LYNCHBURG, Va. – The Sweet Briar College swim team (1-6, 0-4 ODAC) got its first win of the season in this afternoon's quad-dual meet at Randolph College.
Sweet Briar fell to the host WildCats (4-3, 2-1 ODAC), 167-66, and Hollins University (3-3), 158-76, but took down the William Peace University Pacers, 130-66.
The Vixens kicked off the meet with a fourth-place finish in the 200-yard medley relay; the relay team combined to complete the race in 2:37.13.
In the 100-yard freestyle, junior
Karissa Boyce (Red Rock, Texas) placed third in 18:41.06.
Junior
Catherine Schofield (Baltimore, Md.) was the lone Vixen swimmer in the 200-yard freestyle and found herself in sixth place after touching the wall at the 3:12.25 mark.
Both junior
Emily Carter (Kermit, W. Va.) and senior
Julia Elliott (Norfolk, Va.) saw action in the 100-yard backstroke and finished with times of 1:24.75 and 1:46.10, respectively.
Three Sweet Briar swimmers contested the 50-yard freestyle. Junior
Rauwen Panchmatia (Farmville, Va.) led the way in eighth with a time of 33.99, while Carter earned a season-best time of 35.59. Sophomore
Ava Powers (Crandall, Texas) recorded a personal best of 36.68 in the event.
First-year
MaryJane Ligday (Mechanicsville, Va.) secured the Vixens' first top three finish of the day after completing the 200-yard IM in 2:32.43 to place third.
Elliot also raced in the 50-yard butterfly and saw a time of 52.36 to finish fifth.
Panchmatia, Schofield, and Powers all recorded personal bests in the 100-yard freestyle as they recorded times of 1:19.38, 1:22.53, and 1:24.70, respectively.
In her second individual race of the day, Ligday bested her previous performance with a second-place finish in the 100-yard breaststroke. The Virginia native touched the wall at the 1:22.08 mark. Fellow first-year
Lizzy Leotaud (Tucson, Ariz.) also competed in the event, earning a time of 1:51.41, while Minyard completed the race in 2:15.81.
The personal-best times continued to come for the Vixens as Elliott dropped her time in the 50-yard backstroke down to 36.13. Carter touched the wall at the 40.31 mark.
The 500-yard freestyle saw Boyce in another top five finish as she recorded a time of 9:38.70. Boyce followed that performance by showing up with a 1:55.94 in the 100-yard butterfly to place fourth.
Ligday once again found herself in the runner-up spot, this time in the 50-yard breaststroke thanks to her time of 37.67. Panchmatia, Leotaud, and Minyard all saw action in the event as well and recorded times of 51.58, 52.14, and 1:04.82, respectively.
The meet concluded with a fifth place showing for the Vixens in the 200-yard freestyle relay. The team recorded a time of 2:31.39 to close out Saturday action.
Highlights
- Schofield also set a new personal best in the 200-yard freestyle.
- Leotaud recorded a personal best time in the 100-yard breaststroke.
- Sweet Briar leads the all-time series against William Peace, 3-2.
What's Next
The Vixens will head to Randolph-Macon on Nov. 13th.
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