Converse Ladies’s Swimming Falls in Nailbiter to King

SPARTANBURG, S.C. – It got here right down to the ultimate occasion of the evening between the ladies’s swim groups of Converse and King, with the Tornado edging out the Valkyries 100-97 within the Montgomery Center pool.
 
Kayla Smith was the highest performer within the pool for the Valkyries on Thursday night. The freshman picked up a trio of wins throughout meet. Alison Ludeman completed second on the workforce with two wins and a second place end and Kaitlin Williams completed third on the workforce with a pair second place finishes.
 
The meet obtained off to an ideal begin for the Valkyries on Thursday night. The Converse A relay workforce of Mayle Iwanski, Ember Hill, Maya Guevara and Juli Ganim completed first within the 200 medley relay with a time of 1:56.77. The Converse B relay workforce of Gabriella Pinheiro, Kate Hollingsworth, Liz Klanderman and Hannah Huante completed third with a time of two:20.65.
 
In the 1000 free occasion, Kaitlin Williams completed second within the occasion with a season finest time of 11:32.39. Valerie Perez completed third within the occasion with a time of 11:50.87. In the 200 free occasion, Alison Ludeman received with a time of two:02.35, Huante completed fifth with and Kate Hollingsworth completed sixth within the occasion.
 
Smith received the 50 free occasion with a season finest time of 24.89 seconds and Juli Ganim got here in fourth for the Valkyries with a season finest time of 27.74 seconds. Marie Durflinger completed sixth within the 50 free occasion with a season finest time of 29.69 seconds.
 
Maya Guevara completed second within the 100 IM occasion with a time of 1:04.11, whereas Klanderman and Hill each posted season finest instances within the occasion. Williams completed second within the 200 fly occasion with a private finest time of two:22.94 and Iwanski completed fourth within the occasion with a time of two:24.10.
 
Smith received the 100 free occasion with a season finest time of 54.73 seconds. Ganim completed fourth with a time of 1:00.60 and Durfling completed sixth within the occasion. In the 200 again occasion, Ludeman recorded a runner up end with a private finest time of two:19.25 and Pinheiro completed fifth within the occasion with a time of two:37.59.
 
In the five hundred free occasion, Perez completed second and Iwanski positioned third to spherical out the rostrum for the Valkyries. In the 200 breast occasion, Hill completed second and posted a season finest time of two:37.44, whereas Hollingsworth and Klanderman completed in fourth and fifth respectively.
 
In the ultimate occasion of the night, the Valkyries 200 free relay A workforce (Ludeman, Smith, Huante and Guevara) received the occasion with a time of 1:41.91 seconds. The Valkyries B workforce (Perez, Williams, Pinheiro, Durflinger) simply missed out on third place with a time of 1:50.98.
 
The Valkyries may have virtually a month off earlier than touring to Kentucky to compete within the Speedo Mid-Season Invitational.
 
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