Falcons Win Against St. Mary's; Ready For WIAC Champioships

Jan. 30, 2010

The Falcon swim team participated in a dual meet on Saturday in which both the men’s and women’s teams won against St. Mary’s. The men won 120-91, and the women bested St. Mary’s 102-82.

The Falcon relay teams only came out on top in one relay even on the evening. The Falcon 400 yard freestyle relay team came out on top. The team consisting of Kevin O’Brien, Dan Blasberg, Dan Ehrenberg, and Mars Delgado came in with a time of 3:28.89. Becca Goldman finished in third place in the women’s 1 meter diving competition with a score of 118.00.

Alyssa Adair took first place in the women’s 1000 yard freestyle with a time of 11:46.51. She also finished second in the 100 freestyle with a time of 1:00.75. Anthony Orlando finished first in the men’s 1000 coming in at 11:17.02. Kevin O’Brien finished first in the 200 freestyle with a time of 1:54.08. O’Brien also finished first in the 200 butterfly coming in at 2:06.72. Sarah Koch finished first in the 400 IM with a time of 5:11.40.

The Falcons next meet is at the WIAC Championships at the University of Minnesota Aquatics Center Feb. 11-13. The action is set to begin each morning at 10 a.m., on Thursday and Friday and 10:30 a.m., on Saturday.

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Falcon Swim Teams Beat Hamline

Jan. 29, 2010

The Falcon men's and women's swimming & diving teams both won dual meets over Hamline University on Friday night at the River Falls High School pool.

The River Falls men won 100-56. The women won 123-86.

For the women, Hannah Wiseman won the 1000 freestyle and took second in the 100 backstroke behind Darian Kaiser. Emily Stein and Alyssa Adair took first and second respectively in the 200 freestyle. Becca Goldman finished first in 1 meter diving with 153.9 points.

Anthony Orlando won the men's 1000 freestyle with a time of 11:13.38. The men's 200 freestyle was won by Josh Anderson and was followed by teammates Alex Matz and Justin Anderson. Mars Delgado finished first in the 100 freestyle with a time of 51.16.

The Falcons will next host St. Mary's at 1 p.m., on Saturday at the River Falls High School pool.

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Falcons Perform Well at St. Kate's Invite

Jan. 23, 2010

The Falcons swim and dive team resumed its season as they competed at the St. Catherine Invitational on Saturday. The men would come in second place, and the women in fifth place. 

This was the first time the Falcon swimmers have competed since the Falcon invite on December 4-5 at the University of Minnesota Aquatic Center.

Kevin O'Brien finished second in the 100 yard butterfly with a time of 54.42. O'Brien also finished third in the 200 IM (2:10.9) and first in the 200 butterfly (2:11.36). The Falcons swept the top three spots of 200 butterfly with Anthony Orlando (2:18.82) and Andrew Sisulak (2:56.28) coming in second and third place respectively. Orlando also placed third in the 500 free (5:22.38). Josh (5:46.44) and Justin Anderson (5:50.59) would come in sixth and seventh respectively in the men's 500 yard freestyle. 

Hannah Wiseman finished fourth in the 500 freestyle with a time of 5:37.76. Alyssa Adair would come in seventh in the same race with a time of 5:54.09. Wiseman also finished in the top 10 in the 100 backstroke (1:07.36) and third in the 1650 freestyle with a time of 19:16.55.

The Falcon men would finish in second place just behind the University of Saint Thomas; UST took first place in both the men’s and women’s division. The women took fifth place totaling 264 points in Saturday's swim meet while the men totaled 556.5 points.

The Falcons will next host Hamline on Friday with action starting at 6 p.m.

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Falcons Continue to Play Host at Falcon Invite

Dec. 5, 2009

The Falcon invitational continued on Saturday, Dec 5 at the University of Minnesota. The Falcons continued to swim well and attempted to climb the team rankings.

Kevin O’Brien continued his spectacular weekend by taking fourteenth place in the 100 free with a time of 50.25. In addition to that, O’Brien also took twelfth in the 200 butterfly touching the wall at 2:08.66 Ray Carlos also added to his weekend by taking eleventh in the 200 breaststroke coming in at a time of 2:24.46. Anthony Orlando came in 23rd place in the men’s mile swim touching the wall at 20:03.83.

On the girls side Hannah Wiseman took eighth in the mile coming in at a time of 19:12.32. Alyssa Adair also fared well in the same event touching the wall at 20:00.16. Tamra Knight also made the finals in the race with Angie Tholen and Kelsey Peterson. Knight finished 25th with a time of 20:32.97, while Tholen finished in 21:24.43. Kelsey Peterson came to the finish in 21:37.91.

The final team scores were not in favor of the Falcons. The men and women placed 8th and 10th respectively in the team rankings. On the women’s side the Eau Claire squad took first place with a score of 937. The Falcons meanwhile mustered just 21 points. On the men’s side Gustavus took the top spot with 995 points while the Falcons could put up 73.

The Falcons did a great job hosting all of these great swim and dive teams. The Falcon invitational is one of the biggest meets in the country and continues to be a great event for the Falcons. Up Next for the Falcons is December 11 against St. Catherine. The time of this meet is still to be determined.
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Falcons show off talents at Falcon Invite

Dec. 4, 2009

The Falcons kicked off one of the most important meets of the year on Friday. The Falcon Invite is one of the largest swim meets in the nation with over 500 athletes involved. The meet spans two days and is held at the aquatics center at the University of Minnesota.

The Falcons did extremely well in the Men’s 200-yard IM on Friday. Kevin O’Brien and Ray Carlos both had solid finishes in this race. Kevin O’Brien swam a time of 2:10.73 in the preliminaries while Ray Carlos finished right behind him with a time of 2:10.83. When the finals race came around they both improved on their times; O’Brien finished in tenth place with a time of 2:09.30. Ray Carlos finished in twelfth place with a time of 2:10.61. Kevin O’Brien toped his first performance by taking fourth in the men’s 100 butterfly. He swam a prelim time of 54.27 and in the finals touched the wall after 53.18.

In other races the Falcons fared well also. In the women’s 500-yard freestyle Hannah Wiseman made it to finals and finished fifteenth with a time of 5:40.96. Dan Blasberg also made the finals in the men’s 100 backstroke and finished fifteenth with a time of 1:01.68.
Dan Ehrenberg just missed the cut to make the finals in the 50 freestyle coming in at a time of 23.12. Mars Delgado also came close in the same event touching the wall at 23.46. In the Women’s 100 freestyle, Darian Kaiser and Alyssa Adair both just missed the cut finishing with times of 1:07.56 and 1:07.73 respectively. In the Women’s 100 breaststroke Tamra Knight finished extremely close to the finals touching at 1:15.69. Sean Breneman just missed out on the Men’s 100 butterfly finals touching at 1:01.81.

The Falcon’s had a solid first day of the Falcon invitational and hope to continue their good performances in the next stage of the meet. The second day begins tomorrow, Dec. 5 at 10 a.m.
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Swimmers Give Great Effort at Eau Claire

Nov. 21, 2009

The Falcons swim team swam a solid meet against a very good UW- Eau Claire squad on Saturday afternoon. Team scores were not recorded for this meet.

The Falcons struggled to win the majority of the events in today’s meet against one of the WIAC’s strongest forces. The Falcons were able to take a few races with solid performances by a few key swimmers.

The women did very well in the 100 backstroke taking the first three positions in the race. Roxie Pingry won the race with a time of 1:09.26. She was followed up by teammates Martha O’Brien and Tamra Knight. In the men’s 100 yard backstroke Micheal Brudzinski, the lone River Falls swimmer in the race, won the event with a time of 1:06.50.

The Falcons had some success in relay races winning a couple of key events late. The Falcons won the 200 yard freestyle relay on strong performances by the team consisting of Katie Zaooa, Jill Lambach, Emily Stein, and Martha O’Brien. The relay team won the race with a time of 1:42.40. The men also won the same event on the men’s side with a time of 1:31.13. The team consisted of Tom Fritchen, David Johnson, Mark Thorsen, and anchored by Tyler Ormson.

The Falcons next meet is the Falcon invitational, which will be held at the University of Minnesota at their aquatics center. The meet is scheduled for December 4, and December 5. Races will begin at 9 a.m. on both days. This is the largest swimming meet in the nation with over 500 athletes involved.

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Swimmers Beat Lawrence

Nov. 14, 2009

The Falcons swam very well in their meet against Lawrence University at the River Falls High School pool on Saturday afternoon. The men won 120-75 and the women won 132-89.

Alyssa Adair led the women's team, winning the mixed 1000 freestyle with a time of 11:52.34 and the 100 backstroke in 1:06.97. Mars Delgado led the men's team winning the 50 free with a time of 22.97 and the 100 free with a time of 51.34. Kevin O'Brien also won two events; the 200 IM in 2:08.58 and the 100 butterfly in 54 seconds.

Many other Falcons showed their speed in the water. Ray Carlos won the 200 free in 1:56.04. Emily Stein dominated the 100 free with a time of 58.14. Sarah Koch outlasted her opponents in the 200 IM with a time of 2:28.13. Tori Jambretz won the 100 butterfly in 1:06.51.

The Falcons divers also performed extremely well at the meet. Becca Goldman won the 1-meter event with a score of 121.9. Dan Ehrenberg won the men's 1-meter event with a score of 98.2.

The Falcons take their impressive team to Eau Claire on Saturday for a meet with the Blugolds that starts at 1 p.m.

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O'Brien Named WIAC
Swimmer of the Week

Nov. 3, 2009

Men
Kevin O’Brien (Sr., Hastings, Minn.) set a school record in the team’s 151-110 win at Macalester on Friday night and has been named the WIAC swimmer of the week.

O’Brien set the record in the 100 fly and finished first with a time of 54.2. He also won the 200 IM in 2:11.44 and the 50 fly in 24.77. O’Brien, 5-10, was also part of the 200 medley relay team that placed first in 1:45.75.

O'Brien, Wiseman Lead Falcon Swimmers at Macalester
Oct. 30, 2009

Kevin O'Brien led the men and Hannah Wiseman the women at the Macalester dual meets held Friday night in St. Paul, Minn.

O'Brien set the school record in the 100 fly with a time of 54.2. He won the race. He also won the 200 IM with a time of 2:11.44 and the 50 fly in 24.77.

Wiseman won the 1,000 free in 11.31.5. Her time is the fourth fastest in UWRF history in the event.

The Falcon men won, 151-110, while the women lost, 146-127.

Dan Ehrenberg won the one-meter diving with 108.6 points. Ray Carlos won the 200 breast in 2:28.42 and the 200 free in 1:57.24.

The Falcon 200 medley relay team of Dan Blasberg, Carlos, O'Brien and Mars Delgado won that event in 1:45.75.

For the women, Emily Stein won the 50 fly in 29.5 and the 200 free in 2:06.98. Dani Jo Schiro won the one-meter diving with a 137.45 total. Sarah Koch took first place in the 200 IM in 2:31.26. The Falcon 400 free relay team won that race in 4:03.24. Members are the team are Wiseman, Darian Kaiser, Alyssa Adair and Stein.

The Falcons will next host Lawrence on Nov. 14 at 1 p.m.

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Falcons impressive at SMU meet
Oct. 17, 2009

The Falcons did very well at the Early Bird meet at Saint Mary’s university. The men’s and women’s teams both won their respective competitions, although official team scoring did not take place.
The Falcons did very well in the 200-meter freestyle with Alyssa Adair finishing first with a time of 2:16.61. On the men’s side Ray Carlos won with a time of 1:59.44. In the 50-yard freestyle race Hannah Wiseman won with a time of 26.99. In the men’s 50-yard freestyle the Falcons dominated taking the first 6 places and led by Mark Delgado who finished with a time of 23.56.
Leading the Falcons in the 100-yard IM was Sarah Koch who won with a time of 1:09.97. Winning in the women’s 50-yard backstroke was Darian Kaiser with a time of 31.71, while in the men’s 50-yard backstroke Ty Campbell was victorious swimming his race in 30.11. Caitlin Gargulak outlasted her opponents swimming a time of 36.37 in the 50-yard breaststroke. In diving Dan Ehrenberg won with a score of 71.50.
Hannah Wiseman won her second event of the day with a time of 59.72 in the 100-yard freestyle, and would win her third of the day with a 1:06.82 in the 100-yard backstroke. Mars Delgado also won his second event of the day with a time of 52.87 in the men’s 100-yard freestyle. In the women’s 100-yard butterfly Emily Stein of the Falcons won with a time of 1:08.31. Sean Breneman won the men’s 100-yard butterfly swimming a time of 1:04.87. In the men’s 100-yard backstroke Mark Ross won with a time of 59.16. In the women’s 100-yard breaststroke Linda Tierney won with a time of 1:17.76. In the 100-yard breaststroke Ray Carlos won his second event of the day with a time of 1:09.41.

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Falcons Prepare for Upcoming Swim Season

Oct. 10, 2009

The Falcon men's and women's swimming and diving team held their Red/White Intersquad at the River Falls High School pool and, despite a false start on the men's 200 medley relay, the Red team managed to hold off the White team winning 155-154.

Emily Stein led the effort on the women's side for the White team. Stein won the 200 and 100 yard freestyles and got second in the 50 freestyle. Hannah Wiseman took two firsts for the Red team with wins in the 200 IM and 100 backstroke.

On the men's side of the meet, Ray Carlos took first in the 200 free and 100 breast for the Red team, while Dan Ehrenberg took first in the 50 free and Travis Dunnell got the win in the 200 IM.

Head Coach Bill Henderson reported that, "the times were very solid for this early in the season. We have a very balanced team this year in terms of contributions from veterans and newcomers."

The team heads to Winona, Minn., for a short events meet with St. Mary's on Saturday. The meet starts at 1 p.m.

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Falcons Prepare for Upcoming Swim Season
Oct. 9, 2009

By Charlie Korenchen
UWRF Sports Information

As the UW-River Falls swimming and diving teams prepare for the 2009 season there is a lot to look forward to.

The Falcons will be swimming at River Falls High School since the UWRF pool is closed due to old age and disrepair. The team is again being lead by Head Coach Bill Henderson who is in his eighth season at UWRF. The teams are excited and expecting to improve upon last year and make their way up the conference standings .

The River Falls women are poised to make great improvements on last year’s season. One of this year’s strongest swimmers could be junior Emily Stein. There are many other swimmers who have been performing well during early-season practices, including sophomore Tori Jambretz, and senior Alyssa Adair. Along with these upper classmen there is a very strong class of freshmen. Hannah Wiseman should make a big difference for the Falcons this year swimming the individual freestyle events. Sarah Koch has showed promise as an incoming freshman and is a very versatile swimmer.

The women will take their hard work they put in this offseason into WIAC action in hopes that they can reach fourth place or better in the WIAC championships. Another of the Falcons main goals this season is to have their first winning dual meet record in a long time. They will take on WIAC opponents Eau Claire and Oshkosh this year.

The men’s team has put in a lot of time working this offseason and hopes those efforts will pay off as they also try and improve up to fourth place or better in the conference. Just like the women the men’s team will also be looking to have a winning dual meet record. Their toughest competition in the conference looks to be Stevens Point as they are usually one of the nation’s best teams.
The men’s team also has a cast of strong swimmers that will hopefully lead them to a successful year. Senior Ty Campbell returns after being voted the team’s Most Inspirational in 2009. Along with Campbell the team will be lead by senior Sean Breneman. Junior twins Josh and Justin Anderson also look to be very strong swimmers and lead the team toward its goals. Kevin O’Brien is a senior who has not been able to swim the past couple years but looks forward to being a big part of the Falcon squad. The menalso have a strong incoming freshmen class who they hope will help them to success. Ray Carlos, swimming the breaststroke and individual medley races, is a key swimmer this season. Along with Carlos is freshman Mars Delgado who is a great sprint freestyler and breaststroker.

The Falcons will open their 2009-10 season on Oct. 17, when they travel to St. Mary's.

The Falcons will host the Falcon Invite, which will be at the University of Minnesota on Dec. 4-5. This meet is the pride of the Falcon teams. It is the largest swimming meet in the nation with over 500 athletes competing.

The Falcons will also be the hosts of the WIAC Championships from Feb. 11-13. This meet will also be at the University of Minnesota.

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