SEWANEE, Tenn. (Oct. 14, 2016) – The Sewanee men and women's swimming and diving teams split a dual match, Friday, in both program's season openers.
In the men's meet, Sewanee defeated the Colonels 118-115 while the women's squad fell to the Colonels, 157-82.
After Centre won the first six events, Sewanee earned its first victory as Andrew Freibert edged Noah Martin in the men's 50 Free with a time of 22.23 seconds.
Teammate Michael Whitehead then won the men's 400 IM with a finals time of 4:26.31. That was three seconds faster than Centre's Wilson Norris, who finished second.
Caty Hueske then won the women's 200 Free with a time of 1:59.56. Later in the meet, Hueske won her second event when she touched the wall in the women's 100 Backstroke with a time of 1:02.39.
After Noel Whitlock finished second in the women's 1-meter dive, Alec Chennault, Jed Henrichsen, and Winston Westbrook swept the top-three in the men's 1-meter event. Chennault won the competition with a final score of 212.65 points.
In the men's 100 Free, Freibert continued his outstanding debut by winning his second event with a time of 48:16 seconds. Mac McNally (50:84) and Kipling Klimas (53:51) both joined Freibert in the top-five.
After sweeping the 1-meter dive, Chennault, Henrichsen, and Westbrook finished first, second, and third in the 3-meter dive.
That was followed by a win by Kaylee Pierson in the women's 100 Breaststroke. Pierson won the race by over two seconds with a time of 1:13.75. Klimas then won the same event on the men's side with a time of 1:02.74.
Finally, Sewanee closed the contest with a win the men's 200 Free Relay. The Tiger team of Freibert, McNally, Whitehead, and Kyle Schnell dominated Centre's A team with a finals time of 1:31.26. The Tiger women's 200 Free Relay team of Meghan Mulhern, Ashley Krueger, Pierson, and Hueske finished second with a time of 1:45:69.
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Sewanee returns to action later this month when the Tigers host the Sewanee Invitational, October 28th and 29th.
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