CLEVELAND, Ohio - Centre Swim & Dive traveled north on Saturday for a tri-meet against Case Western Reserve and Ohio Wesleyan. The Colonels fell short against Case Western Reserve but picked up dominant wins over Ohio Wesleyan.

The day started with the 200 medley relay. Centre's "A" women's team of Sophie Anderson, Ava Gates, Rachel Mitter, and Avery Hutchison took 3rd place with a time of 1:53.51, just 1.2 seconds off the win. Centre's men placed 5th best.

The first individual swim of the day was the 1000 free. Sarah Russell Leonard was the highest placing Colonel in the women's race by placing 3rd in a time of 11:39.28. Emma Meyer and Caroline Ellis took 4th and 5th. Brady Miller also took 3rd in the men's race with a time of 10:02.80. Avery Hutchison took 2nd in the 200 free with a time of 1:59.88.

The first Colonel win of the day came courtesy of Ava Gates in the 100 breaststroke. Gates dominated the final 50 of the event to pull away for a nearly 2 second win with a time of 1:08.64, lowering her seed time by a half-second. Parker Reily swam 3rd in 1:10.58. Jack Liau was next to take the top spot. He did it in the 200 fly by swimming a blistering final split of 29.99 seconds to take the win by 2.03 seconds in a time of 1:54.54.

The next wins for Centre came on the diving boards. Aleah Lusk continued her strong start to the year by claiming the women's 1 meter title with a composite score of 252.00 points. Keathlee Justice placed 3rd with Riley Taylor in 5th. Rowan Fitzsimmons joined Lusk atop the standings on the men's side with a final score of 301.35 points. Ben Reynolds placed 5th. Later in the meet, Lusk also won the 3 meter event with 219.82 points. Fitzsimmons took 2nd in the men's competition.

Back in the swim side, Georgia Crisp and Avery Hutchison took 2nd and 3rd in the women's 100 free with Caroline Short right behind in 5th. Katie Bridwell and Roya Sanai did the same as Crisp and Hutchison only in the 200 back. Addie Savage took 4th. Hamza Hosny was the best male swimmer in the 200 back, taking 3rd place in 2:00.51.

After winning the 100 breaststroke earlier in the day, Ava Gates doubled the distance and her win total by taking 1st in the 200 as the only swimmer to go sub-2:30. In the women's 500 free, Sarah Feild lowered her seed time by a staggering 11 seconds to take the runner-up spot in a time of 5:26.64.

In total, the men lost to Case Western Reserve, 229-71, but took out Ohio Wesleyan, 194-94. The women lost to CWRU 192-108 but trounced Ohio Wesleyan 248-42.

The Colonels now get set to return home for the annual Battle in the Bluegrass. The action at Champions Hall starts Friday night at 6:00pm and continues all day Saturday.