DANVILLE, Ky. - Centre Swimming & Diving hosted Converse, DePauw, and Midway inside Champions Hall in the annual Battle in the Bluegrass. Both the men's and women's teams won 2 of 3 head-to-head matchups over the weekend.

On Friday, the men took down Converse by a score of 151-78. The women also came out on top of Converse with a final victory score of 155-74.

Brady Miller picked up the first team win of the day as he won the 1000 free in a time of 9:55.06. He was the only swimmer to break the 10-minute time barrier. Miller closed out the night with a win in the 500 free. Avery Hutchison won the women's 100 free and 200 free events. In the 100, her time of 54.34 was more than a second ahead of 2nd place, while she won the 200 by over 6 seconds. Georgia Crisp and Addie Savage went 1-2 in the 50 free with respective times of 25.02 and 25.31. Tierney Maynard soon followed with a win in the women's 400 IM with a time of 4:52.51, more than 4 seconds better than second place. Jack Liau continued his strong start to the year with wins in the 100 fly and 100 breast. Beau Bostick made his season debut with a win in the 100 free and runner-up in the 50 free against Converse. Addie Savage took home the top spot in the 100 back with a time 1:00.03, just ahead of Katie Bridwell in second. Xavier Moore was next to win as he took home the 100 back title in 52.35 seconds. Sarah Feild kept it going in the 500 free with a win of over 6 seconds. Ava Gates picked up a late win in the 100 breast to cap the night.

On Saturday morning, Centre took on DePauw and came up on the short end of the scoring. The men fell 145-96, while the women also lost, 154-89, but there were still plenty of highlights for the Colonels.

Jack Liau won again, this time in the 200 fly in a time of 1:52.22, to take the top spot by nearly 4 seconds. Georgia Crisp continued the strong start to her college career as she won the 100 free in 54.28 seconds. Hamza Hosny was next on the board with a 1-second win in the men's 200 back in a time of 1:55.64. Ava Gates and Jameson Seraphine swept the 200 breast. Gates won hers by over 8 seconds in a time of 2:24.05. Seraphine went wire-to-wire to win in 2:10.82.

Centre took on Midway in the Saturday evening session and got back to the winning ways. The men won 131.5-36.5, with the women also coming out on top, 112-56.

Georgia Crisp got the win train rolling in the 200 free. She was the only swimmer to break 2 minutes as she won in a time of 1:59.58. She would later also win the 100 free. Andrew Moss did the same on the men's side with a time of 1:46.65 to win by nearly 5 seconds over Brady Miller in 2nd. Centre's men took the top 5 spots in the 200 IM. Mason McCallum was the winner with a time of 1:58.79. Beau Bostick shared the win in the men's 50 free as he touched at the same time as a Midway swimmer in a time of 21.51 seconds. Bostick would later claim the outright win in the 100 free, just ahead of Andrew Moss. Gavin Schoeling won the 100 fly in a time of 51.37 seconds. He then took home the 500 free title in a time of 5:01.44. Griffin Brown placed 2nd with Owen Lewis in 3rd. Sarah Feild cruised to a win in the 500 free as she took first by 6.5 seconds over second place, Emma Meyer. In the women's 200 free relay, Centre's lead quartet of Georgia Crisp, Addie Savage, Katie Bridwell, and Caroline Short took the win in a time of 1:41.46. The men would also win as Jack Liau, Beau Bostick, Andrew Moss, and Tucker Wilson timed out in 1:29.02 for the top spot.

Back in the individual races, Addie Savage was next atop the board as she won the 100 back in 1:01.02. Jack Holmes did the same in the men's race with a time of 54.59 seconds. Parker Reily and Jameson Seraphine swept the 100 breast races. Reily won hers in a time of 1:08.90, just ahead of Tierney Maynard. Seraphine raced out to an early lead and was able to hold off Jack Liau for the win by just .07 seconds.

On the diving boards, Centre competed only against DePauw on both days. Aleah Lusk and Rowan Fitzsimmons put on dominating displays to win the 1-meter and 3-meter competitions on both Saturday and Sunday.