Swimming and Diving News
Centre swimming and diving splits at Washington & Lee in first meet
The Centre men's and women's swimming and diving teams competed in their first meet of the year against Washington & Lee on Saturday, Oct. 17 in Lexington, Va. The Centre women's team won 142-120, while the men dropped to the Generals 134-109.
In the first race of the season the Centre women would win the 200 yard medley relay. Sophomore Colleen Maggard (Paris, Ky.), senior Meredith Angel (Campbellsville, Ky.), sophomore Laura Walton (Lexington, Ky.), and senior Sadie Allen (Omaha, Neb.) would win the race with a time of 1:54.
Freshman Sandra Gregor (Itasca, Ill.) would win the 1000 yard freestyle in 11:07. Senior Alice Fleet (Franklin, Tenn.) would come in third place with a time of 11:28.
In the 200 yard freestyle Allen would win the race finishing in 2:03 to pick up nine points for the Colonels.
Maggard would give Centre a win in the 100 yard backstroke with a 1:01 and freshman Chelsea Doyle (Moorestown, N.J.) would come in third with a 1:05.
Angel provided the Colonels with another win in the 100 yard breaststroke as she finished in 1:11. In the 50 yard freestyle Angel also picked up a win coming in at 25.04.
The Centre women's team would take first, second, and third in the 100 yard freestyle. Maggard would win the event with a 55.23. Freshman Shannon Wofford (Fort. Thomas, Ky.) came in second with a time of 57.16. Allen took third place right behind Wofford, with a 57.21.
Freshman Tayllor Vetter (Lexington, Ky.) would barely win the 200 yard breaststroke, with a 2:38.47, against teammate freshman Melissa Smith (Lexington, Ky.) who placed second in 2:38.74
The last race that the Centre women won was the 100 yard butterfly as Walton came in first with a 1:02. Freshman Kate Haase (Sammamish, Wa.) came in second with a 1:04.
In the men's meet the Colonel's would get a win in the 500 yard freestyle as junior Brent Bowman (Allison Park, Pa.) would finish with a time of 5:06.
Junior Hunter Owen (Knoxville, Tenn.) would also win the 100 yard butterfly for the Colonel men with a time of 54.42. Junior Seth Boone (Louisville, Ky.) was third in the race finishing in 1:00.
Sophomore Aaron Edwards (Henderson, Ky.) came in first in the 200 yard IM touching in at 2:08. Sophomore Shawn Malony (Owensboro, Ky.) came in second place with a 2:09.
The Centre men would also win the 200 yard freestyle relay. Senior Will Jenkins (St. Louis Park, Minn.), Bowman, Stuart Cowley (Lexington, Ky.), and senior Matt Kaufman (Louisville, Ky.) would finish the race with a time of 1:33.
“It was a good opening meet for us," Centre head coach Dean Brownley said.
"It gave me a chance to evaluate the team from a different perspective. In practice they are just swimming against the clock and it was nice to see how they would compete against another team. In the close races we had a good showing winning quite a few of those races. Our times aren’t where we want them to be right now but there were so many other positives that we could take away that I am not worried about the times, they will come," Brownley finished.
Centre swimming and diving will next compete on Friday, Oct. 23 in Indianapolis, Ind. against IUPUI. The meet is scheduled to start at 6:00 p.m.
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