Storm fall to Nebraska Wesleyan in opening meet of the year

INDIANOLA, Iowa - In the opening meet of the year, Simpson fell to Nebraska Wesleyan despite strong individual efforts by Colby Briggs and Ky Frederick.

Briggs earned the highest finish for the Storm on the day, taking home second in the 1000 yard freestyle to start and finishing with a second place mark in the 500 free. Fredericks top performance came in the 100 free where he finished third, along with a fourth place finish in the 200 free.

TOP PERFORMERS

200 Yard Medley Relay - 3rd - Dolphin, Penrod, Snyder, Thoms - 1:52.55
1000 Yard Freestyle - 2nd - Briggs - 10:37.41
200 Yard Freestyle - 4th - Frederick - 1:56.62
50 Yard Freestyle - 5th - Oosterhuis - 23.68
200 Yard IM - 3rd - Briggs - 2:11.46
100 Yard Butterfly - 5th - Oosterhuis - 1:03.35
100 Yard Freestyle - 3rd - Frederick - 53.29
100 Yard Backstroke - 3rd - Dolphin - 1:02.61
500 Yard Freestyle - 2nd - Briggs - 5:13.76
100 Yard Breaststroke - 4th - Penrod - 1:11.37
200 Yard Free Relay - 3rd - Snyder, Frederick, Oosterhuis, Blair - 1:37.10

TEAM STANDINGS

1. Nebraska Wesleyan - 160
2. Simpson - 40

UP NEXT

Simpson travels to the Monmouth Invite on Saturday, Nov. 1 with the meet set to begin at 1:00 p.m.