Career: Appears in four different events in the UND all-time top 10 list ... Owns school's second-best times in the 100 freestyle (51.19) and 200 free (1:51.04) ... Fifth-best 500 freestyler at UND (5:02.59) ...Ranks eighth in the 50 freestyle (24.08) in UND annals.
2012-13 (Junior): Recorded the second-fastest time on the team in the 200 freestyle (1:52.61) … Enjoyed three of her top times at the WAC Championship, swimming freestyle events … Earned three of her fastest times at the TYR Invitational, swimming the 500 freestyle (5:09.87), the 50 backstroke (29.97) and the 100 breaststroke (1:12.63) … Earned third letter.
2011-12 (Sophomore): Posted top times on the team in both the 100 freestyle (51.19) and 200 freestyle (1:51.04) ... Set both of those marks at the WAC Championships ... Finished 10th in both the 100 and 200 free at the conference meet ... Helped UND to a third-place finish in the 200 free relay at the WAC meet ... Ranked eighth on the team in the 100 breast (1:10.88) ... Had second-best 500 freestyle time (5:05.88) ... Member of the 2011 Winter Dean's List ... Earned second letter.
2010-11- (Freshman): Voted the team's 2010-11 Newcomer of the Year ... Ranked second on the team in the 100 free (51.70), the 200 free (1:53.25), and the 500 free (5:02.59), and fourth in the 50 free (24.28) ... Finished second in the 100 free (54.87) and the 200 free (1:55.92) in the season opener against South Dakota State (Oct. 16) ... Took second in the 200 free (1:56.46) and third in the 100 free (54.06) against South Dakota (Oct. 22) ... Won the 100 free (54.00) and placed third in both the 50 free (25.72) and the 200 free (1:56.99) versus USD (Oct. 23) ... Placed second in the 200 free (1:57.27) and the 100 free (54.37), and finished fourth in the 50 free (25.68) against Northern Iowa (Oct. 30) ... Won the 200 free (1:55.11) and finished second in the 500 free (5:11.90) at SDSU (Jan. 28) ... Placed second in the 200 free (2:10.24) and third in the 100 free (1:01.00) at USD (Jan. 29) ... At the Conference USA Championship (Feb. 23-25), placed 11th in the 100 free (51.70), and 15th in both the 500 free (5:03.82) and the 200 free (1:53.53) ... Earned first letter.
Before UND: A 2010 graduate of Wahpeton Senior High School ... Six-time letterwinner in swimming ... Team captain (2008-10) ... Four-time All-Eastern Dakota Conference selection ... Five-time all-state selection ... Placed second in the 100 free (52.55) and the 200 free (1:52.92) at the 2010 North Dakota High School State Championship ... Lettered twice in tennis ... Member of the National Honor Society ... Scholastic All-America team member.
Personal: Major is undeclared ... Daughter of Roger and Nancy Richels ... Uncle, Jack Werner, is a UND alum ... Uncles, Jim and Tom Werner, played football at Minnesota State University Moorhead.
