BOILING SPRINGS, N.C. --- On senior day at the Bost Swimming Pool, both the Gardner-Webb men's and women's swimming teams squared off against Davidson College of the Atlantic Ten Conference.
Davidson got the better of the men's competition outscoring the Runnin' Bulldogs 168-94 while in the women's meet it was the visiting Wildcats prevailing 164-98.
Among the Gardner-Webb highlights from the men's competition, freshman Jacob Jenson captured the
50-yard Freestyle in 21.14, finishing ahead of classmate
Nolan Patterson, who came in second place in 21.16.
Junior John Cass won the men's
100-yard Butterfly for the Runnin' Bulldogs in 50.18 while sophomore
Justin Bender finished in first place in the
200-yard IM for the 'Dawgs with a time of 1:54.61.
Bender (55.74) also had a second-place finish in the
Men's 100 Yard Breaststroke.
In
Men's 200 Yard Medley Relay the Dawgs had a strong showing as Bender,
Logan Butner, Cass, and Jenson finished in second place in 1:31.69.
Freshman
Luke Weber had a second place finish in both the
1000 Yard Freestyle (9:38.94) and
the 500 Yard Freestyle (4:42.10) for the Runnin' Bulldogs.      Â
In the women's competition, Gardner-Webb took first-place in four events.
Senior
Anna Frye made her Gardner-Webb senior day a memorable one as she won the
200-yard Freestyle in 1:56.97.
In the women's
200-yard Butterfly, junior
Clara Schlimper paced the field for the Runnin' Bulldogs in 2:07.97.
Junior
Emma Maust won the women's
500-yard Freestyle for Gardner-Webb in 5:09.84 while senior
Ellie Eckert finished her final 500-yard Freestyle at the Bost Swimming Pool by taking second place for the 'Dawgs in 5:15.26.
Maust (10:33.17) also took second place in the
Women 1000 Yard Freestyle.
Gardner-Webb took first place in the
200-yard Freestyle Relay as the quartet of Frye, Maust,
Samantha Hunter and
Slawka Ndubuisi bested the field in 1:36.49.
In the
Women's 200 Yard Medley Relay, Ndubuisi,
Sydney Hall,
Hannah Routh and Frye finished in second place for the Runnin' Bulldogs in 1:45.88.
Ndubuisi also had a good showing in both the
50 Yard Freestyle (23.49
) and
100 Yard Freestyle (52.76) as the Gardner-Webb freshman took second-place in both events.
Routh (56.77) was second in the 100 Yard Butterfly for the 'Runnin Bulldogs.
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