DUBUQUE, Iowa- Earning its second straight victory of the season, the UW-Oshkosh women's swimming & diving team traveled to Dubuque, Iowa Saturday (Feb. 8), earning a final score of 136-68.
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The 200-yard medley relay started with Titans taking the second and third place finishes. The squad of
Sienna Della-Peruta (So. • Grayslake, Ill.),
Kylee Dinninger (So. • DeWitt, Mich.),
Grace Fergus (Sr. • Sugar Grove, Ill.) and
Rowan Sinclair (Fr. • Temecula, Calif.) finished at 1:59.7, while the squad of
Payton Purdy (Fr. • Sterling, Ill.),
Bella Cichon (So. • Manhattan, Ill.),
Elsa Piering (Fr. • Hartland) and
Julie Innerebner (So. • Sault Ste. Marie, Mich.) finished 1.28 seconds behind at 2:00.98.
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The 1,000-yard freestyle saw three Titans take the podium, as
Brianna Wesenberg (Jr. • Ripon),
Layla Ogango (So. • Leesburg, Va.) and
Elizabeth Fritz (So. • Mokena, Ill.) finished in 11:21.48, 12:17.44 and 12:31.86, respectively. Sinclair then claimed the 200-yard at 2:02.99, while
Kori Burnett (Fr. • Beloit) took third at 2:08.22
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Francesca Schiro (Sr. • New Glarus) then captured the first-place victory in both the 50- and 100-yard freestyle with finishes of 25.37, and 54.96 seconds. Burnett took the second place for the 100-yard at 58.32 seconds, while
Cadence Showalter (Sr. • Naperville, Ill.) claimed third in the 50-yard at 27 seconds flat.
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The 500-yard freestyle had Wesenberg and Fritz take 5:36.49 and 6:05.68, second and third place victories.
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Della-Peruta and Fergus also claimed second and third place victories of their own in the 200-yard individual medley with Della-Peruta finishing in 2:25.44, and Fergus in 2:29.47
The 100-yard butterfly saw Sinclair taking first place, while Fergus took third at 1:02.7 and 1:05.43, respectively.
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For the 100-yard breaststroke, Cichon captured a first-place victory at 1:16.36 while Showalter took second place at 1:17.77.
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Both Titan squads for the 200-yard freestyle relay also claimed podium finishes, as the squad consisting of Schiro, Showalter, Burnett and Wesenberg finished in 1:45.30, taking first place, while Piering,
Megan Miles (So. • Tomahawk), Fritz and finished with a third-place time of 1:52.95.
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Both the swimming & diving fronts now set their eyes to conference championship action as they begin their postseason run at the WIAC Championship, presented by Culver's, hosted by UW-Eau Claire at the Schroeder Aquatic Center in Brown Deer on Feb. 19-22.