Swimming & Diving Returns with Wednesday Sweep of Centre

The No. 2 ranked Emory University swimming & diving groups returned to the pool following the lengthy layoff for twin meet competitors Wednesday afternoon towards Centre College in Atlanta, Georgia.

The Eagles confirmed no rust following the hiatus as they swept the meet and picked up 24 occasion wins. The ladies accounted for 14 occasion wins to supply the 198.5-79.5 ultimate margin and on the boys’s facet, Emory boasted 9 occasion wins for profitable rating of 156-122.

A trio of freshmen highlighted the Eagles for the ladies as Grace Scharper, Emma Lunn and Lauren Opitz notched double solo wins for the Gold caps. Scharper shined within the distance occasions for the Eagles, handing over profitable marks of 10:45.40 within the 1000 Freestyle and 4:34.51 within the 400 IM. Lunn tallied prime efforts within the 200 Freestyle (1:52.92) and 500 Freestyle (5:08.56) whereas Opitz swept the Butterflies with prime marks of two:08.80 within the 200 and 59.35 within the 100. In addition to rookie performers, sophomore Maddy Lu recorded the lone NCAA B Cut in the course of the meet as she received the 200 Breaststroke at 2:20.08.

Adding occasion wins for the Emory ladies had been freshman Holly Brundage within the 100 Backstroke (57.80), sophomore Allison Greeneway within the 100 Breaststroke (1:05.56), graduate scholar Ava Kennedy within the 50 Freestyle (23.85) and senior Penny Celtnieks within the 100 Backstroke (2:03.95). Furthermore, sophomore Jacqueline St. Clair registered one of many Eagles’ wins on the diving boards with a rating of 419.85 within the 1-meter and on the 3-meter, sophomore Maya Kriz topped the desk at 286.86.

In the boys’s occasion, the accolades had been unfold out throughout the roster with eight completely different Emory caps incomes wins on the afternoon.

Crow Thorsen secured the group’s first win of the day within the 200 Freestyle (1:41.91) and was adopted by back-to-back wins from sophomore Zachary Spicer within the 100 Backstroke (51.45) and senior Henri Bonnault within the 100 Breaststroke (55.61).

After a second place exhibiting from McKee Thorsen within the 200 Fly (1:53.22), the Eagles ripped off one other streak of three consecutive wins as graduate scholar Jared Zhang claimed the 50 Freestyle at 20.91 and was adopted by a win from Hayden Tupper within the 100 Freestyle (45.23) and freshman Quinn Nelson within the 200 Backstroke (1:52.18).

Two straight second place finishes from Owen Howell within the 200 Breaststroke (2:09.05) and Ben Pritchard within the 500 Freestyle (4:42.37) preceded the ultimate particular person wins of the day by the Eagles coming from senior Patrick Horton within the 100 Fly (50.25) and freshman Carson Kalish within the 400 IM (4:03.07).

The Eagles padded to their totals with a three-event sweep within the relay occasions. Emory began the meet with a win within the 200 Mixed Medley Relay with Celtnieks, Bonnault, Horton and Jane Sanderson combining for a profitable time of 1:36.80. At the conclusion, the group of Stephanie Lee, Katherine Swan, Cece York and Avery Sammons posted a time of three:37.71 to win the 400 Freestyle Relay for the ladies and on the boys’s facet, Tupper and Bonnault pair with Sven Becker and Satya Agashiwala for a prime time of three:08.74.

The Eagles face a fast turnaround as they’re going to make the trek to Athens on Saturday to go up towards the University of Georgia earlier than turning their consideration the UAA Championships subsequent month in Chicago.