Results

MINNEAPOLIS - In their final tune-up before the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) championships next weekend, the UW-Stevens Point swimming & diving teams traveled to the 2010 Minnesota challenge. Team scores were not kept at the event that featured division I, II and III teams from throughout the Midwest.

Highlights from the day included the 200 men's freestyle relay team, who finished the event as the top DIII team, posting a time of 1:25.05, good for third place in the event.

Individually, Lauren Golla (Plover/SPASH) and Kim Engen (Aurora, IL/) finished 12th & 13th in the women's 200 IM, with times of 2:17.93 and 2:18.08 respectively.

AJ Souers finished behind seven Gopher swimmers to take home the top Division III finish in the 200 IM, posting a time of 1:59.21.

Ryan Farmer (Naperville, IL/) finished fourth in the 100 butterfly, posting a time of 50.77, the top Division III time in the event, just behind a trio of Gopher swimmers.

Matt Teske (Faribault, MN/Faribault) and Matthew Olp finished as the top two DIII swimmers in the 100 breaststroke, posting times of 58.06 and 58.48, respectively, taking home fifth and sixth in the event. Teske also took home an eighth place finish in the 200 breaststroke with a time of 2:07.86.

In the women's 100 freestyle Ashley Majewski (Elm Grove, WI/Catholic Memorial) finished with the top DIII time of 53.45, good for fourth place.

The Pointers return to the pool Feb. 11-13 in Minneapolis at the Aquatic Center for the 2010 WIAC Swimming and Diving Championships. The Pointer men made it a clean sweep of the decade last season, winning the 2000-2009 conference titles. The 10-time defending champion Pointers will have to ward off the rest of the field at the three day event.

The Pointer women's team, winners of two of the last four WIAC titles, will try to improve upon last year's 808 point performance to overtake two-time defending champion UW-La Crosse.

WIAC Men's Championship Preview

WIAC Women's Championship Preview