(COMPLETE MEET RESULTS - PDF)
Dixie State officially christened its new on-campus pool with a dual meet victory over Biola Saturday at the DSU Human Performance Center. The Trailblazers won eight of the 11 events on the day to outscore the Eagles by a 122-80 count.
DSU won the first event in the new pool as the team of
Gracie Kroll,
Hannah Hansen,
Chloe Partsch and
Kelsea Wright touched the wall first in the 400-yard medley relay with a season-best event time of 3:59.06 (#6 all-time at DSU). Wright was one of two Trailblazers who won multiple individual events on the day as she swept both the 100 free (53.24 – season best time) and 200 free (1:55.35).
Junior
Miriam Gonzalez also claimed two event wins, doing so in the 50 free (24.14 - #6 all-time at DSU) and the 200 breast (2:29.09). Three freshmen accounted for the other three race victories, including Maddie Corder in the 1,000 free (10:53.15), Partsch in the 200 fly (2:14.66 - #8 all-time at DSU), and
Portia Blackert in the 500 free (5:20.43). In addition, Blackert recorded the second-fastest 400 IM time in program history with a second-place 4:40.79.
In the final event of the meet, the 200 free relay team of Gonzalez,
Megan Ruppenthal,
Audrey Hyde and
Kyrie Sutherland posted the ninth-fastest time in program history with a third-place 1:39.55.
Dixie State continues its 2019 fall slate at the Colorado Mesa-hosted A3 Performance Invitational next weekend in Grand Junction, Colo.
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