SEATTLE - The Alaska Nanooks swimming team took on the Seattle University Redhawks and Pacific Tigers on Saturday in a double-dual in Seattle, where despite falling in both meets, the Nanooks posted multiple top-10 times in program history.
The Nanooks fell to Seattle, 270-119, and to Pacific, 279-107.
In the relay events, the Nanooks placed fifth in the 200-yard medley relay, 400-yard freestyle relay and 400-yard medley relay, while taking fourth in the 200-yard freestyle relay.
In the 200-yard medley relay, the team of Monica Botha, Dorka Dancsok, Giorgia Merlo and Sam Bristor posted a 1:50.70. The team of Merlo, Botha, Bristor and Kitti Marton finished the 400-yard freestyle relay in 3:38.96. In the 400-yard medley relay, the squad of Charisma Watkins, Mayumi Schaetzle, Cosima Schmiedel and Ava Thomas clocked in at 4:05.91. Finally, in the 200-yard freestyle relay, Botha, Zhenia Stukova, Thomas and Bristor notched a 1:39.23.
Zsofia Varga recorded two top-five finishes on the day, posting a 10:36.51 in the 1000-yard freestyle to place second and taking fourth in the 200-yard butterfly with a 2:11.22. Those two times put her in the top 10 in program history for both events. Additionally, in the 200-yard butterfly, Marilia Persidou took second after touching in 2:07.18. That time was 0.58 seconds off first place and also ranks in the top-10 in program history. Schmiedel finished third in the 200 butterfly with a 2:11.07.
Persidou added another podium result in the 100-yard butterfly, placing third in 58.02, which was her second top-10 time of the meet. Schmiedel also placed second in the 200-yard IM after finishing in 2:09.52.
Marton took second in the 500-yard freestyle with a 5:08.47, improving on her seed time by over 10 seconds. She also placed fifth in the 1000-yard freestyle (10:47.91).
The Nanooks' final top-10 time in program history belonged to Botha, whose 2:07.20 in the 200-yard backstroke was good for second place in the event. She added two more second-place finishes in the 200-yard freestyle (1:55.71) and 100-yard backstroke (58.43).
Dancsok added a pair of podium finishes, placing third in the 200-yard breaststroke after touching in 2:22.36, and notching a second-place result in the 400-yard IM with a time of 4:33.53.
The Nanooks are back in two weeks for their midseason invite. They will head down to Tacoma, Wash., to take part in the Logger Invitational at the University of Puget Sound on Nov. 20-22.
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