DANVILLE, Ky. - Centre hosted Franklin and Wabash on Saturday at Champions Hall for a tri-meet. The Colonels flexed their might across the board in sweeping the day both in the pool and the diving boards. The men beat Franklin 195-98, while the women also won, 205-90. The men also beat Wabash by a final of 161-139.

The Colonels not only won the diving competitions again, two clinched spots in February's NCAA Regional. Rowan Fitzsimmons and Aleah Lusk again swept their respective 1-meter and 3-meter competitions. The second straight week of high scores gave each enough to make the regional cut. Fitzsimmons won the 1-meter with 304.55 points. He took the 3-meter in dominating fashion with 303.20 points. He was the only diver on the high board to crack 200 points. Lusk took the top spot on the 1-meter with 257.95 points and the 3-meter with 230.80 points.

Centre Swim got the day rolling with a win in the women's 200 medley relay. The quartet of Addie Savage, Ava Gates, Rachel Mitter, and Caroline Short took the top spot in 1 minute, 52.60 seconds, nearly 3 seconds better than the Colonels "B" team of Katie Bridwell, Parker Reily, Ava Fears, and Libby Taylor.

Brady Miller picked up the first individual win of the day as he cruised to the top in the men's 1000 free in a time of 9:55.00, more than 15 seconds ahead of his nearest competitor. He would later take the 500 free by nearly 9 seconds. Avery Hutchison immediately followed with a win in the women's 200 free. She was the only swimmer in the race to break the 2-minute barrier. The Colonels then took the top 3 spots in the women's 100 back. Katie Bridwell won it in a time of 1:02.02, just 0.31 seconds ahead of Addie Savage. Roya Sanai took 3rd in 1:04.03. Xavier Moore took the win on the men's side in 52.30 seconds. Ava Gates kept things rolling by winning the 100 breast by just over a second in a time of 1 minute, 9.6 seconds.

Tucker Wilson was the next to flex his muscle. He won the men's 200 fly in a time of 1:56.63 for a margin of victory of 7.5 seconds. Georgia Crisp then began her dominant day as she won the 50 free in a time of 24.96. She followed that by winning the 100 free, 100 fly and swam 3rd in Centre's winning 400 free relay. Ava Gates led wire-to-wire in the women's 200 breast, finishing in a time of 2:30.14, more than 7 seconds ahead of 2nd place, Parker Reily. Gates soon after also won the 200 IM by more than 3 seconds. Sarah Feild picked up a win in the 500 free in a time of 5:26.39, more than 7 seconds ahead of Avery Hutchison in second.

The Colonels will now get set to host a 13-team Speedo Mid-Season Invitational starting on Friday, November 20th at 10:00am inside Champions Hall. The meet will run through Sunday.