Swimming Teams Sweep Millsaps At Home

Photo courtesy of Ronnie Frederick
Photo courtesy of Ronnie Frederick

 

Shreveport - The Centenary men's and women's swimming team completed a sweep over Millsaps on Friday in a dual meet held at the Centenary Fitness Center. 

The Gents recorded a 74-60 victory while the Ladies won, 87-62. Centenary won 14 of 20 events in the meet, eight by the women and six by the men. Centenary finished first and second place in four different events.

Centenary and Millsaps met for the second time this season after the Maroon and White opened its 2019-20 season last month with a sweep of the Majors in a dual meet on the road last month. The Ladies then placed fourth at the Hendrix Relays/Hendrix Classic in Conway, Ark. while the men finished sixth in their most recent action prior to Friday.

The foursome of Ricky LaFleur, Tripp Montgomery, Chris Reese, and Ethan Roberts won the Men's 200-yard medley relay in a time of 1:47.50 while the combination of Margot Frost, Kaylin Swoboda, Brianna Serret, and Sarah Harrison claimed the victory in the Women's 200-yard medley relay, finishing in 1:59.97.

Freshman Christine Goodman (Alexandria, La.) won the Women's 200-yard freestyle in a time of 2:15.38 and teammate and fellow freshman Camryn Hebert (Youngsville, La.) finished second in 2:15.79. Freshman Isabella Brown won the Women's 50-yard freestyle in a time of 27.14.

Sarah Harrison (Alexandria, La.) won the Women's 100-yard freestyle in a time of 1:00.53 and Frost (Prairieville, La.) won the Women's 500-yard freestyle in 5:55.03. Sophomore Kaylin Swoboda (New Orleans) won the Women's 100-yard backstroke, swimming it in a time of 1:07.10. Serret and Frost took the top two spots in the Women's 100-yard butterfly with times of 1:00.50 and 1:04.73. Harrison also won the 100-yard breaststroke in 1:13.82.

Reese, LaFleur, Eddi Dyess, and Augustin Cayere-Lopez won the Men's 200-yard freestyle relay in a time of 1:35.96. Sophomore Daniel Lewis (Alexandria, La.) won the Men's 100-yard backstroke in 1:01.73 and Reese (50-yard freestyle), LaFleur (100-yard butterfly), and Mitchell Lulich (500-yard freestyle) all claimed victories on the men's side.

Next up for Centenary is the Hendrix Invite Dec. 6-7 in Conway, Ark. #GoCentenary #CTheOpportunity