February 9, 2009-February 15, 2009

Diving: Ken Ritt, Junior, Racine, Wis./Horlick
Ritt recorded a fourth and fifth place finish over the weekend at the Blugolds' diving invite. In the one-meter event he scored 431.20, a national cut mark, to take fourth while he finished fifth in the three-meter event with a score of 415.90.

January 26, 2009-February 1, 2009

Swimming: Ben Macalalad, Sophomore, Wausau, Wis./East
While the Blugolds fell short 134-108 against UW-Whitewater on Saturday, Macalalad finished in first place in two events. In the 500-yard freestyle, Macalalad finished with a time of 4:58.22 to take first and also won the 1,000-yard freestyle with a time of 10:13.91.

December 1, 2008-December 7, 2008

Diving: Bryan Dykstra, Senior, Racine, Wis./Horlick
This weekend as the Blugolds came up with a second place finish out of nine teams at the UW-River Falls Falcon Invite at the University of Minnesota, Dykstra won both the one and three-meter dives. In the three-meter dive he scored 260.75 points and came up with 255.60 in the one-meter dive.

Swimming: Nick Mehring, Sophomore, Eagan, Minn./Eastview
Mehring came up with season-best times in the 100, 200 and 500-yard freestyles as the Blugolds finished second out of nine teams at the UW-River Falls Falcon Invite at the University of Minnesota this weekend. In the 100-yard freestyle Mehring took third place with a time of 48.20 and placed third in the 500-yard freestyle, coming in with a time of 4:55.14. He also took fifth in the 200-yard freestyle with a time of 1:48.84.

November 10, 2008-November 16, 2008

Swimming: Patrick Finley, 6-4, Senior, Waunakee, Wis.
Finley won two events this weekend and helped the Blugolds to a 122-102 victory over UW-Oshkosh. In his first event of the day, Finley finished with a time of 1:47.58 in the 200-yard freestyle, more than four seconds faster than the second place finisher, and also won by more than 15 seconds in the 500-yard freestyle with a time of 5:02.74. Both were season-bests for Finley.

Diving: Bryan Dykstra, 5-9, Senior, Racine, Wis./Horlick
Dykstra took second place in both the one and three-meter dives this weekend, helping the Blugolds to a 122-102 win over UW-Oshkosh. In the three-meter dive, Dykstra totaled 253.50 points while he finished with 275.70 in the one-meter dive.

October 27, 2008-November 2, 2008

Swimming: Nick Mehring, 6-0, Sophomore, Eagan, Minn./Eastview
Mehring won two events and was part of a relay team that had the best time in the in the 200-yard freestyle relay as the Blugolds defeated River Falls 120-84. Mehring won the 200-yard freestyle with a time of 1:52.16 and also took home first place in the 100-yard freestyle in 51.23. In the freestyle relay, his team had a time of 1:33.28.

October 20, 2008-October 26, 2008

Swimming: Ben Macalalad, 5-11, Sophomore, Wausau, Wis./East
Macalalad had an impressive finish in the 1,000-yard freestyle race this weekend against UW-Stevens Point and Division II St. Cloud State. He finished with a time of 10:26.92, more than 15 seconds faster than the next swimmer.

Diving: Bryan Dykstra, 5-9, Senior, Racine, Wis./Horlick
In the Blugolds' home opener, Dykstra won the three-meter dive and took third in the in the one-meter, both against 10 other competitors. In the three-meter dive he scored 304.1, a national qualifying mark, beating last year's NCAA Division II one and three-meter national champion, Nathan Jimerson from St. Cloud State. He also picked up a score of 249.1 in the one-meter dive.