The Basics:
Score: Women 159-36 | Men 151-46
Meet: Roanoke vs. Emory & Henry
Location: Salem, Va.
The Lead: The Roanoke College swim team was in the pool for the final time in 2019 when they hosted Emory & Henry on Saturday afternoon. The women won every event on their way to a 159-36 win while the men earned 25 top three finishes in defeating E&H 151-46.
Women's highlights:
- The women finished first and second in every individual event.
- In the 1000 Freestyle, Grace Fountain posted the 7th fastest time in the ODAC, 11:20.28.
- Maria Vinson won a pair of events, the 200 Individual Medley and 100 Fly. 2:16.69 in the IM gives Vinson the 4th fastest time in the league with her swim in the Fly landing in the top 10 of times for the conference.
- In the 100 and 50 Freestyle, Kimberly Large added two more wins to her resume.
- Fountain, Vinson, Large, and Hannah Petty set the time to beat in the ODAC in the 800 Freestyle Relay by posting 8:19.40
Men's highlights:
- The men just missed matching their teammates, earning eight wins and nine runner-ups in the individual events.
- Jake Bowery posted the 2nd best time in the ODAC with a 10:23.63 in the 1000 Freestyle.
- With wins in the 200 and 500 Freestyle, Connor Kinkema brought home a pair of first place points while Xavier Williams won the two shortest Freestyle events, the 50 and 100.
- In the first event of the meet for the men, Kinkema and Williams teamed with Colin Burnette and Kaleb Payne to win the 200 Medley Relay.
Up next: The Maroons will be back in the pool after the New Year when they host Randolph-Macon on January 11th.
