Women's Swimming 10-16-17

Women's Swimming David Gerhart

Women’s Swimming captures first dual meet victory of the season with a 363-244 win at Life

MARIETTA, Ga. – The Campbellsville women's swimming picked up it first head-to-head victory of the season after it defeated Life University, 363-244, on Saturday night at the Mountain View Aquatic Center.
 
The Lady Tigers started the meet with a second-place finish in the 200-yard medley relay where the team of Olivia Schneider, Jen Lewis, Katy Lewis and Chelsie VanWhy finished in a time of 2:12.28.
 
Schneider then grabbed Campbellsville's first victory of the meet after completing the 1000-yard freestyle in 13:13.25, beating out Life's Leia Amos by nearly a minute.
 
Mikayla Runner and Jen Lewis finished second and third in the 200-yard freestyle, respectively. The two touched the wall less than a second apart as Runner posted a time of 2:17.53 and Jen Lewis had a time of 2:17.95.
 
In the 50-yard freestyle, after the Running Eagles' Carla Colon finished in 25.94 to win the event, the Lady Tigers had competitors finish second, third and fourth. Lauren Sears finished second with a time of 27.26, followed by Kennedy Ludwig (28.48) and Autumn Turner (34.11).
 
Katy Lewis recorded her first of two back-to-back top-three finishes in the 200-yard individual medley finishing second with a 2:34.85. Lewis then finished third in the 100-yard butterfly after posting a mark of 1:06.43.
 
VanWhy and Runner picked up top-three finishes in the 100-yard freestyle where VanWhy was second overall (1:03.19) and Runner was just behind in third place (1:03.43).
 
Campbellsville swept the top-two spots in the 100-yard backstroke and 500-yard freestyle as the meet started to wind down. Sears won the 100-yard backstroke with a 1:08.08, followed by Faith Hyde who touched the wall just over two seconds later. Gabrielle Velez picked up the Lady Tigers' final individual victory of the meet with a time of 5:52.21 in the 500-yard freestyle. Schneider finished second in the event after notching a mark of 6:25.28.
 
The individual events concluded with Velez finishing second in the 100-yard breaststroke, followed by Jen Lewis in the third with time of 1:18.40 and 1:19.22, respectively.
 
Campbellsville rounded out the meet with a victory in the 200-yard freestyle relay where Sears VanWhy, Hyde and Runner beat out the Life quartet by nearly 10 seconds after completing the race in 1:51.16.
 
The Lady Tigers are back in action during Homecoming week on Friday, Oct. 27 against Asbury University at 5:30 p.m. ET in Campbellsville, Ky.

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Players Mentioned

Faith Hyde

Faith Hyde

D/Back
Sophomore
Greenwood, Ind.
Jen Lewis

Jen Lewis

Breast/IM
Junior
North Augusta, S.C.
Katy Lewis

Katy Lewis

Fly/IM
Junior
North Augusta, S.C.
Kennedy Ludwig

Kennedy Ludwig

Fly/Breast
Sophomore
Glasgow, Ky.
Mikayla Runner

Mikayla Runner

Sprint
Sophomore
Bardstown, Ky.
Chelsie VanWhy

Chelsie VanWhy

D/Back
Sophomore
Gravel Switch, Ky.
Olivia Schneider

Olivia Schneider

Free
Freshman
Princeton, Ind.
Autumn Turner

Autumn Turner

Free/Back
Freshman
Franklin, Ky.
Gabrielle Velez

Gabrielle Velez

D/Breast
Freshman
Philpot, Ky.
Lauren Sears

Lauren Sears

Sprint/Back
Freshman
Cicero, Ind.

Players Mentioned

Faith Hyde

Faith Hyde

Sophomore
Greenwood, Ind.
D/Back
Jen Lewis

Jen Lewis

Junior
North Augusta, S.C.
Breast/IM
Katy Lewis

Katy Lewis

Junior
North Augusta, S.C.
Fly/IM
Kennedy Ludwig

Kennedy Ludwig

Sophomore
Glasgow, Ky.
Fly/Breast
Mikayla Runner

Mikayla Runner

Sophomore
Bardstown, Ky.
Sprint
Chelsie VanWhy

Chelsie VanWhy

Sophomore
Gravel Switch, Ky.
D/Back
Olivia Schneider

Olivia Schneider

Freshman
Princeton, Ind.
Free
Autumn Turner

Autumn Turner

Freshman
Franklin, Ky.
Free/Back
Gabrielle Velez

Gabrielle Velez

Freshman
Philpot, Ky.
D/Breast
Lauren Sears

Lauren Sears

Freshman
Cicero, Ind.
Sprint/Back