Men's Swimming and Diving | 10/18/2026 9:01:00 AM
Results
La Crosse, Wis./Rochester, Minn. - The University of Wisconsin-La Crosse men's swimming & diving team placed second in the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC)/Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) Invitational Saturday night.
The Eagles finished with 1,179.0 team points with UW-Eau Claire won the title with 1,680.0. St. Olaf College (Minn.) was third with 633.0. A total of 10 teams competed.
Diving competition was held in UWL's Richard L. Pein Natatorium while swimming took place at the Rochester-Olmstead County (Minn.) Recreation Center Natatorium.
DIVING ACTION:
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Ethan Pedersen won the three-meter competition (222.55 points) and placed third in the one-meter (220.90).
Tyler Hartmann
SWIMMING ACTION - RELAYS:
* UWL won the 200 (1:35.79) and 400 (3:33.49) medley relays and placed second in the 200 freestyle relay (1:27.24).
* The Eagles were second (6:49.51) in the mixed 8x100 freestyle relay with the women's squad.
SWIMMING ACTION - INDIVIDUAL:
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Preston Nygaard captured the 400 I.M. with a school record time (4:05.27). He broke the record of Brian Milburn of 4:06.74 set in 1988.
* Nygaard also captured the 100 breaststroke (54.99) on Saturday.
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Ben Collins won the 200 breaststroke (2:06.66) and placed third in the 100 breaststroke (57.65).
* Rasmus Skyvving finished second in the 400 I.M. (4:12.42).
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Tyler Hartmann recorded a pair of second-place finishes in the 50 (21.30) and 100 (46.84) freestyle.
* The Eagles'
Dean Amble,
Luke Biscan and
Hayden Heimbecher-Hollenbeck each had a pair of top-six finishes. Amble was second in the 100 butterfly (50.25) and sixth in the 50 freestyle (21.49) with Biscan finishing third in the 500 freestyle (4:53.88) and fifth in the 200 freestyle (1:46.70). Heimbecher-Hollenback finished third in the 200 I.M. (2:03.24) and sixth in the 200 breaststroke (2:20.45).
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Gabe DeWald was fourth in the 200 I.M. (2:04.36),
Gavin LaBeau fourth in the 200 freestyle (1:46.20) and
Ryan McGillis fourth in the 200 backstroke (2:03.08).
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Isaac Mozena was sixth in the 200 butterfly (2:04.96).
UP NEXT:
* UWL returns to action Friday, October 30 at UW-Eau Claire at 5 p.m.
