WEST FARGO, ND (NSUWolves.com) [Day 3 of 4] – Northern State tallied 36 points on the third day of the 2025-26 NSIC Swimming and Diving Championships. Northern State sits in 10th with 133 points, while Minnesota State holds a commanding lead of 825.5 points heading into the final day of competition.
SCORING
- Minnesota State: 825.5
- St. Cloud State: 539.5
- Augustana: 424
- Sioux Falls: 352
- Concordia-St. Paul: 306
- UMary: 296
- Minnesota State Moorhead: 252
- Southwest Minnesota State: 214
- Jamestown: 178
- Northern State: 133
PRELIMS
- In the 200-yard butterfly, Sidney Masgras led the way for the Wolves, recording an 18th-place finish in 2:22.81, while Emma Moore (21st) and Kenna Remily (23rd) followed at 2:25.51 and 2:45.20, respectively
- Sydney Rogers took 24th in the preliminary round of the 100-yard backstroke with a 1:01.19 swim
- In the same event, Northern State’s Mazie Finch swam a 1:01.75 for 27th
- Freshman Ella Wanschura (1:08.40) tallied a 26th-place finish in the 100-yard backstroke, placing first among three Wolves
- Directly behind Wanschura in 27th was Marie Loest at 1:08.64, with Emma Beavers following in 29th at 1:09.63, one-hundredth of a second in front of SMSU swimmer Olivia Johnson
- Remily also competed in the 500-yard freestyle during the third day of events, swimming a 6:12.50 for 36th
FINALS
- Maya Hentges, Finch, Moore and Rogers notched eighth in the 200-yard freestyle relay with a time of 1:40.40, while Laila Gordillo, Lorelai Grund, Masgras and Loest finished in 1:43.13 for 18th place
TIME TRIALS
- Five NSU Wolves took part in the 50-yard freestyle and 50-yard butterfly time trials, with Moore finishing with the third-fastest time in the butterfly at 27.36 seconds
- Finch (25.55 seconds) led the way in the freestyle, earning the third-fastest time, with teammates Hentges (25.59), Grund (26.11) and Ilyanna Haigler (27.53) following directly behind her
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WEST FARGO, ND (NSUWolves.com) [Final Day] – Northern State concluded the 2025-26 NSIC Swimming and Diving Championships tonight, taking 10th place in the conference and earning one individual top ten finish today.
SCORING
- Minnesota State: 1,166.5
- St. Cloud State: 780.5
- Augustana: 618
- Sioux Falls: 455
- Concordia-St. Paul: 432
- UMary: 417
- Minnesota State Moorhead: 364
- Southwest Minnesota State: 296
- Jamestown: 211
- Northern State: 176
PRELIMS
- In the 1-meter dive, junior diver Jacie Flockhart took ninth with a score of 356.35 in the preliminary round
- Five Wolves competed in the 100-yard IM, with Marie Loest earning 19th at 1:02.41, while Ella Wanschura (1:02.85), Emma Beavers (1:05.42), Lorelai Grund (1:05.49) and Riley Vraniak (1:07.80) followed in 22nd, 28th, 29th and 30th, respectively
- Emma Moore qualified for the finals in the 100-yard freestyle, swimming a time of 54.35 seconds for 20th, with teammate Maya Hentges (29th) also finishing in the top 30 at 55.82
- In the same event, Mazie Finch tied MSU Moorhead swimmer Tressa Baumgard for 31st place, swimming the event in 56 seconds flat, while Ilyanna Haigler was the final placing Wolf, taking 38th (1:00.74)
- Loest took 17th in the 200-yard breaststroke event, etching a time of 2:29.04, while Wanschura finished in 19th at 2:30.76, Beavers nabbed 25th at 2:35.42 (final nonqualifying time), and Vraniak finished 30th at 2:55.80
- Freshman swimmer Sydney Rogers finished two spots shy of qualifying in the 200-yard backstroke, swimming a time of 2:14.50 for 26th
FINALS
- Flockhart followed up her prelims dive with a score of 355.15, earning 10th place in the finals
- Loest dropped her time by four hundredths of a second in the finals of the 200-yard breaststroke, taking 15th (2:29.00), while freshman Wanschura tallied a 2:31.73 finish for 20th
- In the 100-yard freestyle, Moore took 24th at 54.45 seconds