UNCW Women, Drexel Men Take Patriot Invite Title

Meet Results

• November 18, 2017
• Meet Results
• Score
  • WOMEN
    • UNCW 850
    • Drexel 756.5
    • FAU 564
    • Seton Hall 453
    • George Mason 396.5
    • Richmond 353
    • UMD Balt Co 261
    • American 232
    • Shippensburg 7
  • MEN
    • Drexel 779
    • UNCW 749.5
    • George Mason 658.5
    • Seton Hall 565
    • UMD Balt Co 501
    • FAU 396
    • American 120
    • Shippensburg 59

Press Release

Courtesy of UNCW Athletics

UNCW defended its women’s meet title at the Patriot Invitational and the men finished second as the Seahawks competed in their final event of the semester on Saturday at the McKay Natatorium.

The women topped the field with 850 points while the men finished second to Drexel by 29.5 points.

Results | Scores

“We finished the weekend with more great performances,” said UNCW Head Coach Jason Memont. “Evan Arsenaultand Meagan Johnson paced our women to a team victory with incredible performances tonight. The men moved up to second this year behind our sprinters and a total team effort. I am very proud of the continued effort as our team got stronger as the meet went on. Tonight we placed seven people in the all-time top ten at UNCW. They put in a lot of hard work this beginning part of the year and it really showed tonight with some gutsy swims. Now it’s back to work so we can be even better in February.”

Johnson won the 200 Breaststroke and posted a NCAA B cut time of 2:15.36. That time also put her second on UNCW’s top-10 times list for the event.

Arsenault, meanwhile, captured the 100 Freestyle in a time of 50 seconds and set a UNCW freshman record. Also setting a freshman record was Charlotte Watts, who clocked in at 2:02.05 in the 200 Butterfly. That time lifted her into third all-time at UNCW

The women’s 400 Freestyle Relay of Faith Pilcher, Megan Lahr, Viv Louviere and Arsenault closed out the meet with a winning time of 3:25.14.

Rounding out a solid night of swimming for UNCW were all-time top-10 performances from Gianmichael D’Alessandro (200 Breast, 2:03.63, seventh), Shannon Howell (200 Back, 2:00.99, eighth), Pilcher (100 Free, 51.02, eighth) and Kyra Schemmel (1650 Free, 17:10.26, 10th).

The women return to action on Jan. 6 when they visit Campbell. Both teams will host Davidson the following week on Jan. 13 at the Seahawk Natatorium.