DECORAH, Iowa – The Luther women's swimming and diving opened the 2026-27 season hosting Gustavus Adolphus on Saturday (Oct. 3). The Norse senior class collected five individual victories. The Gusties won the dual meet by a score of 124-113.
Mia Parter and
Lillian McRoberts each picked up a pair of event wins. Prater won the 50 and 100 freestyle while McRoberts won the 200 IM and the 500 freestyle. Additionally
Hayley Crosland and
Ren Talerico with multiple top-4 finishes in events.
Top-3 Finishes
200 Medley Relay – 2
nd – 1:54.88 – A relay -
Ella Holleran,
Annemarie Johnson,
Ren Talerico,
Mia Prater
200 Medley Relay – 3
rd – 1:59.51 – B relay –
Izzy Hunter,
Lillian McRoberts,
Linnea Lundin Skarp,
Zoey Jones
1000 freestyle – 2
nd – 11:23.45 –
Eugenia Brealey
200 freestyle – 2
nd – 2:04.79 –
Annemarie Johnson, 3
rd – 2:05.72
Hayley Crosland
50 freestyle – 1st – 24.76 –
Mia Prater
200 IM – 1
st – 2:15.38 –
Lillian McRoberts, 3
rd – 2:21.06 –
Ren Talerico
1-meter diving – 1
st – 225.83 –
Kate Denner
100 butterfly – 2
nd – 1:02.70 –
Ren Talerico
100 freestyle – 1
st – 54.44 –
Mia Prater
100 backstroke – 3
rd – 1:06.32 –
Esmee van der Tuuk
500 freestyle – 1
st – 5:29.75 –
Lillian McRoberts, 3
rd – 5:38.56 –
Hayley Crosland
3-meter diving – 1st – 212.62 –
Noelle Gallucci, 2
nd – 189.07 –
Kate Denner
100 breaststroke – 2
nd – 1:11.51 –
Annemarie Johnson
200 freestyle relay – 2
nd – 1:48.10 –
Eugenia Brealey,
Linnea Lundin Skarp,
Zoey Jones,
Hayley Crosland
Notes from Coach
At the three-week mark in the Luther Swim and Dive season, the Norse competed exceptionally well across all events. Coach
Aaron Zander shared that we don't usually see some of these times at this point in the year and is very pleased with the results. There were five different races decided by a tenth of a second. The next few weeks of training will see us building our training base and giving us more time to work on the smaller details.
The next event will be at Carleton College on Saturday, Oct. 31. The meet will begin at 1 p.m. in Northfield, Minn. at Thorpe Pool.
