CHARLOTTE, N.C. - The Gardner-Webb swimming team returned to the pool on Friday morning at Queens, falling in both men's and women's ASUN action

Despite the team loss, there were some good individual performances for Gardner-Webb, including that of junior Luke Weber. Weber won the men's 1650 yard freestyle by four seconds, posting a time of 15:39.84. Teammate freshman Victor Cury was third in the event in 15:50.17

Sophomore Jillian Hawkins posted a fourth place run in the women's 200 yard freestyle. Hawkins finished with a solid time of 1:56.75 to finish as the highest GWU finisher. Senior Sara-Michael Jann was fifth in 1:59.03 while freshman Madison Richardson was sixth in 1:59.09

In the men's 200 yard freestyle, sophomore Manuel Brandner placed sixth for the Runnin' Bulldogs, finishing with a time of 1:41.61

The women's 100 yard backstroke was one of the best events of the day for Gardner-Webb. Senior Hannah Routh was on the podium in 57.40 seconds, finishing third. Meanwhile, sophomore Kaitlyn Estes was fifth in 57.77 seconds, and junior Bella Palazzo was eighth in 59.04 seconds

Gardner-Webb finished as high as fourth place in both the men's and women's 200 yard medley relays. On the men's side, junior Carter Redelman, senior Justin Bender, junior Jacob Jensen and sophomore Luke Wesson finished in 1:29.59. On the women's side, junior Slawka Ndubuisi, freshman Jenna Valentine, sophomore Dakota Townley and Richardson posted a time of 1:46.38

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Gardner-Webb is back at Bost Pool on January 31st at 12:00 pm, taking on Davidson for Senior Day