packed house at San Jose pool, the crowd was on their feet.
Freshman swimmer Kinsey Bogen entered the final leg of the relay a full 2.20 seconds behind and closed the gap to finish only 0.86 seconds behind Illinois Tech. In the end, Illinois Tech won by only 10 points in a dramatic finish.

The Men's team lost to Illinois Tech 196 to 33 and Iowa Central 173 to 28. The Loras Men showed up and threw down six different swims ranked inside the top 16 of the conference times. The men would start off the meet well in the 400 Individual Medley. Freshman swimmer Zach Nelson swam a season-best time of 4:42.80, which currently places him 6th in the entire conference, and Sophomore Jacob Priewe swam a 5:49.78 which ranks him 10th in the conference.
"I was very pleased with what I saw in the pool today," said head coach Nick Wylie "This time of the year is always hard and I am proud of the way we showed up today. We are in the middle of training very hard and to come out and swim with heart like we did today says a lot about this team's character." 

Loras will host Augustana College and Knox College on Saturday, Nov. 9 at 1:00 p.m. If you would like to support the team please follow this link https://duhawks.com/sb_output.aspx?form=44 to follow their event win pledge!