Franklin Women Way Ahead, Men In Tight Race With Rose-Hulman At HCAC Champs

HEARTLAND COLLEGIATE ATHLETIC CONFERENCE (HCAC) – MEN AND WOMEN

• Dates: Thursday, February 13-Saturday, February 15, 2020
• Location: Vigo County Aquatic Center – Terre Haute, IN
• Host: Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
• Defending Champion: Franklin women (2x); Franklin men
• Live results: Meet mobile
• Championships Central

Courtesy: Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference

TERRE HAUTE, Ind. – The 2020 Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference (HCAC) Men’s and Women’s Swimming and Diving Championships carried into day two on Friday.

Friday’s events began at 10 a.m. with preliminary’s held in the morning session. In the finals on Friday evening, winners were awarded in the men’s and women’s 200 medley relay, the 400 IM, the 100 butterfly, the 200 freestyle, 100 breaststroke, 100 backstroke, the 800 freestyle relay and the women’s one-meter diving.

With two days of competition in the books, Franklin College continues to lead the charge. On the women’s side, the Grizzlies boast 603.5 points, while the men rest in first with a score of 482.

For the women, Franklin captured the first event of the night, the 200 medley relay, with Brynna Sentel, Ashley Snoke, Jacqueline Richard and Courtnee Coffman swimming a time of 1:44.52 for first. In the 400 IM, it was Franklin again in the top spot, this time with August Hartzell touching in a time of 4:40.29.

In the 100 butterfly Coffman picked up her second gold of the evening, with a time of 57.24 taking first place. In the 200 freestyle, Sentel grabbed her second first-place finish as well, with a time of 1:51.88 picking up another first for the Grizzlies. Snoke followed suite in the 100 breaststroke, picking up another first-place finish for Franklin with a swim of 1:05.53.

Sentel notched the hat-trick in the 100 backstroke, earning her third first, with a swim of 56.86. In the final event of the night for the women, Franklin capped off a strong day of competition with a first-place swim of 7:58.06 in the 800 freestyle relay, with Kyra Skeens, Livie Walther, Hartzell and Caileigh McCafferty bringing home the gold.

On the boards in the lone diving event of the evening, Halle Strege took the women’s one-meter title, with her score of 402.95 earning her top marks in the event for Anderson University.

Rose-Hulman captured the opening event of the night on the men’s side, winning the 200 medley relay with the team of William Kemp, Derick Miller, Jared Brown and Dutch Kipp swimming a race of 1:33.24 to grab the title. Charlie Hall climbed to the top of the podium in the 400 IM, swimming 4:04.64 for Franklin.

The Fightin’ Engineers’ Miller won the 100 butterfly, earning his second first-place finish on the evening, winning the event, touching in a time of 49.84. In the 200 freestyle, James Hone won the event for Franklin, swimming 1:42.09 to claim first.

Drew Doods picked up the first, first-place swim for Transylvania University in the 100 breaststroke, with his swim of 57.95 edging out the next swimmer by one one-hundredth of a second to take the top spot.

Zach Rayce grabbed first in the 100 backstroke for the Grizzlies, swimming a final of 51.83. In the finale of the evening, the 800 freestyle relay, Franklin took first, with Nolan Davin, Hall, Noah Tallman and Hone touching in a time of 6:53.15.

FRIDAY PRELIM RESULTS

FRIDAY FINALS RESULTS

TEAM RESULTS FOLLOWING DAY 2

MEN

1. Franklin           482
2. Rose-Hulman  465
3. Anderson        182
4. Transylvania    139
5. Hanover          135
6. Manchester     10

WOMEN

1. Franklin           603.5
2. Transylvania    282
3. Anderson        247.5
4. Hanover          201
5. Rose-Hulman  170
6. Manchester    62