SEWANEE, Tenn. – The men's and women's swim and dive teams came away with the win in their quad-meet against Midway, Bethel, and Breanu on Saturday afternoon.
The women came away with the win against Brenau, Midway, and Bethel, by 167 points, and the men took home their first win of the season against Bethel and Midway by 139 points.
On the women's and men's side, Sewanee dominated the field as they placed an athlete in the top three in every event they raced in.
The women started the meet strong with a 200 medley relay win from Natalia Evans, Sophie Yanoshik, Audrey Francell, and Mary-Louise LeMieux. Ava Mack then found herself in second in the 1000 free, the second women's race of the day. In the 200 free, LeMieux finished with 2:01.96 to take home gold.
In the 100 back and the 100 breast, Sewanee swimmers in each race finished within milliseconds of each other to take home second and third place. Evans and Riley Carswell in the 100 back, and Yanoshik and Lilly Daniels in the 100 breast. Francell took home her second win of the day in the 50 free, before taking home second in the 100 free with teammate LeMieux finishing right behind her for third.
Evans, Aurelia Willett, and Carswell came in second, third, and fourth place 200 back, and Yanoshik found her third podium finish of the day, in the 200 breast finishing third. Mack took home another second-place finish in the 500 free to complete her day. Francell tallied another first-place win in the 100 fly, posting 1:01.15, just short of her personal best. LeMieux garnered another second-place finish for the Tigers in the 200 IM.
Evans, Jules Vidal, Mary Alice Hubbard, and Carswell rounded out the day in the pool for the women with a second-place finish in the 200 free relay.
On the men's side, Jackson Pillow, Naeem Mangum, Connor Young, and George Mabry set the tone for the men as they tallied a second-place finish in the 200 medley relay. Young and Connor Engel then collected two more silver finishes for the Tigers in the 1000 free and the 200 free.
Mabry and Pillow both landed on the podium of the 100 back as Mabry collected the men's first gold finish and Pillow collected the first bronze finish of the day. In the breast, Mangum took home first in both the 100 and 200 for Sewanee. Sewanee swimmers placed third in both fly events,
Joseph Aidan Ocasio in the 200 and Pillow in the 100.
In the 50 free, Mabry took home second, and Engel and Henry Kovan took home second and third in the 100 free. The 200 back saw another back-to-back Sewanee finish with Mabry and Pillow coming in second and third. Engel collected another second-place finish in the 500 free.
To close out individual races in the pool, Connor Young took home first in the 200 IM. Finally, the Sewanee 200 free relay team of Mangum, Ocasio, Kovan, and Engel took home second.
On the boards, Katie Walker took home first on the 1 mtr in a tight contest with 177.97 while teammate Greta Cobb finished second with 176.85. Will Snead took home on the men's side with 169.38 and Jack Goodson finished second with 155.32. On the 3 mtr, Walker took home first again, collecting 193.20 points. With 173.55, Goodson took home first on the men's side.
The women finished the meet with 497 total points and the men finished with 404 points, both taking home gold.
Women's Team Rankings:
- Sewanee: 497
- Brenau: 330
- Midway: 228
- Bethel: 99
Men's Team Rankings:
- Sewanee: 404
- Bethel: 264
- Midway: 255
