Vermillion, S.D. - The Augustana University men's and women's swimming and diving programs competed this weekend down at the Coyote Extravaganza.

Final Scores:
Women: 
UNIA - 2004 points
USD - 2000 points
SDSU - 1799 points
SCSU - 1399 points
AU - 1105 points

Men: 
USD - 2362 points
SCSU - 1993 points
SDSU - 1638.5 points
AU - 1487.5 points

Day 1:
In the men's 200 Free, sophomore Theo Tuunelis triumphed to victory with a season best time of 1:39.91, moving him to the third fastest 200 Freestyler in the GLIAC this season.

The men's 100 Fly saw sophomore Mason Ward-Zeller take third with a 49.84, and junior Noah Mooney finishing in eight with a 51.08.

Theo Tuunelis earned his second victory in as many events, winning the 100 Free in a 46.24. In the 500 Free, freshman Maggie Cole swam to a season best time in the 500 Free with a 5:26.20.

Freshman Agnes Virag took sixth in the 100 Breast with a 1:07.46, while Mason Ward-Zeller in the men's version took second with a 57.07. Owen Bartee finished in a tie for seventh at 58.01, and Robert Leandar Hansen finished in ninth with a 59.32.

The Viking men finished Friday's action with a third place 200 Free relay, with the team of Noah Mooney, Mason Ward-Zeller, Juan Moncada and Theo Tunnelis going 1:25.03.

Day 2:
In the 200 Medley relay, the Viking men saw their A team of Noah Mooney, Robert Hansen, Mason Ward-Zeller and Theo Tunnelis finish fifth with a 1:34.54.

The 1000 Free saw sophomore Aga Rudomina take ninth in a time of 11:12.54, while fellow sophomore Sy Pizzolato finished sixth in a 10:17.32 in the men's edition.

Junior Noah Mooney finished seventh in the 50 Free with a 21.55. The 200 I.M. saw Vikings' Mason Ward-Zeller (1:54.06) and Theo Tuunelis (1:54.83) finish second and third respectively.

Brad Infield took sixth place in the men's 200 Fly with a 1:59.19.

In the 200 Breast, Ágnes Virag finished second with a personal best 2:25.70, putting her as the second fastest in the NSIC this season in the event, and moving up to eight all time in Vikings history.

In the men's 100 I.M., Ward-Zeller and Tuunelis repeated their second and third place finishes, with Ward Zeller's time of 50.99 breaking his school record of 51.48 from last year's Coyote Extravaganza.

Diving: 
Senior Avery Lommel finished with a score of 230.60 on 1 meter 6 dives, good for a sixth place finish. On 3 meter diving, Lommel finished third with a 246.60 score.

On the men's side, David Binsfeld finished in fifth place with a score of 243.40 on 1 meter, and sixth place on 3 meter with a 233.65.

UP NEXT
The Viking women's next competition will be a tri meet against University of Mary, along with host team University of Sioux Falls at Midco Aquatic Center, Friday, November 6th. The Viking men will compete next against Gustavus Adolphus College, Saturday, November 7th in St Peters, MN.
 

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