Swimming Competes Towards ECU And Barton In Greenville, N.C.

Greenville, N.C. — The University of Lynchburg males’s and girls’s swim groups turned in a number of standout performances Saturday in a tri-meet at East Carolina in opposition to the Pirates and Barton College.

Lynchburg’s males’s group earned a 180-70 victory over Barton, whereas the ladies’s crew defeated Barton, 195-42, and dropped to East Carolina, 226-63. On the lads’s facet, Jackson Holsten led the best way as soon as once more with three occasion victories. The first-year standout opened with a win within the 1000-yard freestyle (10:42.14) earlier than instantly returning to the pool to take the 200 freestyle in 1:47.57. He later capped his day by successful the five hundred freestyle in 4:59.62.

Logan Page and Thomas Olson additionally impressed, ending first and second within the 400 particular person medley with occasions of 4:24.09 and 4:26.20, respectively. Henry Brooks added a pair of sturdy swims, topping the 100 backstroke (55.01) and main off Lynchburg’s successful 200 freestyle relay alongside Wyatt Dacus, Tyler Caten, and Jacob Andrews (1:28.93).

For the ladies, first-year standout Gracie Maughan continued her stellar season, successful each the 100 breaststroke (1:08.18) and 200 breaststroke (2:32.45). Abigail Schneider claimed first within the 400 particular person medley (4:55.45) and helped the Hornets to a runner-up end within the 400 medley relay.

Sydney Weeks positioned third within the 200 freestyle (2:03.45) and the 50 freestyle (25.61), whereas Eliza Fleenor led the best way in backstroke occasions, ending fourth within the 100 (1:04.98) and fifth within the 200 (2:20.37). Other sturdy performances got here from Connor Marshall, who gained the 200 butterfly (2:04.07), and Ben Loughmiller, who contributed in a number of occasions together with backstroke and butterfly.

Lynchburg will return to motion for the VMI Midseason Invitational from Friday, Nov. 14 by Sunday, Nov. 16 in Lexington, Va.

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