A Sweet Briar swimmer competes in the breast stroke at the ODAC Relays.

Swimming

Vixens top Salem; five personal bests recorded

GREENSBORO, N.C. — Sweet Briar swimmers won four events and recorded five personal bests as the Vixens topped Salem 113-61 and fell 114-80 to Guilford at the Greensboro Aquatic Center on Friday.

Sweet Briar's meet got underway in the 1000-yard freestyle, which wrapped up with junior Dharma Kear (Virginia Beach, Va.) touching the wall first with a personal best time of 13:27.17.

A Vixen won the next individual event when first-year Peyton Murphy (Norfolk, Va.) finished at 2:18.72 in the 200-yard freestyle. Sophomores Lizzie Martin (Dothan, Ala.) and Lauren Jones (Danville, Va.) finished fourth and fifth, respectively in the 200-yard freestyle with Martin finishing at 2:39.13 and Jones at 2:49.21.

First-year Elizabeth Sanford (Charlotte, N.C.) finished third in the 50-yard freestyle with a personal best time of 29.08, while first-year Leilani Williams (Amherst, Va.) touched at 29.83 in fourth. Finishing seventh was junior Nora Florio (Lynchburg, Va.) with a time of 36.75 and in ninth was sophomore Taylor Shaw (Virginia Beach, Va.) at 36.75.

Kear was third in the 200-yard individual medley with a time of 2:49.30.

Williams and Sanford were first and second, respectively, in the 100-yard butterfly with Williams finishing at 1:16.48 and Sanford with a personal best of 1:19.35.

Florio finished third with a time of 1:18.51 in the 100-yard freestyle before Murphy won the 100-yard backstroke with a time of 1:11.08. Martin was second in the 100-yard backstroke at 1:24.45, while Shaw was seventh at 1:53.89.

Sanford and Jones finished second and third, respectively, in the 500-yard freestyle with Sanford finishing with a personal best time of 6:59.21 and Jones at 7:22.21.

The final individual event finished with Murphy in third with a 100-yard breaststroke time of 1:22.69. Martin touched fourth with a time of 1:32.89 and Florio finished sixth with a personal best time of 1:43.95.

The 200-yard freestyle relay finished with Sweet Briar in second, finishing with a time of 2:12.79. The Vixens' relay was comprised of Jones, Kear, Williams and Shaw.

Sweet Briar concludes its home schedule on December 7 with a 1 p.m. meet against Gallaudet and Guilford.

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Players Mentioned

Nora Florio

Nora Florio

Junior
Jr.
Lauren Jones

Lauren Jones

Sophomore
So.
Dharma Kear

Dharma Kear

Junior
Jr.
Lizzie Martin

Lizzie Martin

Sophomore
So.
Taylor Shaw

Taylor Shaw

Sophomore
So.
Peyton Murphy

Peyton Murphy

First-Year
Fy.
Elizabeth Sanford

Elizabeth Sanford

First-Year
Fy.
Leilani Williams

Leilani Williams

First-Year
Fy.

Players Mentioned

Nora Florio

Nora Florio

Junior
Jr.
Lauren Jones

Lauren Jones

Sophomore
So.
Dharma Kear

Dharma Kear

Junior
Jr.
Lizzie Martin

Lizzie Martin

Sophomore
So.
Taylor Shaw

Taylor Shaw

Sophomore
So.
Peyton Murphy

Peyton Murphy

First-Year
Fy.
Elizabeth Sanford

Elizabeth Sanford

First-Year
Fy.
Leilani Williams

Leilani Williams

First-Year
Fy.