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FAIRBANKS - The Nanooks celebrated four seniors in their final home and regular-season meet at the Patty Center Pool. They fell to Western Colorado 134-71.

The Nanooks earned the first win of the day in the 200-yard medley relay. The team of Charlotte Fletcher-Stables, Dorka Dancsok, Adeline Berry and Lainey Lioi posted a winning time of 1:51.72 for 11 points. WCU took second and third. The second event was the 1000-yard freestyle. Alaska was led by Tori Shoemaker and Payton Wojciechowicz. They took third and fourth and earned five total points for the Nanooks; Shoemaker posted a time of 11:14.78 and Wojciechowicz finished in 11:28.76. Meah McCallum was the final Nanook in the 1000 free, she took sixth with a time of 12:44.22. 

Dorka Dancsok took second in the 200-yard freestyle in the third event. The 200 free was as close as it could be one through three as the winner posted a 2:00.08. Dancsok followed with a 2:00.32 finish, beating her seed time of 2:00.82 and beating out the third place finisher by just under a half second as WCU took third with a time of 2:00.81. Fletcher-Stables was the other Nanooks racer in the 200 free, taking sixth with a time of 2:03.58 and earning an additional point for the Nanooks. Lainey Lioi posted another second-place finish for the Nanooks in the 50-yard freestyle, finishing in 26.70 and earning four points for the Nanooks. Adeline Berry followed in fourth with a 27.22. In the 400-yard IM, Naomi Burgan and Shannon McCallum raced for Alaska. Burgan took second with a time of 4:50.41 and McCallum took fifth with a finishing time of 5:11.57. The 200-yard butterfly saw Mesa Morand lead the 'Nooks. She posted a sixth-place finish with a time of 2:27.55. Berry followed behind in seventh with a time of 2:28.75. 

Lioi returned to the pool and grabbed another second-place finish in the seventh event, the 100-yard freestyle. She finished in 57.64 to lead the Nanooks. Kaidence Sampsel took sixth in the event with a time of 1:02.94. Charlotte Fletcher-Stables picked up an individual win in the 200-yard backstroke, winning by nearly six full seconds. She posted a winning time of 2:09.73. Shannon McCallum was the other Nanooks racer in the event and finished seventh with a 2:29.22. 

Three Nanooks competed in the 500-yard freestyle and Burgan led the way with a second-place finish. She finished in 5:28.96. Payton Wojciechowicz finished fourth with a time of 5:41.97 and Mesa Moran took fifth with a 5:44.15. 

The final win of the morning for the Nanooks came from Dorka Dancsok in the 200-yard breaststroke. She posted a 2:28.89 to win by over five seconds. Kylee Carter rounded out the standings with a seventh-place finish and 3:05.58 finishing time, beating her seed time of 3:06.07. The final event of the morning was the 200-yard freestyle relay. The Nanooks took second but gave it a strong sprint at the end as their anchor shaved into the WCU lead. Ultimately, WCU won it with a time of 1:42.27 and the Nanooks followed in second at 1:42.83. The leading team was made up of Lainey Lioi, Charlotte Fletcher-Stables, Naomi Burgan and Dorka Dancsok. The second relay team for Alaska finished in fourth with a time of 1:50.16.

Alaska celebrated four seniors this morning; Lainey Lioi, Shannon McCallum, Mesa Moran and Tori Shoemaker.

The Nanooks return to action in February at the PCSC Championships. 

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