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Nebraska-Omaha won the women's division by a mere 1 1/2 points and North Dakota captured the men's title at the NCC Swimming & Diving Championships that concluded today. On the women's side, Nebraska-Omaha overtook day three leader North Dakota to win with a 1148-1146.5 score while the UND men had a 1435 to 1204 advantage over second-place St. Cloud State. The meet began on Wednesday and was comprised of a morning and evening session each day.

The women's 100 freestyle had the NCC record set twice on the day. In the morning prelims, UNO's Jessica Hessel set the new mark with a :51.11 time only to have it broken in the finals by UND's Carissa Gormally with a time of :51.08.

One other record was set in the final women's event in NCC history when the North Dakota 400 freestyle relay of Natalia Busso, Brittney Jamerson, Steffany Bachmeier and Carissa Gormally set a new record time of 3:28.55, but it was not enough for the Sioux to regain the lead that UNO had taken in the 200 breaststroke.

The title is the ninth consecutive and 21st overall for the North Dakota men and the second for the Nebraska-Omaha women with their only other title coming in 2005.

Saturday Finals (Men)
1650 Free Erik Anderson, UND 16:16.71^
100 Free Kyle Cordry, SCSU :45.95^
200 Back Marty Wahle, MSU 1:49.48*
200 Breast Josh Fleming, USD 2:08.33^
3-Meter Diving Nate Jimerson, SCSU 514.85*
400 Free Relay St. Cloud State 3:05.81
  (Cordry, Goergen, Verwey, Green)

Final Men's Team Scores
1. North Dakota 1435
2. St. Cloud State 1204
3. Minnesota State 1060
4. South Dakota 567

Outstanding Swimmer Marty Wahle, MSU
Outstanding Diver Nate Jimerson, SCSU
Newcomer of the Year Ben Dowswell, MSU
Freshman of the Year Kyle Green, SCSU
Swimming Coach of the Year Mavi Sampaio, UND &
Nathan Owens, MSU
Diving Coach of the Year Nate Brisley, St. Cloud State

Saturday Finals (Women)
1650 Free Lindsey Kline, UNO 17:20.78*
100 Free Carissa Gormally, UND :51.08*#
200 Back Cathryn DeShaw, UND 2:03.26*
200 Breast Leita Rolfe, USD 2:22.36*
400 Free Relay North Dakota 3:28.55*#
  (Busso, Jamerson, Bachmeier, Gormally)

Final Women's Team Scores
1. Nebraska-Omaha 1148
2. North Dakota 1146.5
3. South Dakota 841
4. St. Cloud State 640
5. Minnesota State 536
6. Minnesota State Moorhead 401.5
7. Northern State 128

Outstanding Swimmer Leita Rolfe, USD & Carissa Gormally, UND
Outstanding Diver Jill Smolczyk, USD
Newcomer of the Year Kristy Gmeiner, UNO
Freshmen of the Year Laura Kemp, UNO
Swimming Coach of Year Todd Samland, UNO
Diving Coach of the Year Chris Hansmann, South Dakota