WHEATON, Ill. - Jimmy Carter was a resident in the White House the last time the Augustana women's swimming & diving team picked up a dual meet victory over Wheaton. The Vikings of head coach Dan Lloyd won four of 11 events but used depth to squeeze past the Thunder for the first time since January 19, 1980. Augustana's 99-98 win gave the Vikings a 2-0 record on the young season.
 
"I am so proud of our women's team," said Lloyd. "This was another complete team effort.  They did an incredible job racing under pressure today.  Their commitment to excellence in training definitely paid off.  Each person did her job and came together for a truly dramatic victory.  Today was another great moment in the history of our program."
 
Junior Aviana Zahara (Pleasant Valley HS, Moline, Ill.), the winner of the "Swimmer of the Week" honor in the College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin last week, won a pair of individual events. She took the 50 freestyle in :24.99 and then won the 100 backstroke in 1:00.60.
 
Freshman Olivia White (Moline HS, Moline, Ill.) picked up a win in the 200 freestyle in 2:02.19 and was second in the 500 freestyle in 5:25.97. The other victory for the Vikings came in diving when freshman Kaite Zaborenko (Glenbrook South HS, Glenview, Ill.) led a one-two sweep with junior teammate Amy Nicholson (East Leyden HS, Schiller Park, Ill.) placing second.
 
The 200 medley relay team of Zahara, junior Madelynn Marunde (Belvidere North HS, Belvidere, Ill.), sophomore Dominique Valentine (Walnut Hills HS, Cincinnati, Ohio) and junior Isabelle Seten (Champaign Centennial HS, Champaign, Ill.) was second in 1:51.40 to lead off the meet. The 200 freestyle relay unit of sophomore Megan Frost (McHenry East HS, Lakemoor, Ill.), Seten, junior Alicia Garcia (Seminole HS, Lake Mary, Fla.) and freshman Micaela Koeppen (El Modena HS, Orange, Calif.) closed out the meet with a second place finish in 1:41.35.
 
Valentine took second in the 200 freestyle behind White's victory. Valentine recorded a time of 2:03.24 and she was also second in the 100 butterfly in 1:02.37. Seten helped complete a one-two sweep in the 50 freestyle as her :25.29 gave her a second place behind Zahara's win.
 
Junior Lauren Raike (Alamo Heights HS, San Antonio, Texas) finished second in the 200 individual medley (2:17.67) and third in the 100 breaststroke (1:11.30).
 
Garcia was third in both the 100 freestyle (:56.97) and the 500 freestyle (5:44.58). Frost placed third in the 100 backstroke in 1:03.82 and freshman Emily Martin (Fort Zumwalt West HS, Troy, Mo.) took third in the 200 individual medley (2:18.16) and fourth in the 500 freestyle (5:44.60).
 
Freshman Isabelle Sansom (Tanque Verde HS, Tucson, Ariz.) was fourth in the 200 individual medley in 2:25.04 and fourth in the 100 freestyle in :57.46. Koeppen placed fourth in the 100 butterfly (1:03.99) and Marunde was fourth in the 100 breaststroke (1:11.43).