Warriors Pick Up Handful of Wins at Home Meet

FREMONT, Neb. – Midland University hosted a pair of schools on Saturday morning as it opened up its home schedule inside the Dillon Family Aquatic Center. Joining the Warriors for a double-dual were the Hawks of Rockhurst University and the Lakers of Iowa Lakes Community College. The Warriors were edged by the Hawks, 122.5 to 103.5, in their matchup and blitzed past the Lakers, 165 to 5, in their exhibition.

Earning wins in the pool for Midland were Lilli Heaston, Quinty Rouschop, Lily Harrell (2), and Mya Nemechek.

Heaston's win came in the 50-yard backstroke as she tied with Rockhurst's I'yana Foster. The pair of swimmers both touched the wall at identical times of 29.86.

Rouschop won the 50-yard breaststroke with a time of 33.96. She also added a runner-up finish in the 100-yard race of the same stroke, swimming a 1:13.12.

Harrell had a pair of wins on the day. First, she was the first to the wall in the 100-yard backstroke with a time of 1:02.71, followed by a time of 1:04.66 in the 100-yard individual medley.

Nemechek won the 50-yard butterfly with a time of 27.45 after taking second in the 100-yard fly with a time of 1:04.29.

Heaston, Rouschop, and Harrell teamed with Abby Ertz to win the meet's opening race, the 200-yard medley relay, with a time of 1:56.81. In the final relay race, it was the team of Nemechek, Harrell, Heaston, and Ertz picked up second-place honors in the 400-yard freestyle with a time of 3:49.57,

"Overall I think we swam pretty well. It has been a pretty tough few weeks of training so we weren't expecting to go best times, but we wanted to be competitive," commented head coach Matt Gilbert. "I think we're in a great spot to swim fast later this semester and more importantly at conference. It has been a blast coaching this team so far, they are putting in great work right now."

"Lily had a standout meet," added Coach Gilbert. "She won both her individual events and raced very hard. It was good to see the competitiveness. Mya also had a great breakout meet as a freshman. Next weekend is the meet the team is focused on the most. We have a good week of training and are looking forward to next week."

Midland will travel up to Sioux City, Iowa for a meet with Morningside and the College of Saint Mary. The three conference rivals will face off inside the Hindman-Hobbs Center at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday, October 21.