BARBOURVILLE, Ky. — If the CU swimming team was thinking about a Christmas present for its coach, then it needed to look no further than this past weekend at the two-day Union College Winter Invitational.

 

  

"I am so happy," said Coach Casey Smith. "We worked so well together and encouraged all our teammates. It was noticeable to me and it paid off, I think, in our performances."

 

The Lady Tigers improved all their relay times that they already had national cut times for and qualified anew their 800 Freestyle Relay by beating its best previous best time by 19 seconds.

 

Bailey Foxworth got a B cut time in the 500 Freestyle, Shelby Mattingly a B cut time in the 50 Freestyle, and April Hill won her preliminary in the 100 Breaststroke and then set an A cut time in the finals.

 

"Shelby (Mattingly) has swam faster every time she's been in the pool and is inching closer and closer to a B cut time," said Smith. "And Lindy Charity dropped eight seconds in her 200 Freestyle event."

 

Katlynn Lanham returned from the disabled list to compete for the first time this season, swimming two events each day, and improving her times in both of those events.

 

"Swimming two days in a row is really exhausting," continued Smith, "but we handled it well even though some of the girls were not feeling 100 percent."

 

Women's 200-Yard Freestyle Relay: Campbellsville "A" (Shelby Mattingly, Kyle Perkins, April Hill, Bailey Foxworth), fourth, 1:50.16; Campbellsville "B" (Katlynn Lanham, Lindy Charity, Jenna Rueff, Kathleen Ewing), eighth, 1:58.90.

 

Women's 200-Yard IM: Perkins, fourth, 2:34.50; Lindy Charity, 2:36.94; and Kyle Perkins, 2:40.85.

 

Women's 500-Yard Freestyle: Foxworth, fifth, 5:36.35.

 

Women's 100-Yard Breaststroke: Hill, first, 1:10.54.

 

Men's 100-Yard Breaststroke: Marquise Crosby, 13^th, 1:17.56.

 

Women's 200-Yard Backstroke: Perkins, seventh, 2:33.90.

 

Women's 100-Yard Freestyle (A Final): Mattingly, sixth, :58.55; (B Final) Ewing, 12^th, 1:04.12; Jenna Rueff, 14^th, 1:04.38.

 

Men's 100-Yard Freestyle: Crosby, 21^st, 1:02.67.

 

Women's 400-Yard Medley Relay: Campbellsville (Perkins, Hill, Foxworth, Mattingly), third, 4:25.56.

 

Women's 800-Yard Freestyle Relay: Campbellsville (Perkins, Foxworth, Ewing, Mattingly), third, 8:52.07.

 

Women's 200-Yard Medley Relay: Campbellsville (Perkins, Hill, Foxworth, Mattingly), third, 2:00.62; Campbellsville (Rueff, Lindy Charity, Ewing, Katlynn Lanham), 2:16.82.

 

Women's 50-Yard Freestyle: Mattingly, eighth, :27.45; Lanham, :32.96.

 

Men's 50-Yard Freestyle: Crosby, 18^th, :26.53.

 

Women's 100-Yard Backstroke: Rueff, eighth, 1:13.33.

 

Women's 200-Yard Freestyle: Charity, 10^th, 2:14.01; Ewing, 13^th, 2:20.73.

 

Women's 200-Yard Breaststroke: Hill, second, 2:34.58.

 

Women's 100-Yard Butterfly: Foxworth, fourth, 1:06.02; Ewing, sixth, 1:09.31.

 

Women's 400-Yard Freestyle Relay: Campbellsville (Mattingly, Perkins, Hill, Foxworth), fourth, 4:00.55.

 

Campbellsville will host the University of the Cumberlands on Saturday at 11 a.m.