UW-Green Bay vs St. Norbert
- November 10, 2023
- Green Bay, Wis.
- SCY (25 yards)
- Results
Courtesy: Green Bay Athletics
GREEN BAY, Wis. – The Green Bay swim and dive team impressed once again against cross-town foe St. Norbert last Friday evening, defeating the Green Knights overall 349.5-100.5. The GB women scored 171.5 points while the men racked up 178.
Green Bay tallied numerous first-place finishes, thanks to solid performances from McKenna Metropulos, Alexa Kelly, and Max Kasal. Metropulos took the top spot in the 50-yard freestyle, 100-yard freestyle, and 200 free relay. Her victories in the two freestyle events were close, beating out the second-place finisher by just a second. Kelly dominated the 400 IM and 500-yard freestyle, winning both events remarkably. Her time of 4:50.12 in the IM was the best by eight seconds, while her final time of 5:20.84 in the freestyle was good by 13 seconds. Overall, Green Bay took the top three spots in the 200-yard medley relay, four of the five places in the 100-yard backstroke, the top three places in the 100-yard breaststroke, and four of the five top places in the 200-yard freestyle relay.
Kasal crushed the men’s events for GB with three more first-place finishes. He was the winner of the 100-yard butterfly by six seconds, beating out St. Norbert’s Ivan Young. Later, he was victorious in the 500-yard freestyle by nearly 47 seconds. He notched a time of 4:45.11, far ahead of the Green Knights’ Dexter Thielhelm, who placed second with a time of 5:32.84.
Annie Frederickson and Sam Morris highlighted the diving portion of the meet. Frederickson set a new PR on the three-meter board, scoring 265.58 points, surpassing her previous PR by nearly 30 points. Her one-meter score of 248.70 was also a new PR. Morris took first place in the one-meter event with a personal-best 243.75 points, far past his previous collegiate PR.
Green Bay will be back in action on November 30th at the Rochester Invitational.
Courtesy: St. Norbert Athletics
GREEN BAY – St. Norbert College senior Jenna Brandenburg picked up an individual event win as the Green Knights faced NCAA Division I opponent UW-Green Bay, falling 171.5-47.5 in a dual meet at Dorschel Natatorium.
Brandenburg won the 100-yard butterfly in a time of 1:01.11 for the Green Knights’ lone event win. Earning second-place finishes were Lacy Geurts in the 50-yard freestyle (25.71), Jamie Peterson in the 200-yard freestyle (2:05.79) and Janie Richards in the 100-yard backstroke (1:01.09). The 200-yard freestyle relay of Sanya Wienke, Lexi LaCombe, Alisha Draeger and Lacy Geurts finished second in 1:45.54.
Top-three finishes and top relays were as follows:
50 Freestyle: 2nd, Lacy Geurts, 25.71
100 Freestyle: 3rd, Lacy Geurts, 56.16
200 Freestyle: 2nd, Jamie Peterson, 2:05.79
500 Freestyle: 3rd, Prudence Rosko, 5:36.08
1,000 Freestyle: 3rd, Isabelle Halsall, 11:16.85
100 Backstroke: 2nd, Janie Richards, 1:01.09
100 Butterfly: 1st, Jenna Brandenburg, 1:01.11; 3rd, Lily Keeker, 1:04.47
200 Freestyle Relay: 2nd, Sanya Wienke–Lexi LaCombe–Alisha Draeger–Lacy Geurts, 1:45.54