For Immediate Release
Tuesday, October 26, 2021
NSIC Media Relations

NSIC Women's Swimmer of the Week
Inte Pas (Fr., Nieuwerkerk aan den IJ, Netherlands / Emmaus Collège Rotten) - Sioux Falls
- Helped the Cougars to a 1-1 record with four event wins in duals versus Jamestown and MSU
- Improved her already highly ranked time in the 100-yard breaststroke as she finished with a time of 1:04.50
- Her 100-yard breaststroke was under a half second from reaching NCAA B Standard time of 1:04.08
- Her new mark in this event ranks fourth in NCAA Division II this year
- She also won the 200-breast (2:23.63) and the 200 IM (2:14.05)
- Was also part of the USF 400-yard Medley Relay which set a pool record of 3:58.52

NSIC Women's Diver of the Week
Sydney Hanson (Diving, Fr., Bettendorf, Iowa / Bettendorf HS) - Minnesota State
- Won the 1-meter diving event vs. Sioux Falls and Jamestown with a score of 240.15
- Won the 3-meter diving event vs. Sioux Falls and Jamestown with a score of 237.65
- Named NSIC Diver of the Week for the second week in a row

Other Top Swimming Performances
Taylor Beagle (Augie) won two events over two days at the Quad Invite last weekend in Grand Junction, Colorado. On Friday, she won the 1650-Free in a time of 17:46.20 winning by over 20 seconds. She would return on Friday to place second in the 500-Free in 5:14.04. On Saturday, Beagle would go on to win the 1000-Free in a time of 10:41.70.

Farida Maher (CSP) led the way at the Hamline University Invite with 27 individual points backed by three first place finishes. She won the 200 yard freestyle (2:00.41), the 100 yard freestyle (54.83) and the 500 yard freestyle (5:28.48).

Kate Flynn  (MSU) won the 100 freestyle with a time of 54.12 against Sioux Falls and Jamestown. She took second in the 50 freestyle with a time of 24.90. She was a member of the 200 freestyle relay team that finished first with a time of 1:38.71.

Natalie Bohnert (SMSU)  won a pair of individual events and was also a member of a first-place relay team. She won the 200-yard IM at 2:14.15 and won the 100-yard butterfly at 1:01.08.

Other Top Diving Performances
Sarah McDonald (SMSU) finished second in the 1-meter diving with a score of 166.05 and was also second in the 3-meter with a total of 186.15.
 
NSIC Women's Swimming & Diving Athletes of the Week
10/12/21
S: Taylor Beagle - Augustana
D: Annaliesa Anderson - St. Cloud State
10/19/21
S: Taylor Beagle - Augustana (2)
D: Sydney Hanson - Minnesota State
10/26/21
S: Inte Pas- Sioux Falls
D: Sydney Hanson - Minnesota State (2)

About the NSIC
The NSIC is a 16-team, 18-sport, NCAA Division II conference with institutions located in Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota. The NSIC is a model Division II conference that uses high-level athletics competition to develop champions in the classroom and community while empowering student-athletes to be impactful and positive leaders. Formed in 1992 by the merger of the Northern Intercollegiate Conference (men’s league) and the Northern Sun Conference (women’s league), the NSIC has flourished over the past quarter century, maturing into a 16-team union of Upper Midwest colleges and universities. The NSIC has won 24 team national championships and crowned 81 individual national champions. For additional information, visit NorthernSun.org.

About NCAA Division II
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