MEET RESULTS | TEAM RESULTS

ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Maggie Royce (FY, Watertown, Minn./Watertown-Mayer HS) led the Augsburg College swimming team with a third-place finish in the 1,000-yard freestyle as the Auggies competed in a double-dual meet against St. Catherine University and Concordia-College Moorhead at the Butler Center in St. Paul.

Royce's time of 12:41.99 en route to her third-place finish, was good for the tenth-fastest time in school history in the event. Royce was also a key member of two relay events. Royce teamed up with Kelsey Hlavac (SO, Carlisle, Pa./Cumberland Valley HS), Abby Novak (JR, Aurora, Minn. / Mesabi East HS) and Elizabeth Hilgendorf  (FY, Tomahawk, Wis./Tomahawk HS) in the 200-yard freestyle relay to record a third-place finish with a time of 1:53.76.

Royce, Hlavac, Samantha Hebzynski  (SR, Maple Grove, Minn./Maple Grove HS), and Hilgendorf combined in the 200-yard medley relay for a fourth-place finish with a 2:12.21 clocking.

Hlavac also had an impressive night individually, just missing a top-10 time in the 1,000 freestyle with a fifth-place finish, touching the wall in 12:53.44.

Elianna Bier (FY, St. Paul, Minn./Highland Park HS) posted two top-six finishes on the night for the Auggies. She recorded a fifth-place finish in the 200-yard backstroke (2:39.49) and a sixth-place finish in the 200-yard freestyle relay with a time of 2:27.95. Bier also teamed up with Kayla Mitchell  (FY, St. Paul, Minn./Insight School of Minnesota), Bre Kirch (FY, Waunakee, Wis./Waunakee HS), and Carmen Lovato (SO, Oakland, Calif./Bayhill HS) in the 200-yard freestyle relay, finishing sixth with a 2:10.86 clocking.

"The girls swam well tonight." commented coach Clauson-Lange. "The 200 free relay took off time, Kelsey took 20 seconds off in her 1000.  Abby Novak took off time in both of her individual swims.  We're just starting to figure out which events the girls are really going to train for.  We're using the weekend to give us a good look at what it feels like to swim meets back to back and also to give a good starting point for the events the girls will be swimming the rest of the season."

Other top performers of the night included: Mitchell with a fourth-place finish in the 100-yard butterfly (1:16.87), Novak, recording a seventh-place finish in the 100-yard freestyle (1:07.66) and eighth-place finish in the 50-yard freestyle (29.27), and Hilgendorf with a seventh-place finish in the 200-yard IM (2:41.93).

The Auggies return to action on Saturday (11/19), as they travel to St. Paul to take part in the Macalester College Roger Ahlman Invitational. The meet begins at 1 p.m.