GREENSBORO, N.C. – The Emory & Henry College Men's & Women's Swimming Teams kept rolling through the South Atlantic Conference Championships on Friday at the Greensboro Aquatic Center. The women's team remains fifth while the men are still sixth.
The Basics
WOMEN'S RESULT – 5th/6
MEN'S RESULT – 6th/6
LOCATION – Greensboro, North Carolina
VENUE – Greensboro Aquatic Center
The Women
- Event 19 – 500-Yard Freestyle – Junior Mackenzie Barnett (Monroe Township, N.J.) turned in a fourth-place finish with a school-record time of 5:02.72. That performance marked the first-ever NCAA Division II "B-Cut" in program history. Junior Peyton Helscher (Simi Valley, Calif.) was 19th, stopping the watches in 5:31.55 while freshman Jaxon Thurman (Ooltewah, Tenn.) was 23rd (5:37.13) and sophomore Maggie Robinson (Canton, Ga.) was 24th (5:41.07). In the preliminaries, sophomore Bri Digby (Carrollton, Va.) was the second alternate, finishing 26th at 6:39.99 while sophomore Vivian Vanderpool (Elgin, Okla.) took 27th.
- Event 21 – 100-Yard Backstroke – Sophomore Samantha Pepevnik (Porsgrunn, NORWAY) finished 12th, clocking a 1:00.10.
- Event 23 – 100-Yard Breaststroke – Junior Rachel Ritter (Gibsonville, N.C.) took 16th, swimming a 1:10.17. Junior Hope Christensen (Moroni, Utah) was 17th at 1:08.77 while sophomore Jill Koler (Manassas, Va.) placed 20th (1:10.10).
- Event 25 – 200-Yard Butterfly – Junior Paige Gelenski (Boca Raton, Fla.) swam a 2:11.30 to finish in 11th place while sophomore Gabby Sadosky (Las Vegas, Nev.) was 18th, touching the wall in 2:27.01.
- Event 27 – 800-Yard Freestyle Relay – The Wasps finished fourth at 8:00.21 on the efforts of Gelenski, Pepevnik, Sadosky and Barnett.
The Men
- Event 20 – 500-Yard Freestyle – Sophomore Max Betzer (Cumming, Ga.) was 18th, posting a time of 5:00.78. Sophomore Jordan Krafft (Waxhaw, N.C.) took 22nd (5:33.27) while freshman Lucas Cheuvront (Newport News, Va.) placed 23rd (5:43.47).
- Event 22 – 100-Yard Backstroke – Junior Corey Kidd (Stockbridge, Ga.) turned in a time of :53.61 to place 16th.
- Event 24 – 100-Yard Breaststroke – Freshman Ryan Teuton (Chattanooga, Tenn.) placed 19th, swimming a 1:01.52 with sophomore Caleb Patton (Marion, Va.) and freshman Peter Davis (Manassas, Va.) close behind in 20th (1:01.91) and 21st (1:03.48), respectively. Freshman Alexander Hubbard (Davidson, N.C.) was the second alternate at 26th (1:10.21) with sophomore Nate Perez (San Antonio, Texas) finishing 27th.
- Event 26 – 200-Yard Butterfly – Freshman Noah Day (Milton, Fla.) went a 1:56.81 to finish ninth and break his own school record.
- Event 28 – 800-Yard Freestyle Relay – E&H closed the day, finishing sixth as Betzer, Krafft, Patton and Day turned in a time of 7:33.41.
Up Next
- Emory & Henry will complete its run in the South Atlantic Conference Championships on Saturday.
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