
Posted: Nov 04, 2017
The Basics
Meet: Roanoke at Virginia Wesleyan
Women's Score: Roanoke 146 | Virginia Wesleyan 35
Men's Score: Roanoke 124 | Virginia Wesleyan 33
Location: Virginia Beach, Va.
The Lead: Roanoke won 21 of the 22 events against Virginia Wesleyan in an ODAC dual meet Saturday afternoon.
Women's Highlights
- The 200M medley relay team of Maggie Riggan, Sarah Virginia Scott, Catherine Wilson and Phoebe Coburn kicked off the day with a first-place time of 2:05.81.
- Hannah Sells took first in the 1000 yard freestyle with a time of 12:23.90.
- In the 200 yard freestyle, Francisca Cifuentes (2:10.53) finished first followed by Coburn (2:18.46) in second.
- Reilly Bird finished atop the leaderboard in the 50-yard freestyle with a time of 24.88. Bird also took first in the 100 backstroke with a time of 1:00.34.
- Tessa Kennedy finished the 100-yard butterfly in 1:12.88 earning first place.
- The 200 freestyle relay team of Cifuentes, Kenney, Katelyn Lancry and Bird closed out the day with a first-place time of 1:47.62
Men's Highlights
- The 200M medley relay team of Logan Cale, Nick McGrath, Ethan Gordon and Tanner DeBord clocked a 1:45.66 for first place.
- DeBord (1:56.69) touched the wall first in the 200-yard freestyle followed by Jacob David (1:56.95) less than a second later in second place.
- McGrath clocked a 22.13 in the 50-yard freestyle earning a first-place finish. McGrath also won the 100 breaststroke, clocking a 1:02.43
- Gordon took first in the 500 freestyle with a time of 5:18.21.
- The 200 freestyle relay team of David Adarkwah, Jorge Jara Lopez, David and Jakob Chandler closed out the meet with a first-place time of 1:37.89.
Up Next: Roanoke hosts Randolph, Ferrum and Hollins at the Salem YMCA on Nov. 11.