Photo Courtesy of Senior Director of Public Relations Randy Sarvis
(WILMINGTON, Ohio) – The Wilmington College women's swimming team beat the Manchester University Spartans Saturday afternoon at home in the Wilmington Natatorium, 161-67, to improve to 2-4 overall this season.
Gabby Kuetemeyer won three individual events to lead the Quakers on Saturday, while Makenna Garn and Lilly Green each won two events. Audrey Bibb and Sydney Overmyer also won events for the Quakers.
The 200 SC Meter Medley Relay kicked off the meet, as Wilmington's team of Overmyer, Sophia Mignery, Kuetemeyer, and Green won with a time of 2:16.87.
Bibb was the first one to pick up a win for Wilmington, swimming a 2:28.31 in the 200 SC Meter Freestyle to win by over two seconds. The next win came from Overmyer in the 50 SC Meter Backstroke, where she beat Ashlynn Malloy of Manchester by just over a second at 36.56.
Garn won the 50 SC Meter Breaststroke at 38.42 before following it up with a win in the 50 SC Meter Butterfly, swimming a time of 32.26 seconds, which was over four seconds better than second place.
Kuetemeyer won the 100 SC Meter Butterfly by over 11 seconds, posting a time of 1:14.62. She then won the 100 SC Meter Breaststroke by nearly six seconds, with a time of 1:23.97 before completing her day with a win in the 200 SC Meter IM at 2:49.54.
Green swam in back-to-back events, winning the 50 SC Meter Freestyle in 29.23 before winning the 100 SC Meter Freestyle in 1:07.67, which bested teammate Sophia Mignery by just under three seconds.
Head coach Trip Breen was impressed, "The team is starting to make some real progress. We had a good week at practice, with some fast training swims midweek, I feel like that gave us some confidence going into today's meet. We had quite a few in-season best swims and a couple of lifetime best performances. The team has a lot to look forward to next week at our mid-season invitational."
What's Up Next
They have a two-day meet in Delaware, Ohio next Saturday and Sunday at the Corbiere-Merion Invitational, hosted by Ohio Wesleyan University, with each day starting at 10:00 A.M.
