Data fall as VMI earns second at Keydet Invite

LEXINGTON, Va. – VMI Women’s Swimming & Diving accomplished the three-day Keydet Invite Sunday afternoon at Goodall Pool.
 
The Keydets broke 15 information throughout the occasion, together with six first-place marks. VMI totaled 635.50 factors, ok for second place within the eight-team invitational. Winning the Keydet Invite title was the University of Lynchburg with 664.50 factors.
 
Day One
The 200 Free Relay crew with Noelle Tong, Lacy Delzell, Valeria Paulson, and Mackenzie Byrne secured a brand new crew report (1:36.42) that put them atop the pack. Also breaking information was Carissa Witte, who shattered the Rat and crew information within the 500 Free (5:12.92), ok for third place.
 
During the finals session, senior Noelle Tong scored second place within the 50 Free (24.16). Tong’s prelim time (24.14) was atop the 43 rivals on the invite. Sophomore Emerson Cosner added extra factors for the Keydets with a second-place mark within the 100 Fly (58.93).
 
On the boards, it was sophomore Isabelle Haer main the cost with gold within the one-meter, incomes 247.05 factors.
 
Day Two
On the second day of the invite, Delzell blazed by means of the 200 Free (1:55.68) en path to breaking the Rat and crew report and second place. Back for extra, Witte snapped the crew and Rat 400 IM report (4:49.17) to safe third place. Tong would tally third within the 100 Back (58.29).
 
After nabbing first within the one-meter on Friday, Haer adopted up with first within the three-meter with 271.28 factors.
 
Day Three
After a stellar first two days, Tong capped off her weekend with first place within the 100 Free (51.84), setting a brand new crew report. Byrne was proper behind, tying for second (53.39). In the 200 Breast, freshman Maddie Wolfe picked up the highest time within the B-Final and set a brand new Rat report (2:30.46).
 
Breaking information on day three included freshman Avery Shuping within the 1,650 Free (17:54.41) and 1,000 Free (10:50.95), setting a brand new Rat and crew report in each races.
 
In diving, a brand new occasion led to extra information being created and damaged. Haer earned the first-ever crew report for the platform dive with a rating of 144.23, whereas freshman Nicole Segler set the Rat report within the platform dive with 114.15 factors.
 
Closing out the invite with a bang was the 400 Free Relay crew with Tong, Delzell, Paulson, and Byrne, breaking the crew report and incomes second (3:33.11).
 
Next Up
The Keydets take a two-month break from motion, however return to the pool on January 16 to face Saint Francis and Howard for a house tri-meet.
 
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