Brown Deer, Wis. - The University of Wisconsin-La Crosse women's swimming & diving team competed in the eight-team All-Wisconsin Invitational Saturday at the Schroeder Aquatic Center. No team scores were recorded in the meet featuring UWL, Beloit College (Wis.), Carroll University (Wis.), Carthage College (Wis.), Lawrence University (Wis.), UW-Green Bay, UW-Milwaukee, UW-Oshkosh and UW-Whitewater.
UWL had a pair of relays record top five finishes as Amanda Wciorka, Mikala Leppla, Molly Banks and Emily Boettger finished fifth (3:43.57) in the 400 freestyle relay while Madalyn Peterson, Ellie Szczupakiewicz, Maria Vaudreuil and Leppla were third (1:51.10) in the 200 medley relay.
UWL had two divers place in the top 15 in the one and three meter dives. In the one meter Sydney Vian placed ninth (194.05) and Elizabeth Knokel placed thirteenth (167.80). Knokel (195.95) placed tenth in the three meter dive while Vian placed eleventh (190.02).
Top Individual Finishes:
200 Freestyle: Kalli Behling - 19th - 2:04.46
200 I.M.: Sarina Le - 8th - 2:20.20
100 Backstroke: Szczupakiewicz - 10th - 1:02.12
100 Breaststroke: Vaudreuil - 9th - 1:09.46
200 Butterfly: Sczcupakiewicz - 9th - 2:18.46
500 Freestyle: Kalli Behling - 13th - 5:42.94
100 Freestyle: Boettger - 11th - 55.69
200 Backstroke: Sophie Benson - 9th - 2:17.17
200 Breaststroke: Vaudreuil - 6th - 2:32.90
100 Butterfly: Le - 10th - 1:01.62
400 I.M.: Sam Rod - 12th - 5:07.45
UWL returns to action Saturday, October 26 at the Northfield (Minn.) Cows, Colleges and Contentment Classic at 11 a.m.