No. 15 Girls’s Swimming Builds on Success at CC Championships Day Two

LANCASTER, Pa. – The No. 15 Swarthmore College girls’s swimming workforce had one other profitable day on the Centennial Championships on Friday evening. The workforce totaled three gold medals with two silvers. 

Quinn Weygandt made historical past, turning into the second swimmer in convention historical past to assert gold within the 200 IM for the fourth-straight yr. The senior additionally set one of many workforce’s three Centennial Conference information of the night. 

Genine Collins toppled a Centennial Conference report, profitable her third-straight gold within the 50 freestyle. The junior is the primary swimmer to realize three golds within the occasion in over a decade. Elle Anthony positioned second within the occasion for the third-straight season, medaling within the occasion all 4 years of her profession. 

The 400 medley relay was answerable for the workforce’s third convention report, wrapping up the evening with a gold medal end. Collins and Anthony have been members of the relay, capturing their second medals of the evening. 

The Garnet strengthened their grip on first place within the factors standings with 291. Gettysburg follows in second with 229, whereas Johns Hopkins has 225.5 factors. 

HOW IT HAPPENED
– Kate Hallmark claimed her fourth-straight silver medal within the 500 freestyle. The senior almost caught the first-place finisher on the ultimate lap, however ran out of runway with a 5:00.41 end. Hallmark swam a season-best within the occasion, however narrowly missed the NCAA B lower. Ava Craig received the five hundred freestyle comfort ultimate, touching the wall with a season-best 5:07.42. 

– Weygandt put collectively a historic swim within the 200 IM, capturing her fourth-straight gold medal within the occasion. The senior raced to a 2:02.43 end to lock down a program, convention and championship report. Weygandt outperformed final season’s NCAA invite time, and presently sits contained in the top-five nationally. 

– Cara Dominici (2:07.71) and Sam Packard (2:08.20) additionally certified for the 50 free finals, ending sixth and seventh respectively. Cindy Wang capped off an extremely profitable occasion for the Garnet, profitable the comfort ultimate with a 2:07.59 effort – marking the eighth-fastest swim in program historical past. 

– Collins received her third-straight gold medal within the 50 freestyle, turning into the primary swimmer to perform the feat since Kate Wiseman in 2015. The junior raced to a program, convention and meet report with a time of twenty-two.69. The mark is presently the second quickest within the nation. She additionally broke the meet report within the morning prelims with a 22.85 mark. 

– Anthony received her third-straight silver medal within the 50 freestyle, whereas medaling within the occasion for all 4 championships. Anthony touched the wall at 23.36 to outperform final season’s NCAA invite time. Riley Bacinski additionally claimed fourth within the finals with a 23.55 end. The rookie bested the NCAA B lower within the morning prelims with a 23.49 mark, recording the third-fastest time in program historical past. Mirabel Fernald (24.24) and Marin Norlander (24.27) additionally joined this system’s top-10 at ninth and tenth, respectively. 

– The 400 medley relay of Maya Ambardekar, Anthony, Norah Rutkowski and Collins capped off the night with a gold medal. The workforce blew away the competitors with a time of three:44.80. The swim marked a convention, championship, and meet report, whereas outperforming the NCAA invite time. The Garnet presently sit contained in the top-10 nationally. 

– Swarthmore picked up extra factors with a victory within the 400 medley B Final. The workforce of Norlander, Dominici, Bacinski and Weygandt touched at 3:47.52 to maneuver into sixth all-time. The swim additionally outperformed the NCAA B lower and was the second-fastest mark in the whole area. 

UP NEXT
The Garnet return to the pool tomorrow afternoon. The opening session begins at 10 a.m. with the finals slated for six p.m.