NORFOLK, VA. - The Gardner-Webb University men's and women's swimming teams fell on the road to Old Dominion on Saturday, with the men losing 168-94 and the women losing 134-127 despite strong individual performances across the lineup

One of the finest individual races of the day came from Ellie Eckert in the women's 1000 yard freestyle. Eckert touched the wall in 10:33, taking first place in the event by just over a second.

Santiago Alacantra also posted a similarly good result in the men's 1000 yard freestyle for Gardner-Webb. Alacantra blitzed the field with a time of 9:30, taking first place by over 12 seconds.

Freshman Dakota Townley continued a strong start to her Gardner-Webb career in the women's 100 yard breaststroke. Townley just out-touched her Old Dominion opposition with a time of 1:05.41 to take the top spot. She also competed later on in the women's 200 yard breaststroke, winning that event with a time of 2:22

The Gardner-Webb also took the top spot in the women's 200 yard freestyle by way of Emma Maust. Maust, in 1:54.37, managed to get to the line just 0.36 seconds ahead of second place for the win. Maust further competed in the women's 500 yard freestyle where she led a Gardner-Webb top-three sweep in 5:06. Addie King and Ellie Eckert finished second and third respectively.

A good day for the women's team continued into the women's 100 yard freestyle. Once again with top honors, Salawka Ndubuisi ran away with a time of 51.89. Ndubuisi also won the women's 50 yard freestyle in record time later in the day, posting a time of 23.25 seconds down the pool.

Relay events also proved to be very strong for Gardner-Webb with a second place in the men's 200 yard medley and second in the women's 200 yard medley. In the men's event, Agustin Orechia, Justin Bender, John David Cass and Manuel Brandner combined for a time of 1:30.27, just narrowly missing top spot on the podium. Over in the women's event, Ndubuisi, Townley, Hannah Routh and Paris Binard missed a win by only .03 seconds, one of the closest races of the day, touching the wall in 1:46.04

Next up for Gardner-Webb Swimming is the Queens Fall Frenzy, scheduled for November 21st through 24th in Charlotte, N.C.