DECORAH, Iowa (Jan. 8, 2023) – After more than a month-long break, the Loras College swimming and diving teams got back to competition on Saturday afternoon as the Duhawks hit the road to battle the Luther College Norse.

Both the men's and women's teams fell on Saturday, the men by a 156-82 score while the women finished at 181-48.

The Norse have proven to be a difficult opponent to face in their home pool this season as their men are just 3-4 in head-to-head action but 2-0 at home while the women are 4-3 and 2-0 in Decorah.

Junior Brad LaGrange provided two of the best highlights for Loras on the day as he came home victorious in both the 50- and 100-yard freestyle races. He also clocked a team-best 22.63 split as the final leg of the 200-yard freestyle relay team that placed second to finish out the day.

Freshman Connor Smith stood atop the podium on Saturday as he claimed the 200-yard individual medley race by nearly 2.5 seconds. His 2:14.86 final time was nearly two seconds better than his previous career-best in the event.

In addition to those victories, the Duhawks got runner-up finishes from freshman Caden Gillmore in the 100-yard butterfly (56.00) and from junior Brian Day in the 100-yard breaststroke (1:05.10).

Junior Annie Quinn provided the only race win for the Duhawk women on Saturday as she bested the rest of the 100-yard freestyle field with a 59.66 final time, edging out Luther's Anna Thomley by less than a second.

Quinn also clocked the fastest split in the field in the 200-yard freestyle relay race as her 26.31 as the second leg helped her team to a runner-up finish.

Seniors Kinsey Bogen, and Taylor Hrabak followed Quinn on the relay team and each earned runner-up finishes earlier in the meet. Bogen placed second in the 200-yard freestyle (2:12.03) while Hrabak was second in the 500-yard freestyle (6:11.86).

The Duhawk squads are in action again in two weeks as they head to Beloit College on Saturday, Jan. 21 for a 1 P.M. dual.