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Grinnell Invite
Omaha Establishes Third Place at Grinnell Invite
Jan 18, 2014 | Women's Swimming & Diving
Grinnell, Iowa – The Omaha swimming and diving team kicked off their 2014 efforts at the Grinnell Invite Friday.
Omaha opened the two-day meet with 377 points in third place.
The 200-yard free relay team took second in the first women's race of the meet. Senior Whitney Korgan, freshman Mackenzie Ritter, and juniors Jenna Foiles and Victoria Schab clocked 1:42.70 for 42 team points.
Sophomore Natalie Renshaw grabbed the Mavs' first individual top-finish in the 500-yard free (5:14.42).
Freshman Morgan Stepp, Omaha's most recent Summit League award winner, earned a season-best, first-place finish in the 200-yard breast (2:24.64). Stepp later took a bronze finish in the 100-yard back (1:00.06). Foiles finished in fourth (1:00.80) in the respective race.
Senior Hannah Alexander clocked 2:15.25 in the 200-yard fly, nabbing 21 points for UNO.
The Mavericks closed day one on a high note, taking first place in the 800-yard relay and earning 48 more team points. Renshaw, Stepp, Foiles, and junior Lexi Bergeron clocked 7:58.80 and beat their previous season-bests set at the Kansas Classic.
In team scores, Gustavus Adolphus College leads the Invite with 571.5 points. Luther College is narrowly ahead of UNO with 391 points. Other teams that round out the standings are, Grinnell College (317.5), Macalester College (242), Augustana College (234), St. Catherine University (188), University of Nebraska Kearney (138), College of Saint Mary (102), Simpson College (70), and Coe College (59).
UNO will continue competition at the Grinnell Invite through Saturday.
