WILMINGTON, Ohio - The Wilmington College women's swimming team celebrated five seniors in their final career home meet on Saturday afternoon. John Carroll University won by a score of 160-83. The meet marked the final home meet for five seniors - Cassie Baird, Carlie Brooks, Ashley Carlson, Maryn Herring and Lauryn White.
"I was truly happy to celebrate our seven seniors today as they are fantastic teammates, friends and people," Head Coach Trip Breen said. "I want to thank them for their loyalty, hard work, resiliency, and leadership. Elements of these last two years were challenging. They accepted those challenges, overcame them and continued to thrive. They have a lot to be proud of."
The Fightin' Quakers featured six top-three finishes in individual freestyle events with two of them coming courtesy of Audrey Bibb. The sophomore placed second in the 100-meter freestyle (1:06.72) and third in the 200-meter freestyle (2:25.35). Teammate and senior Ashley Carlson finished on spot behind Bibb with a swim of 1:10.22 in the 100-meter freestyle. Anna Endsley was earned Wilmington a runner-up placement in the 50-meter freestyle (30.46 seconds) while two Quakers - Adrienne Reynek and Rylee Kay Putthoff - placed second (11:39.62) and third (12:27.04) respectively in the 800-meter freestyle.
Senior Maryn Herring tallied a runner-up finish in the 50-meter butterfly (33.28 seconds) and placed third in the 100-meter butterfly (1:15.41) while Sierra Szuhay had a pair of third-place finishes in the 50-meter backstroke (33.53 seconds) and 100-meter backstroke (1:12.79). Symone Daniels rounded out the individual performances with a third-place time of 1:32.89 in the 100-meter backstroke.
Both of the Quaker relay teams finished in second place as Szuhay, McKenzie Danhoff, Herring and Bibb touched the wall in 2:18.22 in the 200-meter medley relay while Carlson, Endsley, Szuhay and Bibb's time of 2:03.50 in the 200-meter freestyle relay was also good enough for a runner-up finish.
"The team continued to make progress today, and we have a really clear picture of what we need to work on the next couple of weeks," said Breen. "We had some in-season and lifetime best performances. The team is ready rest and focus as we prepare for the OAC Championship meet."
Wilmington will now begin to taper for the Ohio Athletic Conference Championships held at the University of Akron on Feb. 17-19.
