RC men would win two of the five individual events on Day Three
Posted: Feb 08, 2020
The Basics:
Score: Women 414.5 (2nd) | Men 448.5 (2nd)
Meet: Roanoke at the 2020 ODAC Swim Championships
Location: Greensboro, N.C.
The Lead: On day three of the ODAC Swim Championships, the RC men and women combined to win three of the five individual events that were contested and both sit, firmly, in second place behind only Washington and Lee.
Women's highlights:
- Reilly Bird picked up a win in the 100 Backstroke. Bird posted a time of 57.58, just out-touching teammate Maddie Andrews (58.04) to give the Maroons the one-two finish.
- The 400 Individual Medley would see another close Roanoke finish as Izzy Mack claimed the runner-up spot in 4:39.13, just .40 of a second ahead of Maria Vinson.
- Sarah Virginia Scott earned her top five finish, a 4th in the 100 Breaststroke (1:03.99).
- The 200 Freestyle would see a tight race with only two seconds separating the top five. Hannah Petty posted a time of 1:56.13 to earn a top five spot.
Men's highlights:
- Connor Kinkema had a record setting Day Three. The sophomore would break the ODAC and Championship Meet records for the 400 Individual Medley that were set in 2015 with a time of 4:04.57, besting the old mark of 4:05.61. In the 100 Breaststroke, Kinkema would top the Meet and ODAC marks that he set one year ago (56.74) when he touched in 56.38.
- After winning the 500 Freestyle yesterday, Ben Tate would add a 3rd place finish in the 100 Butterfly and his time of 50.85 was just .14 off the winning time.
- Brian Grimmett added 3rd place points in the 200 Freestyle (1:42.24)
Up next: Roanoke will close out the, four day, event on Sunday.
