March
17, 2008
(release courtesy of Dave Blanchard, Luther College sports information
director)
Complete
Results
DECORAH,
IOWA . . . The women's swimming team posted its highest
team finish in school history at the NCAA Division III Swimming
and Diving Championships hosted by the College of Wooster (OH)
March 13-15. The Norse placed 11th with a team total of 100
points.
Elissa
Schmidt (Claremont, Minn./Owatonna) returned home as
a four-time All-American. To earn All-America honors, an individual
or a relay team must place in the top-8 of their respective
event.
Individually,
Schmidt finished fourth in the 200 freestyle (1:51.81) and seventh
in the 100 freestyle (51.78). Schmidt also earned honorable
mention All-America honors in the 50 freestyle finishing 12th
(24.15).
Schmidt recorded her two other All-America honors swimming the
first leg for both the 800 freestyle relay and the 400 freestyle
relay. Following Schmidt in the 800 freestyle relay was Addison
Choi (Aurora, Colo./Grandview), Valerie Hoops
(Freeport, Ill.), and Amy Schneider (East Dubuque,
Ill./Wahlert). This foursome posted a time of 7:42.48 that was
good for eighth place.
Schmidt,
Hoops, Choi and Rachel Bruns (Albany, Minn.)
placed fifth in the 400 freestyle relay, posting a new school
record of 3:29.57.
"It
was an awesome weekend," stated head coach Lance
Huber. "I was very proud of how these five women
swam. What was more exciting was that everyone returned home
as an All-American. This is what our goal was entering the national
meet and they can feel a great sense of accomplishment for what
they achieved both individually and as a team."
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