FAIRBANKS – The Alaska Nanooks swim team wrapped up a dual-meet weekend with Loyola Marymount for a second-straight day. The Lions took day two by the score of 111-93.
Day two was made up of 11 events, just like day one. In the first event, the Nanooks took second in the 200-yard medley relay as a team of
Nella Pashak,
Whitney McArthur,
Adeline Berry and
Emma Corby raced to a time of 1:56.10. Alaska took first and second in the next event, the 1000-yard freestyle as
Payton Wojciechowicz raced to the win with a time of 11:18.75 and
Caroline McCormick followed in second with a time of 11:21.68.
Taryn Aho continued the Nanooks top-two finishes, grabbing second in the 200-yard freestyle with a time of 2:05.95.
Shannon McCallum took second in the next event, the 50-yard freestyle, posting a finals time of 26.02, falling by just under a half second.
Emma Corby returned the Nanooks to the win column with an impressive 14 second win in the 400-yard IM. She posted a winning time of 4:39.75 while
Sophia Ruppert took second with a time of 4:53.74.
Ruppert grabbed her own win in the next event, the 200-yard butterfly, posting a winning time of 2:14.11, taking first by more than six seconds. LMU took the next two events, winning the 100-yard freestyle and 200-yard backstroke before McCallum picked up a win in the 500-yard freestyle, posting a time of 5:31.08. Corby took second in the second-to-last event, the 200-yard breaststroke, racing to a time of 2:32.62 before helping the Nanooks finish second in the final event, the 200-yard freestyle relay.
In the relay, a team made up of
Lainey Lioi,
Nella Pashak,
Whitney McArthur and Corby took second with a time of 1:41.34, falling by under half a second.
The Nanooks will now prep for the Pacific Collegiate Swim Conference Championships in St. George, Utah on Feb. 16-19.
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