By: Seth Stogsdill, Assistant Director of Athletics Communications
DANVILLE, Ky. – After a busy official opening weekend to the 2020-21 season, the Centre swim teams returned home to compete against Berry. The Colonels came away with the clean sweep over the Vikings, with the men winning 161-111 and the women winning 163-114.
On the women's side, the Colonels got their first win of the day in the medley relay, as the team of
Connor Foster,
Grace Crawford,
Audrey Becker and
Sarah Phillips took first place with a time of 1:55.57.
The medley relay was the start of a huge day for Becker, as she posted times of 2:15.63 in the 200-yard fly, 1:02.60 in the 100-yard fly, and 2:17.34 in the 200 IM, all wins. Foster was also a multiple event winner, adding a first place time of 1:04.34 in the 100-yard backstroke to her leadoff leg in the medley relay.
Rookie
Greer Manger was the third multiple event winner for the Colonels on the women's side, as she took first place in the 200 freestyle in 2:03.01, and then followed that up with a winning time of 55.95 in the 100 freestyle. The Centre women swept the sprints as
Elise Burch won the 50 freestyle with a time of 26.20.
The Colonels posted a 1-2-3 finish in diving, with
Amanda Flatt,
Savannah Gupton and
Katie Hollingsworth taking the top three spots in order. Flatt won with a score of 152.7 points.
On the men's side, the Colonels won the freestyle relay as
Luke Martin,
Garrison Herfel,
Zee Oddo and younger brother
Kai Oddo pulled off the narrow victory with a time of 1:28.46, winning by 0.05 seconds. Herfel also picked up an individual victory in the 50 freestyle, posting a time of 22.54 to take first place by 0.09 seconds.
The first individual victory of the day for the Centre men came in the 100-yard backstroke, as
Max Shoyat earned the win with a time of 55.07.
In the breaststroke,
Bryan Killian continued his hot start to the season and swept both races, picking up wins with times of 1:00.60 in the 100 and 2:12.70 in the 200.
In diving,
Kaden Gervacio scored 202.5 points to take first place, with Luke Duncan and
JP Schill also getting into the scoring column for the Colonels.
Centre racked up three wins in the last three individual events of the meet as
Henry Lang won the 500 freestyle in 5:08.72, followed by
Jimmy Kelley with a winning time of 54.73 in the 100 fly, and finally
Sean Gilpatrick, who won the 200 IM with a time of 2:04.40.
NEXT UP
The next scheduled meet for the Centre swim teams will be the Southern Athletic Association Championships on Feb. 17-20. Stay tuned to CentreColonels.com for schedule updates.
