Gardner-Webb Women's Swimming Sweeps Weekend Over Limestone and North Carolina A&T
November 07, 2009 | Swimming
BOILING SPRINGS, NC- In what was a busy weekend for the Gardner-Webb women's swim team, the Lady Bulldogs were victorious throughout the weekend, defeating Limestone College Friday evening by a 192-70 score, and then turned around to defeat North Carolina A&T by a score of 108-76.
Friday evening at Limestone, eight different Lady Bulldog swimmers were victorious, with junior Rachel Warkentin and senior Corey Hughey leading the way with four victories each. Warkentin timed in fastest in the 200 yard freestyle at 1:57.27, the 200 yard butterfly at 2:07.20, the 100 yard butterfly at 58.46, and was part of the winning 800 yard freestyle relay team at 8:00.63 with freshman Katherine Glenn, freshman Liz VanHalsema, and junior Lizzie Ketterer. Hughey was victorious in 100 yard backstroke at 59.58, the 50 yard freestyle at 25.00, the 200 yard backstroke at 2:09.85, and was part of the team that won the 400 yard medley relay at 4:02.46 with junior Sarah Steadman, freshman Kim Zachensky, and sophomore Veronica Case.
Saturday afternoon against NC A&T, the Lady Bulldogs timed in the quickest in each event. Warkentin, Glenn, junior Tory Bryant, senior Megan Sheets, and senior Kristen Sellers led the way for the team, each timing in the quickest in two events each.
Gardner-Webb will return to action on November 20-22 as they travel to Atlanta, Ga. to take on Georgia Tech.
| Results: Gardner-Webb vs. NC A&T |
| Results: Gardner-Webb vs. Limestone |
