Swimming Returns from Break to Host Tennessee Southern on Saturday

Men’s Swimming and Diving | 1/16/2026 12:00:00 PM

COLUMBIA, Ky. – After 55 days away from competitors, the Lindsey Wilson males’s and girls’s swimming groups are again internet hosting Tennessee Southern on Saturday, January 17 on the Holloway Natatorium.

The Blue Raiders final hit the pool November 20-22 on the Total Performance Invitational, hosted by Kenyon College (Ohio). There, the boys hit 39 NAIA nationwide cuts, together with one “A” normal, whereas the ladies logged 31 nationwide cuts, 4 of which assembly “A” requirements.

Kirsten de Goede excelled within the short-distance freestyle occasions together with her marks catapulting her to the highest of the NAIA leaderboard in each the 50 and 100-yard freestyle. The senior’s third “A” time within the 200 freestyle actively ranks second within the nation, trailing the quickest time by 0.05 seconds.

Natalia Gorska, who additionally secured an “A” normal within the 50 freestyle in November, sits with the third-quickest time in occasion.

On the boys’s facet, Sergio Ybarra clocked the nation’s fourth-fastest time within the 1,650 freestyle. He and Ethan Butler every reside contained in the top-10 for the mile and the 500-yard freestyle.

Tennessee Southern competed most lately at Campbellsville (Ky.) on December 5. Prior to that, nevertheless, the Firehawks had been in Marietta, Georgia for the Small College Championship Cup, November 20-22.

Hamza Asif recorded NAIA “B” cuts within the 50 and 100 freestyle, and within the 100 breaststroke.

Saturday would be the fifth all-time twin assembly between Lindsey Wilson and Tennessee Southern. The Blue Raiders are 4-0 within the males’s and girls’s historical past.

Live protection of the twin meet is supplied by the Lindsey Wilson Athletics YouTube channel and is slated to start at 11:45 a.m. CT.

The Blue Raiders will acknowledge their 2026 senior class earlier than the primary occasion, which consists of Taylor Hopkins, Kirsten de Goede, Max van Schagen, Cameron Johnson, Azahn Hicks, Jose Rivas, Nada Jalal, Sara Motyl, Hannah Woyscheszik, and Daniel Wytwer.