In its final tuneup before hosting the SAA Championships, Centre Swim made the short trek north to take on Asbury on Saturday.

The Colonels handled business from the start and never looked back. The men defeated Asbury 142-52, while the women also won easily, 149-52. Combined, Centre won 18 of 22 events.

The day started with the women's 200 medley relay. Centre "A" won the event by just .03 seconds over Asbury "A" in a time of 1:53.28. The quartet of Caroline Lee, Natalie Cox, Ava Fears, and Olivia Headley did just enough for the win.

The individual wins began in event 3 with Caroline Ellis taking the top spot in the women's 1000 free in a time of 11:33.62 to best her seed time by over 17 seconds. Vreni Reichard finished second, just over 2 seconds behind Ellis.

Brady Miller and Libby Taylor each won 2 individual events on the day. Miller started his day with a nearly 22-second win in the men's 1000 free. He was the only swimmer to go under 32 seconds in every split as he finished in 10 minutes, 12.83 seconds. Miller later won the 200 free in 1:47.19. Libby Taylor took her first win in the women's 200 free in convincing fashion, winning by nearly 5 seconds. She later took first in the 500 free by over 16 seconds.

Whitney Dollins and Jackson Campbell each won their races in the 50 free. Dollins won the split in a time of 25.48 seconds. Campbell took the win in 22.63 seconds as Centre's men took the top four spots.

The next sweep followed in the 200 IM. Natalie Cox won her side in a time of 2:18.13, more than 3 seconds over 2nd place, Avery Gabbard. Gavin Schoeling narrowly won his race by just a tenth of a second over Mason McCallum. Schoeling's time was 2:00.49, compared to 2:00.59 from McCallum.

The brooms stayed out in the 100 butterfly. Caroline Short led a Centre 1-2-3 sweep with a time of 1:01.46. Jack Liau won the men's race by just .04 seconds over Asbury's Braden Vincent.

Katelynn Stanczyk held off Whitney Dollins to win the women's 100 free in a time of 55.51 seconds, just 0.42 ahead of Dollins.

After an opening relay win, Caroline Lee continued her strong form in the 100 back as she won it in a time of 1:01.03, nearly 3 seconds ahead of runner-up, Katelynn Stanczyk and another half-second in front of Ava Fears.

Centre men took the top 4 spots in the men's 100 backstroke, led by Dustin Niebauer at the top in 56.03 seconds. Toby Wirantana was second, followed by Davis Pingleton and Will Scarlett.

Quinn Moore added to the win column with a dominant outing in the men's 500 free. Moore won in 4:58.90 for a margin of victory of 16.03 seconds. He was the only swimmer in the race to go sub-32 seconds in each split. Logen Black was second followed by Alfonso Verduzco Mijares and Calvin Mar.

Parker Reily kept the momentum going with a nearly one second win the women's 100 breaststroke, as she won in a time of 1:11.20. Mason McCallum took the top spot in the men's race.

Centre Women bookended the day with another relay win. The finale came in the 200 free as the Colonels' "A" team of Katelynn Stanczyk, Whitney Dolline, Olivia Headley, and Caroline Lee grabbed 11 team points with a winning time of 1:41.50.

The Colonels now turn their focus to the 2026 SAA Championships, which run from February 11-14, and will be hosted by Centre inside Champions Hall.