University of St. Thomas Athletics
MIAC Championships
Tommie Women's S&D close second in MIAC meet
2/15/2020 12:00:00 AM | Women's Swimming & Diving
Sophomore Peyton Ekman was named MIAC Diver of the Year after sweeping both events, and she helped Tommie Women Swim-Dive finished second to champion St. Catherine by a tight 36-point margin at the MIAC Championships.
The four-day meet concluded Saturday night at the University of Minnesota's Aquatic Center in Minneapolis.
St. Catherine scored 700.5 points to win the school's first league swim-dive team title. SCU outscored the Tommies (664) and Gustavus (626.5) in the top three of the 11-team competition.
The Purple also placed second on the men's side. Gustavus repeated as men's champion with 946 points, with St. Thomas (739), St. John's (493) and Carleton (434) placing 2-3-4 in the team race.
St. Thomas' men's and women's teams have placed either first or second at the conference meet in each of the last eight seasons.
Ekman repeated as three-meter diving champ (430.00) to go with her one-meter championship recorded on Thursday. Emily Weldon placed eighth (379.40).
Anna Astrup claimed the Tommies' only victory in swim events when she placed first in Saturday night's 200 fly in 2:08.60 by a mere .10 of a second.
That event helped the Toms hold off GAC for second place as they recorded 78 points in the 200 fly. Paige Pawlenty, Liz Thull and Kirsten Nelson placed 3-4-5 and Johannah Shea and Emily Hite placed 10-11.
In the 1650 free, Gretchen Behrens took third (17:27.94) and Sydney Schmitz placed 12th (18:44.85).
In the 200 back, UST placed 3-4-12-15 with Erin Rudd (2:06.54), Kirsten Nelson (2:06.84), Claudia Stone (2:11.96) and Mary Sullivan (2:16.74).
The Toms took third and seventh in the 200 breaststroke with Ashley Christensen (2:21.62) and Deidree Voss (2:25.44).
In the 100 free, the Toms placed eighth and 12th with Kasey Ericson (53.97) and Anna Berdahl (54.81).
UST took fourth place in the 400 free relay.
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