The Panther swimmers headed to Sioux Falls this past weekend to compete at the Coyote Invite and brought home six titles. Swimming kicked off the two-day meet with the 200-yard free that saw Abby Lear, Morgan Meyer, Hannah Nedder, and Elyse Brayton take second (1:36.06), as Faith Larsen, Waren Graeve, Natalie Harris, and Ema Lavigne took fourth (1:36.54). Olivia Chambers placed second in the 200-yard IM (2:06.62) as Nikki Walters claimed fifth (2:09.83). Larsen, who is the two-time defending MVC Champion, took first in the event with a time of 23.67 as Lear captured third at 24.02.
On day two of the action, Brayton, Lavigne, Larsen and Meyer took second in the 200-yard medley relay (1:45.92) as Lear, Jenna Breitbach, Nedder and Graeve finished fourth (1:48.01). Walters picked up first in the 100-yard butterfly (56.91) while Abby Steward took third (58.10) and Lavigne in fifth (58.51). Chambers and Harris took first and second in the 200-yard freestyle with times of 1:53.70 and 1:53.75.
Larsen took second in the 100-yard breaststroke at 1:06.03 as Brayton took second in the 100-yard backstroke at 57.80, while Steward followed in third (57.97) and Lear in fifth (58.31). Larsen found her way back to the top in the 100-yard IM with a time of 57.52 as Lavigne placed second in the event (57.84). Chambers and Meghan Pallett earned fourth and fifth in the event with times of 59.68 and 1:00.00. Meyer took top prize in the 200-yard backstroke with a time of 2:04.62.
Walters also found her way back to the top in the 200-yard breaststroke at 2:26.44 as Aspen Cole placed fifth in the event (2:29.13). Harris placed fourth in the 100-yard freestyle with a time of 53.84, while Sam Oeltjen took fourth in the 200-yard butterfly at 2:11.62 to close out competition.
The divers began on the 1-meter boards on Friday night with Erica Peters taking second with a score of 251.55, followed by Avery Hogan in fourth (239.60). Trista Thompson found her way to sixth (232.60) and Abby Hutchins in eighth (224.05). The three-meter competition saw Hogan take second with a score of 259.20 as Peters followed in fourth (257.15) and Hannah Taylor earned sixth (248.60).
