We've now had two consecutive weekends of meets, and I'm liking what I see right now. Despite the hard work, and increasing workload each week, our swimmers have been excelling for this time of the season.
The ODAC Relay Meet went really well on Oct. 23rd, where R-MC finished second as a team and won four of ten events, including the breaststroke relay, 200 medley, and 200 and 400 freestyle relays.
Our double dual against Mary Washington and Frostburg was even better this past weekend. The team earned a split at the meet, falling to MaryWash but beating Frostburg. There were four more event winners for R-MC. The 200 medley relay of Elizabeth Plowman, Tracilyn Babington, Lizzy Buckley and Sarah Almond won in 1:53.65 to get things rolling for the dual meet season. Lizzy then won the 200 free in a near-best-time of 1:59.84, and Sarah took the 50 in a very respectable 25.31. Tracilyn turned in a strong 100 breaststroke win in 1:08.86, a time that ranks 2nd all time at R-MC and currently ranks 16th in Division III for the season!
Next up is a tough back-to-back dual meet weekend with St. Mary's of Maryland here on Friday and then an away meet at Wash & Lee on Saturday.
