Women's Swimming and Diving | 10/16/2026 10:12:00 PM
La Crosse, Wis. - The University of Wisconsin-La Crosse women's swimming & diving team earned a 208-86 dual victory over UW-Whitewater Friday night in the Richard L. Pein Natatorium.
DIVING ACTION:
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Abbey Thornton captured the one-meter (242.70 points) title with
Eden Mortensen winning the three-meter (242.40).
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Emma Lieb was second (228.75) and
Amelia Nelson third (221.75) in the one-meter.
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Natalie Peterson finished second (227.55) and Lieb third (222.75) in the three-meter.
Abbey Thornton
SWIMMING ACTION - RELAYS:
* UWL won both relays, including
Shefali Ramakrishnan,
Zoey Rank,
Greta Wiskus and
Libby Cleveland in the 200 medley relay (1:48.25).
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Ellie Brown, Hannah Wadhom, Ramakrishnan and Wiskus took the 200 freestyle relay (1:37.43).
SWIMMING ACTION - INDIVIDUAL WINNERS:
* UWL won eight individual swimming events, including two titles each from Ramakrishnan and Rank. Ramakrishnan won the 50 freestyle (24.94) and 50 butterfly (26.11) while Rank captured the 50 breaststroke (31.12) and 100 I.M. (1:00.97).
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Ava Pulvermacher captured the 500 freestyle (5:32.51) and
Ava Newman the 1,000 freestyle (11:15.93).
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Kayla Knaffla captured the 50 backstroke (28.68) and
Taylor Gergen the 100 butterfly (1:00.92).
SWIMMING ACTION - TOP-THREE FINISHERS:
* Other top-three finishes included Brown third (25.32) in the 50 freestyle while
Ali Benson was second (57.64) and Abby Faughn third (58.07) in the 100 freestyle.
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Morgan Salbreiter was second (2:04.27) and
Emma Born third (2:06.99) in the 200 freestyle with Salbreiter also finishing second (5:37.28) in the 500 freestyle.
McKenna Biegler placed second (11:23.86) with
Megann Jobin third (11:46.41) in the 1,000 freestyle.
* In the 50 backstroke, Cleveland finished second (28.70) and Wiskus third (28.78).
Ava Newman placed second (1:03.92) and
Abby Gierke third (1:03.93) in the 100 backstroke.
Wadholm finished third (32.04) in the 50 breaststroke while
Natalie Gustafson was second (1:12.88) I the 100 breaststroke.
* Gergen was second (27.74) and
Kennedy Faris third (28.01) in the 50 butterfly with Gierke second (1:03.55) in the 100 butterfly.
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Ella Stadler finished second (1:03.11) and Cleveland third (1:03.26) in the 100 I.M.
UP NEXT:
* UWL returns to action Saturday, October 17 with the WIAC/Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) Invitational at 12 p.m. Diving will be held in UWL's Richard L. Pein Natatorium with swimming events taking place at the Rochester-Olmstead County (Minn.) Recreation Center Natatorium.
