Lynchburg Swimming Begins Season With Exhibition At Liberty

Lynchburg, Va. — The University of Lynchburg males’s and girls’s swim groups turned in sturdy performances as they started their 2025-26 marketing campaign with an exhibition meet in opposition to Liberty on Friday night on the Liberty University Natatorium.

The meet opened with each Hornet squads competing within the 200 medley relays. The males’s A-team of Henry Brooks, Ryan Bambrick, Patrick Puzon, and Adam Fisher touched in 1:35.24 to position first amongst all groupings, beating out Liberty’s A-team by over one second. On the ladies’s aspect, the A-relay of Abigail Schneider, Gracie Maughan, Sophia DaCruz, and Sienna Schmeck clocked a powerful 1:54.11.

Freshman Patrick Puzon had a standout night time, claiming two occasion wins individually and participating in each of Lynchburg’s first-place finishes within the 200 medley and 200 freestyle relays. He sprinted to victory within the 50 free (21.55) and claimed the 100 butterfly (52.73), whereas additionally contributing because the third leg on each of the successful 200 relays.

Fellow freshman Henry Brooks earned first place within the 100 again (52.86) and added a runner-up end within the 100 free (47.94). Additionally, Brooks led the cost on the successful 200 medley relay crew and anchored the victorious 200 freestyle relay.

The males’s 200 free relay capped the night time on a excessive as Wyatt Dacus, Fisher, Puzon, and Brooks mixed for a 1:26.71 end, edging Liberty for the win.

For the ladies, Gracie Maughan headlined with a runner-up swim within the 100 breast (1:06.90) and later anchored a powerful 200 free relay. Freshman Sydney Weeks grabbed fourth within the 100 again (1:03.22) and added a fifth-place end within the 100 free (55.69). In the 200 breast, Eliza Fleenor (2:35.73) and Schneider (2:38.90) completed second and third. Sophia Schorr added prime swims within the sprints, going 25.56 within the 50 free and 56.47 within the 100 free.

The Hornets bounce again into the pool subsequent week for the ODAC Relays, hosted by Washington and Lee University on Saturday, Oct. 4, beginning at 11 a.m. To view the whole outcomes from tonight’s meet, click on right here.

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