Buffs Swimming Groups Return from Break with Strong Weekends at Colonel Classic

DANVILLE, Ky. – On Friday and Saturday, the Milligan University swimming packages took half within the Colonel Classic, hosted by Centre College in Danville, Ky. In an occasion that the squads have been attending for a number of years, the Buffs put up sturdy showings but once more, together with a second-place end for the boys and a fourth-place conclusion for the ladies.

Milligan’s girls’s 200 Freestyle Relay started the day by ending fourth in 1:41.33. The ‘A’ group consisted of Madison Akbari, Emily Dubes, Lauren Brindle and Mary Grace Bitting.

The males had two teams within the prime three of the boys’s 200 Freestyle Relay, as their ‘A’ group pulled in with a triumph in 1:22.49 and their ‘B’ squad positioned in third at 1:27.36. The profitable crew included Paxton Smith, Christoph Haenel, Michael Rinaldi and Caleb Fry, whereas the third-place finishers had been Andrew Dawson, RJ Brumit, Wyatt Pierce and Gellert Szedlak.

Two Milligan girls reached the highest three within the 500 Freestyle, as Riley Renaud accomplished the race because the runner-up in 5:18.21, and Emily Newman swam a 5:22.66 to position third.

Peter Gilbert ended up fourth within the males’s 500 Freestyle, clocking in at 4:46.46.

Abigail Maniace got here away with a fourth-place exhibiting within the girls’s 200 Individual Medley, touching the wall in 2:14.75.

The males practically swept the highest 5 within the 200 IM, as they claimed the No. 1, No. 2, No. 4 and No. 5 slots within the race. Robert Adam gained with a standout 1:52.45 mark, whereas Haenel was behind him by just below half a second at 1:52.90. Elijah Holliman got here in fourth with a time of 1:55.17, and Caleb Fry posted a 1:56.32 to return in fifth.

Brumit got here away with fifth place within the males’s 50 Freestyle, finishing the dash in a time of 21.81.

The Milligan males competed within the 400 Medley Relay race with all three of their squads within the prime six. The Water Buffs’ prime squad was in a position to win the occasion in 3:21.56. That group included Smith, Adam, Haenel and Fry. The ‘B’ crew, that positioned fifth in 3:31.72, had Colin Burnette, Dawson, Brumit and Szedlak.

A gaggle consisting of Dubes, Teagan Jose, Bitting and Akbari accomplished the 200 Medley Relay in 1:54.19, which was adequate for fourth place within the occasion.

The males’s 200 Medley Relay squads completed equally to their 400 Medley placements. Brumit, Adam, Haenel and Fry teamed as much as swim a 1:32.32 to win the race. This time, Milligan’s ‘C’ crew ended up in fifth, touching the wall in 1:37.71. Spencer Hall, Holliman, Reef Parman and Nolan Hill had been a part of the trouble.

Katelyn Williams positioned fifth within the girls’s 400 IM, clocking in at 4:54.12 because the lone Buff competitor within the occasion.

Maniace (1:00.35, 4th) and Bitting (1:00.97, fifth) each ended up within the prime 5 of the ladies’s 100 Butterfly for MU.

Milligan’s males took 4 of the highest 5 spots within the 100 Butterfly, as Smith (50.04, 1st), Brumit (50.90, 2nd), Hall (51.89, 4th) and Parman (52.00, fifth) made up that record.

Haenel then blitzed the competitors within the males’s 200 Freestyle, swimming a 1:40.73 clip to take the title by practically two-and-a-half seconds.

Jose’s effort within the girls’s 100 Breaststroke equaled a fourth-place exhibiting in 1:10.32.

Two males for the Buffs ended within the prime three within the males’s 100 Breaststroke, as Adam’s 56.68 earned him the highest spot on the rostrum and Fry’s 57.73 made him the third-place finisher.

Mia Windham then completed fourth within the 100 Backstroke and clocked in at 1:00.77.

Newman, Peyton Brady, Renaud and Bitting teamed up for the ladies’s 800 Freestyle Relay and completed in 8:23.10 to position fifth.

Two Milligan males’s contingents completed within the prime 5 of the boys’s 800 Freestyle Relay. The ‘A’ crew, who positioned third, included Burnette, Sergio Tudor, Nathaniel Halloran and Smith. They posted a 7:08.81. River Rockholt, Hill, Adam and Rinaldi got here away with fifth in a time of seven:20.23.

The girls’s 1650 Freestyle was subsequent, and Milligan had three top-five finishers. Brady got here away with second and a time of 18:06.19, whereas Renaud completed in third with a mark of 18:23.72. Williams’ 18:52.88 was adequate for a fifth-place conclusion.

Peter Gilbert (16:37.70, third) and Michael Cellucci (17:27.73, fifth) every got here away with top-five ends in the boys’s 1650 Freestyle.

In the 200 Backstroke, the MU girls noticed Windham blaze to a 2:10.17 mark and a second-place end. Abbie Christensen was additionally a prime 4 swimmer within the occasion, inserting fourth with a clip of two:16.25.

Smith and Brumit, who each had stellar weekends, positioned second and third within the 200 Backstroke, respectively. Smith tallied a 1:52.36 and Brumit had a 1:58.32 time to his title.

Haenel (45.85, 1st) room residence the crown within the males’s 100 Freestyle, and the Buffs additionally had Burnette attain fifth place with a clip of 48.34.

Jose got here out with a fifth-place conclusion within the girls’s 200 Breastsroke in 2:31.46 for the Buffaloes.

Holliman took the title within the males’s 200 Breaststroke, finishing the race in a blazing 2:05.08.

Adam (1:54.53, 1st) and Parman (1:58.89, 4th) had been top-four contributors for the Buffs within the males’s 200 Butterfly, the final particular person occasion of the weekend.

The males’s 400 Freestyle Relay was dominated by the Buffaloes, who swam to a 3:04.43 mark to win the ultimate title of the weekend. Smith, Adam, Haenel and Fry mixed to realize the feat.

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The first meet of the semester for the Buffs is within the books, and so they now have a pair of twin meets to stay up for. First, it’s a journey to Jefferson City, Tenn., the place the Water Buffs will face NCAA DII Carson-Newman University on Jan. 17 beginning at 1 p.m.