Centre swim teams earn two more wins
The Centre College men's and women's swimming and diving teams continued to roll earning a pair of wins each in defeating both Union College and Bellarmine University Friday, Jan. 26, in Danville, Ky.
After starting the season 1-4, the Centre men have now won eight straight to improve to 9-4. The Colonels defeated Union 71.0-24.0 and Bellarmine 86.0-4.0. The women have also won eight straight improving to 11-2 on the year. The ladies downed Union 79.0-16.0 and Bellarmine 81.0-14.0.
Of the 11 men's events, Centre won six individual events and both relays for eight total wins. Sophomore Jimmy Tatgenhorst (Knoxville, Tenn.) and freshman Will Jenkins (St. Louis Park, Minn.) paced the Colonels with three wins each.
Tatgenhorst and Jenkins helped Centre win both the 200-yard medley relay (1:44.67) and the 400-yard freestyle relay (3:26.68). Tatgenhorst then added a win in the 100-yard backstroke (59.13), while Jenkins also won the 1000-yard freestyle (11:25.32).
Freshman Nick Thompson (Louisville, Ky.) was also a multiple winner for the Colonels winning both the 200-yard freestyle (1:54.99) and the 500-yard freestyle (5:10.74). Sophomore Michael Henry (Maryville, Tenn.) and junior Luke Neubauer (Louisville, Ky.) earned individual wins for Centre with Henry winning the 200-yard IM (2:15.27) and Neubauer finishing first in the 100-yard butterfly (57.77).
On the women's side, 10 of the 11 events were won by the Colonels, including both relays and eight individual events. Freshman Sadie Allen (Omaha, Neb.) won three events. Freshman Meredith Angel (Campbellsville, Ky.) was part of both winning relay teams and junior Jillian Dove (Lexington, Ky.) and freshman Alice Fleet (Franklin, Tenn.) picked up two wins each.
Allen helped the Colonels win both the 200-yard medley relay (2:00.86) and the 400-yard freestyle relay (3:48.74), while picking up an individual win in the 100-yard butterfly (1:02.38).
Dove and Fleet were also part of the 400-yard freestyle relay teams, with Dove also winning the 500-yard freestyle (5:41.61) and Fleet winning the 200-yard IM (2:26.12). Other individual winners for the Colonels included sophomore Erin Phillips (Knoxville, Tenn.) in the 1000-yard freestyle (11:23.87), freshman Rachel Wilhoit (Dayton, Ohio) in the 200-yard freestyle (2:11.99), junior Jessica Walther (Pleasureville, Ky.) in the 50-yard freestyle (28.06), Senior Courtenay Schulten (Louisville, Ky.) in the 100-yard freestyle (1:02.29) and junior Audrey Rogers (Dallas, Texas) in the 100-yard backstroke (1:10.45).
"We have had a great season with the women from the start to finish so far, but the men have really come on strong after starting 1-4," Centre coach Dean Brownley said.
"Our women have received a lot of recognition with getting ranked and they deserve it, but I want to recognize the guys team for turning things around after a slow start. With a young team it would have been easy for them to say that this is a rebuilding year but they didn't and they want to send the seniors out on the right note," Brownley continued.
Centre will be back in action, Saturday, Jan. 27, when it travels to Wilmore, Ky. to take on Asbury College in a dual meet. |
