Women's Swimming 11/5/04 -- Augsburg at Macalester/Hamline Triple Dual

ST. PAUL, Minn. (11/5/04) -- Kasi Clauson (So., Kansas, Okla./Cookson Hills Christian HS) claimed two top-four finishes, and Leah Haan (Fr., Burnsville, Minn./Minnehaha Academy HS) and Trudy Pommerening (Fr., Bemidji, Minn.) each had two top-eight finishes, as the Augsburg College women's swimming team opened its season at a triple dual meet at Macalester College on Friday night.

Macalester topped the Auggies 99-29, while Hamline University topped Augsburg 70-42. A total of 11 Auggies swam in the meet on Friday.

Clauson claimed a third-place finish in the 100-meter butterfly (1:16.97) and a fourth-place finish in the 200-meter individual medley (2:45.57), finishing just four seconds behind the winner in each instance.

Haan placed fourth in the 100-meter backstroke (1:21.96) and eighth in the 200-meter individual medley (3:07.36). Pommerening placed third 100-meter breaststroke (1:21.33) and sixth in the 200-meter freestyle (2:49.39).

Augsburg's 200-meter medley relay team of Haan, Pommerening, Clauson and Joann Anderson (Jr., Eagan, Minn./Burnsville HS) swam to a fourth-place finish in 2:26.54.

Augsburg returns to action on Saturday (11/6) at 1 p.m. at the St. Catherine Invitational in St. Paul, Minn.


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Women's Swimming -- Augsburg at Macalester/Hamline Triple Dual
Macalester 139, Hamline 97; Macalester 99, Augsburg 29; Hamline 70, Augsburg 42
Friday, Nov. 5, 2004 at Macalester Pool, St. Paul, Minn.

Results with Augsburg competitors (winner listed first, Augsburg results follow):
50-meter freestyle: 1. Dana Ketcher (Hamline) 29.37; 11. Lindsey Persons 35.48; 12. Anna Brubak 36.02; 15. Jennifer Winter 37.50; 17. Anna Gotschall 44.19; 18. Liz Bennett 54.67.
100-meter backstroke: 1. Kristin Mathson (Macalester) 1:13.20; 4. Leah Haan 1:21.96; 7. Trista Engstrom 1:58.43.
100-meter breaststroke: 1. Lindsey Swanson (Hamline) 1:22.53; 3. Trudy Pommerening 1:30.50; 4. Jennifer Winter 1:42.57.
100-meter butterfly: 1. Kristin Meadows (Macalester) 1:12.88; 3. Kasi Clauson 1:16.97.
100-meter freestyle: 1. Jackie Deluca (Macalester) 1:02.79; 10. Joann Anderson 1:21.33; 11. Monique Julian 1:25.25; 12. Jennifer Winter 1:25.81; 14. Lindsey Persons 1:28.01.
200-meter freestyle: 1. Jackie Deluca (Macalester) 2:15.65; 6. Trudy Pommerening 2:49.39; 7. Trista Engstrom 3:24.58.
200-meter individual medley: 1. Kristin Mathson (Macalester) 2:41.21; 4. Kasi Clauson 2:45.57; 8. Leah Haan 3:07.36.
400-meter freestyle: 1. Heather Lendway (Macalester) 4:40.39; 7. Monique Julian 8:01.78.
200-meter freestyle relay: 1. Macalester A 1:58.82; 6. Augsburg A (Joann Anderson, Lindsey Persons, Trista Engstrom, Anna Brubak) 2:25.34.
200-meter medley relay: 1. Macalester A 2:15.62; 4. Augsburg (Leah Haan, Trudy Pommerening, Kasi Clauson, Joann Anderson) 2:26.54.