Swim groups tackle extremely ranked IWU

MARION, Ind. – The Midway males’s and ladies’s swim groups grabbed a mixed 4 wins in a twin at Indiana Wesleyan Saturday in opposition to a Wildcat program ranked within the NAIA top-25.

The Eagles males misplaced the the No. 23 Wildcats 145-65, whereas the ladies have been defeated 158-61 by IWU’s No. 10-ranked workforce.

MEN’S RESULTS

Caique Nunes Maia earned his third win in as many occasions this season, swimming a 1:00.93 to take first within the 100-yard breaststroke. He additionally completed because the runner-up within the 200 particular person medley, swimming a 2:07.24.

Midway received freestyle wins from Jalen Wright and Daniel Maia. Wright gained the 50 in 22.66 whereas Maia gained the five hundred in 5:34.16.

The two Maias, Wright and Caua Kreia additionally teamed up for 2 second-place relays. The group swam a 3:49.50 within the 400 medley and a 1:34.68 within the 200 free, dropping by lower than a second in each races.

Elsewhere, Braydon Johnson was second within the 1,000 free in 11:48.13, Kreia was third within the 200 free in 1:59.26 and Rider Burton was third within the 100 butterfly in 1:00.64.

WOMEN’S RESULTS

The Eagle ladies have been victorious within the 1,000 free, the place Pamela Ramires swam an 11:54.19, coming in additional than 20 seconds forward of the remainder of area.

Midway took a complete of seven second-place finishes, with Kaelynn Martin and Josie Briner combining for seven between particular person races and relays.

Martin swam a 1:02.78 within the 100 backstroke and a 1:04.57 within the 100 fly.

Briner misplaced by lower than a second in each the 50 and 200 free. She swam a 26.25 within the 50 and a 2:02.97 within the 200.

The pair additionally swam with Dyllan Hebert and Jailey Thacker within the 400 medley relay, ending in 4:21.06. In the 200 free relay, Martin, Sydney Eastman, Amber Klose and Elizabeth Dolberry have been second in 1:47.25.

Klose additionally took a second within the 100 breast (1:14.04) whereas Eastman was third within the 200 IM (2:23.38).

The males’s and ladies’s swim groups will journey to Portsmouth, Ohio subsequent Saturday for a quad meet that includes Shawnee State, West Virginia Tech and Pikeville. Competition will start at 1 p.m.