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Wednesday, October 16, 2024

Swimming Gets Season Sweep Over Ferrum

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Sweet Briar College issued the following announcement on Jan. 22

Sweet Briar swimming (8-3, 6-2 ODAC) took down Ferrum for the second time this season by a score of 113-55 at Hampden Sydney College this afternoon.

With victories in seven out of nine races, the Vixens dominated the Panthers from the start with the 200-meter medley relay. The relay team consisting of sophomore Devin Montgomery (San Antonio, Texas) and first-years Gaby Aparicio (Quetzaltenango, Guatemala), Jillian Lewis (Ellicott City, Md.) and Mary Catherine Warner (Virginia Beach, Va.) completed the race in 2:26.44, nearly four seconds ahead of their competitors.

First-year Acadia ElzHowe (Georgetown, Texas) kept the Vixens in the first place spot in the 800-meter freestyle, her first of three victories on the day.

Montgomery would capture her first individual victory of the meet in the 50-meter freestyle with a time of 32.70 while first-year Halle Moore (Waldorf, Md.) came in third, less than one-tenth of a second behind the second-place finisher.

Junior Elizabeth Sanford (Charlotte, N.C.) saw success in the 100-meter freestyle with a time of 1:16.95 for first place. Finishing behind her in second place was senior Lauren Jones (Danville, Va.).

Warner secured an individual victory for herself in the 100-meter backstroke; finishing the race with a time of 1:21.00.

Highlights

  • ElzHowe added first-place finishes in the 100-meter butterfly and the 400-meter freestyle with times of 1:09.84 and 5:11.16, respectively.
  • Sanford and Jones finished second and third, respectively in the 200-meter freestyle.
  • In the 200-meter IM, Lewis nabbed the second place position with a time of 2:51.28 while Aparicio came third.
What's Next

The Vixens will head to Bridgewater on Saturday, Jan. 29 for their last meet of the season before the ODAC Championships.

Original source can be found here.

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