Shreveport – The Centenary men's and women's swimming teams opened their home season on Saturday with a dual meet versus the McMurry University War Hawks at the FIT.
The Ladies recorded a 151-86 victory while the Gents lost 168-69. Centenary was competing at home for the first time in nearly two years and still has three home meets remaining this season.
Centenary opened its season on Oct. 22-23 in a two-day, double dual meet versus fellow Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference members, Southwestern University and Colorado College in Georgetown, Texas. The Maroon and White turned in an impressive overall performance as the men and women combined to record 13 top-five individual finishes and six team top-five finishes during the weekend.
The Ladies recorded an impressive 10 individual wins on Saturday along with six runner-up finishes. Senior Brianna Serret (Alexandria, La.) continued the impressive start to her final season as she won the 100 fly and 200 back and was also a member of Centenary's winning teams in both the 200 free relay and 200 medley relay. She posted a winning time of 1:02.89 in the 100 fly and 2:15.15 in the 200 back and now has recorded three individual wins, a pair of runner-up finishes, and a third-place finish.
Freshman Madeline Vacula (Belton, Texas) also claimed a pair of wins, finishing first in the 1000 free (11:13.58) and 200 IM (2:24.53). Her time in the 1000 free was a season best she now has two wins and three runner-up finishes in her rookie season.
Senior Madelyn Frederick (Slidell, La.) earned a pair of runner-up finishes in the 100 breast (1:17.29) and 100 free (1:00.50) as both were season-best times. Fellow senior Margot Frost (Prairieville, La.) won the 200 free in a season-best time of 2:10.16 and placed second in the 100 fly in a time of 1:04.92. Junior Jojo Goodman (Alexandria, La.) claimed a win in the 100 breast in a season-best time of 1:15.53 and also won the 200 breast as she swam a time of 2:48.93.
Sophomore Bryn Jenkins (Houston, Texas) won the 100 back as she swam a season-best time of 1:07.74 and earned a runner-up finish in the 200 back (2:29.06). Fellow sophomore Anacelia Galeano-Balam (Baton Rouge, La.) won the 200 fly with a season-best time of 2:35.81 and placed third in the 100 fly with a time of 1:07.76. Junior Camryn Hebert (Youngsville, La.) earned a runner-up finish in the 200 free with a time of 2:18.31 and placed third in the 100 free, swimming a time of 1:04.17.
Junior Katie Malicoat was impressive in her Ladies' debut as she won the 50 free with a time of 28.17, earned a runner-up finish in the 200 breast (2:49.90), and finished third in the 100 breast as she swam a time of 1:19.20.
The Ladies will face Hendrix in their next meet on Saturday, Nov. 13 on Homecoming weekend for a dual meet scheduled for 1 p.m.
See the Ladies' complete season schedule here: https://www.gocentenary.com/sports/wswim/2021-22/schedule
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