Saturday, the EC Men’s & Women’s Swimming Team traveled to Albany Georgia to compete in a dual meet with the Darton State College Men’s & Women’s Swimming & Diving Team.
The 13 event format consisted of the 200 medley relay, 1000 free, 200 free, 50 free, 1 meter diving, 200 IM, 100 fly, 100 free, 100 back, 3 meter diving, 500 free, 100 breast, and the 400 free relay.
The Lions 200 medley relay (Hernandez, Aguilar, Rowe, Howard) started the meet off by finishing 2nd.
Santiago Aguilar finished 1st in the 100 fly with a winning time of 53.23 (NAIA national cut) and 2nd in the 500 free with a time of 4:56.81 (NAIA national cut).
Juan Felipe Rico Hernandez finished 1st in the 100 back with a winning time of 55.62 (NAIA national cut) and 2nd in the 200 IM (2:08.32).
In the final event of the night, the 400 free relay (Hernandez, Howard, Buttler, Aguilar) finished 1st in a winning time of 3:23.31 (NAIA cut).
“I am really proud of the men. Week after week, David Rabern and Wyatt Nicholson swim the 1000 free, 500 free, and any other event they are asked to do to help the team score points. Aaron Farley swam the 1000 free for the first time. Luke Fountain and Keene Johnson swimming whatever event they are asked to do. The men are continuing to improve in training and meets. They are learning a lot about themselves and their team mates.”
Next up, the Lions travel to Laurinburg, NC on Saturday January 25, to compete in a Tri Meet with St. Andrews University and Savannah College of Art & Design.
This release was provided to SwimSwam courtesy of EC Lions Swimming.