Barton and Cummings Lead Women’s Swimming Towards Loggers

TACOMA, Wash.-Senior Elise Barton and junior Angie Cummings every claimed particular person occasion victories, to guide Lewis & Clark College girls’s swimming on Friday night time towards host University of Puget Sound. 
 
THE BASICS 
 
Puget Sound 206, Women’s Swimming 88
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
 
Barton earned her first particular person occasion victory of the season and Cummings earned a person win for the third-straight meet to open the yr. 
 
Barton picked up the primary win of the night time for ladies’s swimming with a dominant displaying within the 100 Free. The senior positioned first out of eight swimmers with a time of 56.70. She completed 1.38 seconds forward of the second-place finisher. Senior Ella Gimon took fourth general with a mark of 1:00.80. 
 
Cummings continued her robust begin to the yr within the backstroke occasions. She defeated six others swimmers within the 100 Back with a time of 1:01.47. The subsequent swimmer to the touch the wall got here in 3.47 seconds behind her.
 
Senior Aniqah Gaffoor led a quartet of River Otters within the 50 Free. Gaffoor touched the wall in 25.99 to put second general. Senior Kyra Milner (30.02), junior Ainsley Rios (30.44) and sophomore Xandra Kuenz (30.65) positioned seventh, eighth and ninth within the occasion. 
 
Barton claimed the group’s lone particular person third-place end. She took third out of eight swimmers within the 200 Free. Barton posted a time of two:04.63 to tempo the group. 
 

Both Lewis & Clark relay groups completed in third place. 
 
The 200 Medley Relay group of Cummings, senior AJ Schroeder, Gaffoor and Barton mixed for a time of 1:57.46. In the 200 Free Relay, sophomore Claire Hurty, junior Sophie Justus and first years Emily McAnally and Zoe Thorpe posted a time of a 1:52.92. 
 
BY THE NUMBERS 

• Justus led a trio of swimmers within the 500 Free. She posted a time of 6:00.26 to complete fourth general. Hurty (6:07.06) and McAnally (6:26.67) positioned fifth and sixth within the occasion. 
• Cummings has now gained the 100 Backstroke twice and gone undefeated (3-0) in Backstroke occasions this season. 
• Gimon represented Lewis & Clark within the 100 Breaststroke. She took fourth place with a mark of 1:21.75. 
• Gaffoor led three Lewis & Clark swimmers within the 100 Fly. Gaffoor posted a time of 1:01.91 to complete in fourth place. Cummings (1:05.75) and Thorpe (1:09.00) got here in sixth and seventh general. 

WHO’S NEXT 
 
Swimming will compete of their last twin meet of 2025 on Saturday, after they journey to tackle Pacific Lutheran University at 11 a.m.