Panthers Start Strong At MVC Championships

Panthers Start Strong At MVC Championships

2/17/2016 9:23:00 PM | Women's Swimming and Diving

By: UNI Athletic Communications

CARBONDALE, Ill.--The University of Northern Iowa women's swimming and diving team kicked off competition today at the MVC Championships in Carbondale, Illinois.

The Panther squad of Madison Rinaldi, Veronica Herrmann, Crystal Florman and Molly Lembezeder took home first place in the 200 Medley Relay with a time of 1:42.37.

Lembezeder teamed up with Aftin Phyfe, Sierra Sachtjen and Rachel Siebenaller for a third place finish in the 800 Freestyle Relay. The squad swam a time of 7:27.70.

"Today was a great start. In recent years, we haven't had anyone on the podium after the first day and now we are tied for first," said Head Coach Doug Humphrey

Action for the Panthers resumes at 11 a.m. on Thursday, February 18 with preliminaries in the 500 Freestyle, 200 IM, 50 Freestyle, 1-Meter Diving.

Live Action of the Championships can be found on the Valley's YouTube channel.

For all updates and breaking news about the UNI swimming and diving team go to UNIPanthers.com or follow them on Twitter @UNISwimming.