COLLEGEVILLE, Minn. – Taking part in its second competition in less than 24 hours, the Carleton College women's swimming & diving team won five events during its dual meet against the College of Saint Benedict.
Alison Cameron (Sr./Reno, Nev./Reno) prevailed in both the 100- and 200-yard butterfly, but the Knights fell 167-125.
"Definitely a challenging
but good weekend
of competition for both teams, especially
when it was a
gainst two strong programs and back to back," said Carleton head coach
Andy Clark. "
Today, there was some significant fatigue
from Friday's meet, but despite it,
the teams brought strong energy and outstanding efforts and stuck with their race plans, putting down plenty of gritty performances and season be
sts."
Cameron posted a season-best time 2:17.60 in winning the longer butterfly race, then came reach the wall first in the 100 fly with a time of 1:02.46, good for a 2.7-second margin of victory.
Victoria Bradjan (Fy./Gilbert, Ariz/Gilbert) completed the 1650-yard freestyle with a time of 19:09.70, which is the team's top time in the event this season.
Elizabeth Chatard (Fy./San Anselmo, Calif./Archie Williams) got back into the win column by touching the wall first in the 200-yard breaststroke in 2:37.50.
Brenna Russell (So./Andover, Minn./Andover) turned in a season-best score of 224.15 while winning the 1-meter diving competition. She was second on the 3-mter board at 207.30.
Up Next for the Knights
Carleton's final dual meet of the season will come at St. Olaf College on Saturday, Jan. 29 at 11:00 a.m.