Northern junior Rachel Helm, an NCAA Division II national champion the past two years in backstroke events, broke a PEIF pool record in one of her specialties, the 100-yard back, on Saturday.

She swam the event in 55.76 seconds to break her own record and also has the school record in the 100 back.

That helped NMU defeat St. Cloud 173-122 and Northern State 197-92. St. Cloud also defeated NSU 224-70.

NMU sophomores Lean Soulas and Gabriellia Spajic each won two events Saturday. Soulas took the 200 freestyle in 1:56.00 and 100 free in 52.68, while Spajic took the 1,000 free in 10:30.54 and 500 free in 5:11.03.

Freshman teammate Mary Grossman swept the diving, winning the one-meter with 252.30 points and three-meter with 290.55.

Other Northern individual winners were senior Dana Stroven in the 100 breaststroke and sophomore Katharina Springhetti in the 200 breast. The 400 medley relay that included Helm, Soulas, Springhetti and senior Regan Kilburn also won.

On Friday, the Wildcats felled St. Cloud 184-78 and Northern State 207-49 as Soulas led the way with wins in the 75 free and 175 free, along with a leg of the 125 free relay that also included Spajic, Kilburn and sophomores Margaret Vaitkus and Samantha Dickie.

Stroven won the 25 and 75 breast events, while Helm took the 75 back and swam with the 125 medley relay winners that included Kilburn, Vaitkus and junior Madelyn Irelan. Kilburn also won the 25 back and Irelan the 25 butterfly.

Grossman won the three-meter diving with 225.98 points and junior teammate Jamie Kimble the one-meter with 214.74.

NMU men sweep