Posted: Jan 20, 2018
The Basics
The Meet: Roanoke vs Greensboro, Guilford, Hollins
Location: Hollins | Roanoke, Va.
The Lead: Roanoke Swimming swept in both the men's and women's ODAC meets against Greensboro, Guilford, and Hollins Saturday afternoon.
Team Scores: Men - Roanoke 107 Greensboro 48
Women - Roanoke 102 Hollins 77
Roanoke132 Guilford 33
Roanoke 129 Greensboro 29
Highlights
- The Women kicked off the meet with a first-place finish in the 200 medley relay as Reilly Bird, Sarah Virginia Scott, Tessa Kenney and Phoebe Coburn clocked a 2:00.69.
- Hannah Sells followed suit with a first-place finish of her own in the 1650 yard freestyle with a time of 19:46.44. On the men's side, Jacob David finished atop the leaderboards with an 18:49.87.
- Tanner Debord finished first in the 200-yard freestyle, touching the wall in 1:56.63 before finishing first in the 500 freestyle with a time of 5:34.01.
- Nick McGrath finished the 50-yard freestyle with a first-place time of 22.35 before a top time of 50.13 in the 100-yard freestyle. David Adarkwah and Jorge Jara Lopez rounded out the top-three finishes in the 100 freestyle with a 53.18 and a 55.97, respectively.
- Bird clocked a 25.96 in the 100 freestyle followed by a 2:18.53 in the 200 backstroke for a pair of top finishes.
- Scott and Margaret Riggan took the top spots in the 200 yard IM with a 2:26.01 and a 2:29.43, respectively. Scott then went on to win the 200 breaststroke with a time of 2:35.49.
- In the 200 backstroke, Logan Cale took first with a time of 2:12.89.
- RC capped the day with a pair of wins in the 800-yard freestyle relay. Francisca Cifuentes, Riggan, Coburn and Sells finished in 8:57.59. McGrath, Jara-Lopez, Ethan Gordon and David finished in 7:57.82.
Up Next: Roanoke returns home for a meet with Greensboro and Randolph-Macon on Saturday, Jan. 27 at the Salem YMCA.
