AKRON- The Wilmington College women's swimming team completed the second day of the OAC Swimming Championship with a finals session Friday evening. To be eligible to swim in a finals session, a swimmer must post one of the top sixteen times in the AM prelims session. The top eight times swim in a championship heat, and the bottom eight in a consolation heat. Consolation heat swimmers are not eligible for the top eight places, even if their time is worthy.
Friday's finals session consisted of the following events: 200-yard medley relay, 400-yard individual medley, 100-yard butterfly, 200-yard freestyle, 100-yard breaststroke, 100-yard backstroke, the 800-yard freestyle relay. Women's 1-meter and men's 3-meter diving were also contested; however, Wilmington fielded no athletes in those events.
At the conclusion of the session, the Fightin' Quakers are in sixth place, with 166 points.
HOW IT HAPPENED
- The Fightin' Quakers opened the session in record setting fashion with the 200-yard medley relay. The quartet of freshmen Hannah Houston (Morrow, OH/Wilmington) and Alyssa Rogers (Springfield, OH/Kenton Ridge) , senior Elyse Spraul (Cincinnati, OH/Mount Notre Dame), and junior Samantha Glish (Louisville, KY/Ballard) completed the event in 1:51.32, a new WC record of over two seconds. This time earned fourth place in the field.
- Next to swim for the Fightin' Quakers was senior Haley Rowland (Fairborn, OH/Xenia Christian) in the 200-yard freestyle. Rowland posted a 2:08.07, a season best by over two seconds, for fourteenth-place.
- Rogers snagged a sixteenth-place finish for the Fightin' Quakers with her 1:13.40 in the 100-yard breaststroke.
- Spraul earned two points for the team by finishing 15th in the 100-yard backstroke with a time of 1:06.03.
- Houston brought home the team's highest, individual-place finish of the night. She finished fifth in the 100-yard backstroke with a time of 1:01.12.
- Sophomores Rachel O'Donnell (Seven Hills, OH/Normandy) and Ellyse Herr (Edison, OH/Mount Gilead) and freshman Laura Swinehart (Lancaster, OH/Fairfield Union) joined Rowland for the final event of the night, the 800-yard freestyle relay. The quartet finished sixth with a time of 8:51.35
HEAD COACH TRIP BREEN QUOTES
- "We had some great swims today. Tomorrow, day three, everyone will be tired. But day three is about racing, creating a good competitive environment. Everyone needs to give it their best and be engaged. I'm excited to see how the momentum we've created over the last two days will carry us through tomorrow."
WHAT'S NEXT
- Saturday's prelim session is slated to begin at 10AM
- Saturday's finals will begin at 5:45PM with senior recognition will begin at 5:30PM.
FOLLOW ALONG
- The meet can be found under "OAC Championships" on Meet Mobile.
- For complete live results, click here.
- Follow @DubC_Swimming on Twitter for Fightin' Quakers live results.
