Swimming and Diving News
Swim teams post top five finishes at Wabash Invitational
Participating in its first invitational of the season, the Centre College men's and women's swimming and diving teams placed fifth and third respectively out of nine schools at the Wabash Invitational, Friday and Saturday, Nov. 16-17 in Crawfordsville, Ind.
The men's team scored 258 points to finish fifth on the day. DePauw University won the men's team title with a score of 570. The University of Indianapolis was second with 550.5 points, followed by Wabash College in third (509) and Olivet College in fourth (339).
Sophomore diver Hunter Hayes (Hopkinsville, Ky.) had a strong outing winning the 3-meter diving event with a score of 243.75 and placing second in the 1-meter diving event with a score of 226.80.
The women's teams scored 461 points to place third overall. Wheaton College was first with a score of 481 and DePauw scored 465.5 points to just edge the Colonels out for second.
Sophomore Sadie Allen (Omaha, Neb.) had a big day winning the 200-yard Freestyle (1:59.89) and placing third in both the 100-yard Freestyle (55.58) and the 500-yard Freestyle (5:22.53). Allen was also part of the 800-yard Freestyle Relay team, which finished third with a time of 8:20.70.
Sophomore Meredith Angel (Campbellsville, Ky.) placed second in the 50-yard Freestyle with a time of 25.0. Junior Caitlin Rhodes (Louisville, Ky.) and sophomore Alice Fleet (Franklin, Tenn.) also posted top three finishes on the day. Rhodes was third in the 200-yard Breaststroke (2:37.55), while Fleet placed third in the 1650-yard Freestyle (19:05.68).
Along with placing third in the 800-yard freestyle, the Colonels also placed second in the women's 200-yard Freestyle Relay with a time of 1:40.98.
"I was very happy with the way that we swam as a team and as individuals," Centre head coach Dean Brownley said. "Going into the last relay we were 1.5 points ahead of DePauw and knew that we had to beat them to earn second place for the women. Our relay went the second fastest time in school history but came up .8 seconds from the victory."
"This meet has gotten us very excited about the second semester and getting to see all of our conference opponents. We feel like we have a shot to be very competitive in the conference with both men's and women's teams," Brownley added.
Centre will take some time off to prepare for its annual training trip to St. Petersburg, Fla. Wednesday, Dec. 26 through Wednesday, Jan. 2. |
