Day one is in the books for our R-MC swimmers. Tonight was another great session for the gang. We won our first relay at conference championships in four years, with a 1:39.11 to take the 200 free in a school record setting performance. Sarah Almond anchored in 23.87 to get that done.
From there, Becca Stevenson successfully defended her 500 free title, winning in 5:13.75 and getting a little closer to our school record in that event. Elizabeth Plowman was 6th, and birthday girl Tracy Spurrier broke 5:40 for the first time with a....5:37.07!
In the 200 IM, we had Kellianne Mullin go another solid swim for 4th place, Virginia Mauch get 6th in a huge best time of 2:18.99, and Brianna Lovell was 8th in an almost identical time to her best this morning. In consolations, Katherine Dodd was 13th with a big time drop in 2:28.33.
Our third win of the night was in the 50 free, where Sarah Almond backed up her school record 24.44 from the morning with a 24.59 tonight to take the win. It was a 1-2 finish as Tracilyn Babington was 25.06 for second best. Lizzy Buckley was 5th in 25.17, and Ellie Shea can now say her best time is "25 point" after going 25.99. Also, here's a shout out to Kaitlyn Milstead for going a best time of 27.57 in prelims, then 27.10 in her swim off (there was no doubt about who was going to win that duel), followed by 27.22 at night.
The 400 medley was another good race. Hats off to the W&L team for stepping up and getting the win. Our team was a close second in 4:02.01. The previous school record was 4:02.02. COUNT IT! School record #3 for the day. Here are a couple splits to throw out: Tracilyn's breaststroke split was 1:04.53! Sarah's freestyle split was 52.29!
