Wilmore, KY – The Lady Tigers season debut got under way Thursday evening when the team traveled to Asbury University.
The Lady Tigers were highlighted on the night by two individual wins as well as three different runner-up finishes against the Eagles.
Lizandri Crewe-Brown got things started for the team with the first win on the day. She won the 100 yard backstroke with a time of 1:02.84 beating out Julia Lawson by four seconds of Asbury at 1:06.57. Crewe-Brown was joined by the
Hannah Rhodenbaugh hitting even splits in the 200 yard backstroke finishing with a time of 2:19.85. Rhodenbaugh was also able to beat out Lawson of Asbury coming in four second behind at 2:23.48.
The Lady Tigers had three more runner-up finishes to follow the wins on the day. The 400 yard medley relay of
Maggie Gibson,
Kendal Goodman,
Hannah Hager, and
Lizandri Crewe-Brown came in at 4:32.20 behind the Eagles of Asbury who finished at 4:17.04.
The 200 yard freestyle relay of Rhodenbaugh, Crewe-Brown, Gibson, and Sarah Worthman came in as the runner-ups for the event. The team finished in 1:51.29 trailing Asbury's time of 1:45.51. Freshman Anchaya KetKeaw was second place in the 100 yard freestyle. She finished the event in a time of 1:01.12.
"I am incredibly grateful to have been able to travel and compete at this double dual meet." head coach
Casey Bradstreet said. "I am thankful for the training and focus we have had as a team to get us to this point. I really enjoyed watching each swimmer battle through their races, and the way they worked together was wonderful. We had a lot of great swims and, although it's so strange to have our first meet in the middle of November, we are grateful for the insights we've gathered as a result. I'm really looking forward to this next week of training and competition this next weekend and am excited to finish out this semester victoriously."
The Lady Tigers are scheduled to host senior day against Shawnee State Saturday November 21 at 11 AM and hosting Thomas More University on Sunday at 1 PM.
