Results
MEMPHIS, Tenn. - With three events to go in the meet, the Sewanee men's swimming and diving team used a strong finish, winning the 200-yard breaststroke, the 400-yard freestyle relay and the 1,650-yard freestyle events to seal a victory of the Lynx of Rhodes College Saturday afternoon.
INSIDE THE MEET
Women's Meet: Rhodes 135, Sewanee 57
Men's Meet: Sewanee 103, Rhodes 101
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MEN'S TOP PERFORMERS
-Lee Haber contributed in two of the final three events that led to the Sewanee comeback: the 200-yard breaststroke and the 400-yard freestyle relay. The freshman missed his season best by three seconds, but he still won the event with a 2:12.61 time.
-In the 400-yard freestyle relay, the Atlanta, Ga. native, along with Owen Pearson, Andrew Freibert and Robert Coles won the event with a 3:23.90 finish.
-In the final event, the 1,650-yard freestyle, James Hoyt captured the victory with a 17:39.59 finish, ahead of the second swimmer by 29 seconds.
-Haber also captured a win in the 200-yard individual medley, finishing with a 2:00.86-mark, missing his season-best by four seconds.
-In the 400-yard medley, Carl Failing, Kipling Kilmas, Hoyt and Jacob Finco won the event with a 3:38.62 finish.
-Freibert, along with his joint win in 400 free relay, won the 50-yard free with a 22.26-second mark.
-Failing claimed the 200-yard backstroke event with a 2:05.20 time.
WOMEN'S TOP PERFORMERS
-Meghan Mulhern won the 500-yard freestyle, swimming to a 5:38.66 time. Winning the event with ease, she was 17 seconds ahead of Katherine Smith of Rhodes who finished second.
-In the 400-yard relay, the quartet of Adelle Dennis, Jenny Norenberg, Isabel Kirby and Kate del Balzo swam to a winning time of 4:25.87.
UP NEXT
The 2017-18 season will conclude on Friday with Senior Day at the Fowler Center Natatorium, as the Tigers will host the Panthers of Birmingham-Southern. The meet will commence at 3 p.m.
