Cobbers Cap Off 2023 At Macalester Invite
Concordia finished off the 2023 portion of its schedule by competing in the 2-day Macalester Invitational. The Cobbers continued to post season-best marks and finished eighth in the final team standings.
ST. PAUL, Minn. (12/2/23)---Concordia finished off the 2023 portion of its schedule by competing in the 2-day Macalester Invitational.
The Cobbers continued to post season-best marks and finished eighth in the final team standings.
Junior diver Kiernan Darling and first-year swimmer Callie Metsala paved the way for Concordia in St. Paul. Darling posted Top 5 finishes in both diving events, while Metsala scored team points in all her individual events.
Darling placed fourth in the 3-meter competition with a total of 284.55. The highlight for Darling was that she was able to score on her reverse 1.5 with 0.5 twist – a new dive for her list. Darling took fifth on the 1-meter on Day two and was able to come away with points in two more new dives. She recorded a total of 259.90.
Metsala came through with Top 15 finishes in four different events. Her shining moment came in the 100-yard butterfly, where she touched the wall in 1:01.99, which is only 0.94 of a second off the school record set by Sarah Nelson in 2017.
Metsala also finished 11th in both breaststroke events. She came home in 1:14.48 in the 100-yard breaststroke and then posted a time of 2:41.31 in the 200-yard event. Metsala's final Top 15 mark came in the 200-yard individual medley on Friday, where she swam a 2:20.64 and was the No.15 finisher.
The top relay finish for the Cobbers came in the 200-yard medley relay. The squad of Christina Moore, Metsala, Chea Baugh and Brienna Timm put together a time of 2:03.84, which earned them a 13th-place finish and was only 2.34 seconds away from a Top 10 mark.
Timm, Baugh, Moore and Haley Juetten also had noteworthy performances during the 2-day event.
Timm raced to a 6:14.42 in the 500-yard freestyle and came from behind to win her heat. Her finishing time is a college best by 12 seconds.
First-year sprinter Baugh had the best meet of her young college career. Her breakthrough performance came in the 100-yard freestyle, where she touched the wall in 59.61. She won her heat with a season-best time.
Moore continues to improve throughout her sophomore season. She clocked a 2:37.62 in the 200-yard backstroke, which is only 2 seconds off of her best time from the MIAC Meet last year.
Juetten had success in both breaststroke events. Her time of 1:19.55 in the 100-yard breaststroke was only 1.69 seconds away from scoring team points. Juetten finished off her weekend by recording a time of 2:55.60 in the 200-yard breaststroke.
The Energizer Bunny Award of the Meet went to senior Lindsey Biebl, who was competing in the final meet of her college career. Biebl swam in seven different events and posted season-best times in four individual races. Biebl clocked PRs in the 400-yard individual medley, 200-yard backstroke, 200-yard breaststroke and 50-yard freestyle.
UP NEXT: Concordia will have a break for the holidays, but will take a training trip to Florida before returning to competition at the MSU Moorhead Dragon Invite on Jan. 12-13.