TACOMA, Wash.-Senior
Elise Barton and junior
Angie Cummings each claimed individual event victories, to lead Lewis & Clark College women's swimming on Friday night against host University of Puget Sound.
THE BASICS
Puget Sound 206, Women's Swimming 88
HOW IT HAPPENED
Barton earned her first individual event victory of the season and Cummings earned an individual win for the third-straight meet to open the year.
Barton picked up the first win of the night for women's swimming with a dominant showing in the 100 Free. The senior placed first out of eight swimmers with a time of 56.70. She finished 1.38 seconds ahead of the second-place finisher. Senior
Ella Gimon took fourth overall with a mark of 1:00.80.
Cummings continued her strong start to the year in the backstroke events. She defeated six others swimmers in the 100 Back with a time of 1:01.47. The next swimmer to touch the wall came in 3.47 seconds behind her.
Senior
Aniqah Gaffoor led a quartet of River Otters in the 50 Free. Gaffoor touched the wall in 25.99 to place second overall. Senior
Kyra Milner (30.02), junior
Ainsley Rios (30.44) and sophomore
Xandra Kuenz (30.65) placed seventh, eighth and ninth in the event.
Barton claimed the team's lone individual third-place finish. She took third out of eight swimmers in the 200 Free. Barton posted a time of 2:04.63 to pace the team.
Both Lewis & Clark relay teams finished in third place.
The 200 Medley Relay team of Cummings, senior
AJ Schroeder, Gaffoor and Barton combined for a time of 1:57.46. In the 200 Free Relay, sophomore
Claire Hurty, junior
Sophie Justus and first years
Emily McAnally and
Zoe Thorpe posted a time of a 1:52.92.
BY THE NUMBERS
- Justus led a trio of swimmers in the 500 Free. She posted a time of 6:00.26 to finish fourth overall. Hurty (6:07.06) and McAnally (6:26.67) placed fifth and sixth in the event.
- Cummings has now won the 100 Backstroke twice and gone undefeated (3-0) in Backstroke events this season.
- Gimon represented Lewis & Clark in the 100 Breaststroke. She took fourth place with a mark of 1:21.75.
- Gaffoor led three Lewis & Clark swimmers in the 100 Fly. Gaffoor posted a time of 1:01.91 to finish in fourth place. Cummings (1:05.75) and Thorpe (1:09.00) came in sixth and seventh overall.
WHO'S NEXT
Swimming will compete in their final dual meet of 2025 on Saturday, when they travel to take on Pacific Lutheran University at 11 a.m.
