Males’s and Ladies’s Swimming Sweep Rival Rose-Hulman

Franklin males’s swimming and diving hadn’t gotten a win in opposition to Rose-Hulman since 2023 and misplaced to the Engineers by a 211-79 simply final winter.

On Friday, the Grizzly males nipped that drought within the bud, holding on for a 151.5-142.5 victory to cap a night sweep at Franklin Middle School.

The ladies dominated all through, rolling to a 210-77 win. Both Griz squads are actually an ideal 5-0 in HCAC twin meets.

“I just told them to race,” Franklin coach Zach Rayce stated. “They did exactly what I told them to do and the outcome was exactly what we wanted. Huge night for this program and another big win for the women.”

Franklin’s ladies cruised by the meet, successful all however one occasion on the night time. Kat Lundy (100-yard backstroke, 200 particular person medley), Celeste Hollis (50 freestyle, 100 butterfly) and Petal Sloan (100 and 500 free) had been all double particular person winners for the Grizzlies, who additionally obtained first-place finishes from Macie McQuinn (1,000 free), Amelia Hlebak (200 free), Ella Johnson (100 breaststroke), Annie Jackson (200 fly), Kaleigh Schuler (1-meter diving) and Avery Tomlinson (200 breast) in addition to the 200 medley and 400 freestyle relays.

The males obtained out in entrance early with a slender win within the 200 medley relay from the foursome of Sam Hittel, Nick Coy, Zachary Jackson-Blaine and Kaden Cummins, which out-touched the Rose quartet by two tenths of a second. Byson Howe and Keaton Stephenson then adopted with freestyle wins at 1,000 and 200 meters, respectively. From there, Franklin held its lead due to large nights from Will Johnson, who received the 100 and 200 backstroke in addition to the 100 fly, and Jackson-Blaine, who obtained particular person firsts within the 50 and 100 free. Isaac Layton added a triumph within the 500 freestyle, and the 400 free relay quartet of Stephenson, Cummins, Johnson and Jackson-Blaine sealed the cope with a win within the ultimate occasion of the meet.

The Grizzlies will see the Engineers once more on the HCAC Championships Feb. 11-14, however not earlier than wrapping up the common season subsequent Saturday afternoon (Jan. 31) with a house twin in opposition to Bluffton.