The Basics:
Score: Women: RC 133, Miligan 129 / RC 129, Lynchburg 133 | Men: RC 185, Lynchburg 77 / RC 125, Miligan 137
Meet: Roanoke/Lynchburg/Miligan Tri-Meet (Liberty University)
Location: Lynchburg, Va.
The Lead: Liberty University played host to a tri-meet between Roanoke, Lynchburg, and Miligan on Saturday afternoon. The Maroon women bested the Miligan, 133-129, but fell to the Hornets, 129-133, earning a split. On the men's side, RC downed Lynchburg 185-77, but fell in a close on to Miligan 125-137.
Women's highlights:
- Grace Fountain won the longest event of the meet with a time of 11:12.83 in the 1000 Freestyle.
- Freshman Susanna Price had a pair of wins and a runner-up finish in her three individual events. Price finished 1st in the 200 Freestyle (1:57.49) and picked up another win in the 500 Freestyle (5:15.44), whiling posting a runner-up time of 2:11.46 in the 200 Butterfly.
- The reigning ODAC Women's Swimmer of the Week Lily Mullens added another win in her first-year campaign with a time of 55.06 in the 100 Freestyle. Mullens returned in the meet with a runner-up effort in the 100 Backstroke (1:00.49), just .66 of a second ahead of Maddie Andrews.
- Maria Vinson won the final individual event of the afternoon, the 200 Individual Medley (IM) with a time of 2:16.04.
- Mullens and Price teamed with Hannah Zhang and Elizabeth Roberts to finish the meet with a winning time of 3:40.00 in the 400 Freestyle relay.
Men's highlights:
- Xavier Williams posted the fastest time of the meet when he touched 1st in the 50 Freestyle in a blistering 22.04.
- The 500 Freestyle would see Ethan Brewer best the field when he touched in 4:50.72. Brewer earned a runner-up in the 1000 Freestyle (10:01.77) just out-touching Josh Rauch by .06 of a second.
- Logan Deal won the 200 IM in 1:59.61 while earning second-place points in both the 100 Breaststroke (59.17) and the 200 Breaststroke (2:12.47).
- A pair of runner-up efforts by Ben Tate in the 200 Freestyle (1:47.95) and the 200 Butterfly (1:58.28).
- Erik Kratzer garnered runner-up points with a time of 53.00 in the 100 Butterfly while Richie Evans posted a second place finish in the 100 Freestyle, 48.06.
Up next: Roanoke will not return to the pool until 2022 when they travel to North Carolina for a tri-meet with UNC Pembroke and Catawba. The meet is scheduled for January 15th.
