Cobbers Cap MIAC With Pair Of Top 12 Finishes

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MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. (2/18/12)—A pair of top 12 individual finishes and another career-best relay time capped the Cobbers' final day at the MIAC Championship Meet. Molly Hansvick placed second in the 1-meter diving event, Hannah Winge posted an 11^th place finish in the 200-yard breaststroke and the 400-yard freestyle relay team finished eighth as Concordia placed eighth in the final standings at the conference meet.
 
Concordia finished with a final teams score of 154 points which was 22 points better than ninth-pace St. Mary's. Gustavus won the women's conference meet with a final total of 687 points.

Hansvick earned the team's only all-conference award at the meet. She had a total of 383.65 points in the finals of the 1-meter competition and earned her second straight top 5 finish in the 1-meter event at the MIAC Meet. Hansvick's second-place finish is the highest of her career at the conference meet.

Winge capped a successful first-year conference meet. She swam a 2:32.01 in the prelim heat of the 200-yard breaststroke and missed out on the championship heat by less than a second. Her time was a career best by a full 10 seconds. Winge went on to finish 11^th in the consolation final with a time of 232.81. Winge also scored team points in the 100-yard breaststroke by placing 12^th in Friday night's final.

For the third straight night Concordia ended the night session with a career-best relay finish. On Saturday the 400-yard freestyle quartet of Alexis Philbrick, Amanda Suchanek, Greta Titus and Kirsten Anderson clocked a 3:49.92 and finished eighth. The relay teams entered the event with a seeded time of 4:00.50.

The other top event of the night for the Cobbers was the 1650-yard freestyle. Concordia had three swimmers entered in the vent and all three finished in the top 20 by notching career-best times. Philbrick led the CC crew with a final time of 19:25.33.    


Final Team Scores
1. Gustavus - 687 
2. St. Olaf College - 643 
3. University of St. Thomas - 520 
4. Saint Benedict - 478 
5. Carleton College -  448 
6. St. Catherine University - 235 
7. Macalester College - 230 
8. Concordia College - 154 
9. Saint Mary's - 132 
10. Hamline University - 83 
11. Augsburg College - 72