Vanderbilt swimming traveled to the Arkansas Natatorium for the fifth consecutive 12 months to shut out its common season. Despite falling 145-108 to the Razorbacks, the Commodores had 12 swimmers seize private information and earned a person win from Melissa Cowen.
“We’re lucky to be able to go up there and get this competition in so I hope we can take advantage of this opportunity,” head coach Jeremy Organ stated. “I know we’re ready for this final push as we near the postseason.”
Vanderbilt began the day with a third-place end within the 200-yard medley relay, that includes Aubrey Hull, Emily Constable, Kate Heintz and Cowen. Constable and Cowen captured second- and third-place finishes within the 100-yard breaststroke whereas Bailey Ratzburg swam a career-best 1:51.28 within the 200-yard freestyle. Hull secured a second-place end within the 200-yard backstroke with a time of 1:58.26, whereas Quinlan Hinerfeld certified for the CSCAA National Invitational Championship B lower with a fifth-place end and season-finest 2:01.44. Cowen captured Vanderbilt’s solely particular person win of the day with a time of two:13.64 within the 200-yard breaststroke. Hull additionally notched a 2:02.90 time to complete third within the 200-yard butterfly.
Abby Hite and Jenna Ravarino secured profession bests within the 50-yard freestyle, recording instances of 23.77 and 23.97, respectively. In the 100-yard freestyle, Hite swam a 52.20 whereas Ryen Bosuro logged a 52.54, each season bests. The Commodores registered one other two-three end, this time by Elyane Chen and Kendall Hall within the 500-yard freestyle. In the 400-yard particular person medley, Ratzburg captured the fifth quickest time (4:22.21) in Vanderbilt’s historical past with Liv Golding intently trailing with a private file of 4:26.90. To shut out the meet, Hull, Hite, Bosuro and Cowen swam a 3:25.71 within the 400-yard freestyle relay to seize a season-best time.
“We felt like we had a really great team performance today as seen by the number of season-best times,” Organ stated. “As we look forward to the championship season we need to just keep working on the little details for great performances.”
The Commodores will return to motion Feb. 17 for the SEC Championships.