Pirates Surge to Silver at Three-Day Trinity Showdown

GEORGETOWN, TEXAS — The Southwestern University ladies’s swimming workforce delivered an impressive efficiency on the Trinity Tiger Invitational, ending 2nd out of 9 groups with 707.50 factors, powered by 43 particular person finals swims, 6 private bests, and a group of podium outcomes that included 4 second-place and 4 third-place finishes.

The Pirates opened the meet with a number of top-eight outcomes on day one, highlighted by robust swims within the 500 freestyle, 50 freestyle, and relay occasions, whereas advancing a number of athletes into the night session to showcase the workforce’s depth. Their momentum continued on day two with top-eight performances throughout the butterfly, IM, freestyle, breaststroke, and backstroke occasions. Southwestern closed out the ultimate day with one other collection of spectacular efforts within the distance, breaststroke, butterfly, freestyle, and backstroke races, including a number of extra top-eight finishes to finish a dominant weekend in San Antonio.

DAY #1 HIGHLIGHTS – TOP FINISHES 

• 200 Yard Freestyle Relay – Southwestern’s workforce of Sullivan, Krajca, Maskey, and DeArmond completed 2nd in 1:38.64. 

• 500 Yard Freestyle – Elizabeth Krajca positioned 2nd in 5:17.21, adopted by DeArmond (third), Bolte (4th), and Chavez (sixth), with Alt successful the B ultimate to take ninth general. 

• 200 Yard IM – Bentley, Wallen, Richeson, and Chien all scored out of the B ultimate. 

• 50 Yard Freestyle – Cece Sullivan completed 2nd in 23.90, whereas Niva Maskey positioned inside the highest eight and Victoria Crews added a scoring swim from the B ultimate. 

• 400 Yard Medley Relay – The workforce of Maskey, Chien, Vargas, and Sullivan completed 4th in 4:03.24, with Southwestern’s B and C relays additionally scoring. 

DAY #1 NOTES 

• Southwestern positioned 4 swimmers inside the highest six of the five hundred Free.

• Sullivan recorded her second runner-up end of the session.

• Maskey added top-eight factors within the 50 Free and contributed key relay legs.

• All three medley relay entries scored to shut the night time.

• Multiple Pirates superior into night finals throughout opening-day occasions

DAY #2 HIGHLIGHTS – TOP FINISHES

• 100 Yard Butterfly – Niva Maskey completed inside the highest eight, whereas Vargas, Crews, and Richeson added further scoring finishes. 

• 400 Yard IM – Southwestern positioned two swimmers inside the highest eight. 

• 200 Yard Freestyle – The Pirates earned two top-eight finishes within the occasion. 

• 100 Yard Breaststroke – Southwestern positioned three swimmers inside the highest eight to safe key factors. 

• 100 Yard Backstroke – Victoria Crews recorded a top-eight end for the Pirates. 

• 200 Yard Medley Relay – Southwestern’s A relay posted a time of 1:52.69, with all three Pirate relay groups scoring within the occasion. 

DAY #2 NOTES

• Maskey added a robust displaying within the 100 Fly after inserting top-eight within the 50 Free on Day 1. 

• The Pirates earned two top-eight finishes in each the 400 IM and 200 Free.

• The breaststroke group recorded three top-eight finishes within the 100 Breast.

• Crews contributed a notable swim along with her top-eight end within the 100 Back. 

• All three 200 Medley Relay squads produced scoring performances. 

DAY #3 HIGHLIGHTS – TOP FINISHES

• 1650 Yard Freestyle – Southwestern positioned two swimmers inside the highest eight to open the ultimate session. 

• 200 Yard Breaststroke – The Pirates earned three top-eight finishes, including vital scoring within the occasion. 

• 200 Yard Butterfly – Southwestern posted three top-eight finishes, highlighted by robust swims from Vargas and Crews. 

• 100 Yard Freestyle – The Pirates recorded two top-eight finishes, together with a robust displaying from Cece Sullivan. 

• 200 Yard Backstroke – Southwestern added two top-eight finishes, with Victoria Crews contributing one other standout efficiency. 

DAY #3 NOTES

• Southwestern collected a number of top-eight placements throughout each stroke group.

• The breaststroke and butterfly occasions have been among the many strongest of the session with three top-eight finishes every.

• Sullivan continued her meet with one other top-eight freestyle end.

• Crews closed out the Invite with top-eight ends in each backstroke occasions.

• Depth in long-distance, dash, and stroke occasions contributed constant scoring all through the day. 

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