Gardner-Webb Teams Sweep At Radford
October 19, 2007 | Swimming
RADFORD, Va. – The Gardner-Webb men's swim team picked up its first-ever dual-meet win Friday evening by downing VMI 119-90 while the women's team knocked off the Keydets by a score of 171-4. The women's squad also downed Radford by a score of 167-30 while edging JMU, 122-108.
The men's team evens its mark at 1-1 on the year while the women's program picked up its second victory of the season.
While the GWU women had an easy time with VMI due to the fact the Keydets' women's team consisted of just one swimmer, the Bulldog men earned first-place finishes (and school records) in the 200 medley relay, 1000 free, 200 free, 50 free, 200 IM, 200 fly, 100 free, and 200 back. The Bulldogs could have wrapped up a few more first-place finishes, but decided to exhibition some of the races in the second half of the meet.
In the 200 medley relay, the quartet of Kyle Hooley, Craig South, Steven Caudill and George Partin touched the wall in a record-setting time of 1:40.19. GWU also claimed second place in the event.
The top three finishers in the 1000 free were all Bulldogs, as Adam Suggs led the pack with a time of 10:24.20, barely edging out Michael Roka. Roka finished the race in 10:24.32 while Adam Middleton's time of 10:53.12 was good enough for third.
In the 200 free, Partin once again finished first, touching in 1:46.94. Eric Kegley and Abram Miller were second and third, respectively.
Freshman Denaj Seymour claimed first in the 50 free, finishing in 22.61. Casey Brutus took fourth in the competition with a time of 23.92.
As it was in many races, the Bulldogs were first, second and third in the 200 IM. Caudill was first in a time of 2:01.18, bettering teammate Jay Winn by nearly four seconds. Winn finished second in 2:05.87. South was third after completing the race in 2:07.07.
Middleton, Erin Lewis, Miller and Roka earned the top four spots in the 200 fly, with Middleton finishing first in 2:02.88. Partin and Seymour went one-two in the 100 free, with Partin touching in 48.94 to Seymour's 49.66.
Hooley, Caudill, Travis Gibson and Jack Zimmerman garnered top-four honors in the 200 back, with Hooley taking first in 2:03.41.
On the women's side, the 200 medley relay team of Whitney Hooley, Stepheni Stadnik, Rachel Warkentin and Corey Hughey took first with a time of 1:49.74.
Rookie Elizabeth Ketterer continued her early dominance, edging out senior Heather Roka for first in the 1000 free. Ketterer finished in 10:23.54 compared to Roka's 10:24.60.
Hughey took top honors in the 50 free, besting Warkentin's time by nine-hundredths of a second. Hughey touched the wall in 25.14 while Warkentin did so in 25.23.
A pair of rookies in Sarah Steadman and Victoria Bryant notched the top two spots in the 200 IM. Steadman was first with a time of 2:14.12 while Bryant was second in 2:15.22.
Roka took first in the 200 fly while Leslie Hallquist placed third. Hooley, not satisfied with just one first-place finish on the night, garnered the top honor in the 200 back with a time of 2:10.55.Steadman and Bryant were third and fourth, respectively, in the race.
Ketterer dominated the field in the 500 free, taking first with a time of 5:05.03, while Kelly Gueltig was second nearly 10 seconds later. Gueltig finished in 5:14.02.
In the 200 free relay, the quartet of Ketterer, Steadman, Gueltig and Hooley earned a first-place finish with a time of 1:39.18.
The squads travel to Lexington, Va., to take on VMI Saturday morning.
