Posted: Oct 21, 2017
The Basics
Race: Roanoke, Bridgewater, Guilford, Greensboro
Location: Greensboro, N.C.
Men's Scores:
Roanoke 126 | Greensboro 93
Roanoke 152 | Bridgewater 87
Women's Scores:
Roanoke 181 | Guilford 37
Roanoke 173 | Greensboro 53
Bridgewater 145 | Roanoke 116
The Lead: The Men defeated Greensboro and Bridgewater and the Women defeated Guilford and Greensboro Saturday afternoon in ODAC Swimming action.
Highlights:
- The Maroons recorded 14 first-place finishes on the day, including winning both the men and women's freestyle relays to close out the day.
- Hannah Sells took first in the 1000 freestyle with a time of 10:01.14.
- Tanner Debord (1:57.67) and Jorge Jara Lopez (2:00.89) took second and third, respectively in the 200 freestyle.
- Reilly Bird finished atop the leaderboard in the 100 back with a time of 1:00.86. On the men's side, Logan Cale finished first in the 100 back with a time of 1:01.85.
- Bird then went on to win the 50 freestyle finishing in 26.58. David Adarkwah followed suit with a time of 23.56 in the men's 50 free to take first place.
- Debord took second in the 100 free, finishing in 51.58 before taking first in the 500 free in 5:38.73.
- Francisca Cifuentes recorded a first-place finish in the 200 back with a time of 2:24.20.
- Sarah Virginia Scott earned the top spot in the 100 breaststroke, clocking a 2:42.26.
- Bird (1:03.12) and Jacob David (2:16.50) rounded out the top individual finishes on the day, taking first in the 100 butterfly and the 200 IM, respectively.
- Roanoke closed out the day with a pair of first-place finishes in the 200 freestyle relay. The Women's team of Bird, Sells, Tessa Kenney and Cifuentes clocked a 1:49.14. The Men's team of Adarkwah, Jara Lopez, Debord and David finished in 1:36.35.
Up Next: Roanoke heads to Frostburg State on Oct. 27 for a meet with FSU and Mary Washington.
