With a shortened swimming regular season wrapping up last weekend for most Bahamian collegiate swimmers, they will now turn their attention to their respective conference championships in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I swimming, set for later this month.
Lilly Higgs was in action for the University of North Carolina (UNC) Tar Heels as they easily won their dual over the rival Duke Blue Devils, 190-110, at home at the Koury Natatorium in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Higgs swam the 100- and 200-yard breaststroke events and the 200-yard medley relay.
The junior and her teammates Grace Countie, Sophie Lindner and Heidi Lowe set the tone for the Tar Heels in the first event when they won the 200-yard medley relay with a time of 1:37.90. Higgs swam the second leg and turned in a split of 27.55 seconds.
Finishing second was the Blue Devils ‘A’ team when they recorded a time of 1:39.13. The Tar Heels ‘B’ team placed third with a swim of 1:41.46.
The Bahamian placed second in the 200-yard breast as she had a tough time catching the Blue Devils’ Salley Foley. Higgs swam 2:12.62. Foley won in 2:09.68. Finishing close behind Higgs was her teammate Lexi Rudolph who posted a time of 2:12.86.
In the 100-yard breast, Higgs settled for third, touching the wall in 1:01.07. Foley won that race after clocking 1:00.45. Finishing second was Higgs’ teammate Allie Reiter after she swam 1:00.64.
Higgs’ next meet will be the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) Women’s Swimming Championships set for February 17-20 at the Greensboro Aquatic Center in Greensboro, North Carolina.
Florida State University (FSU) Seminoles’ junior Izaak Bastian swam last week Wednesday against another Bahamian, Jared Fitzgerald, and the University of Tampa Spartans. Bastian’s next meet will also be at ACC Championships but the men’s portion will be held February 24-27. It will be held at the same location as the women’s championship.
In action last week Friday in NCAA Division II competition were Lamar Taylor and Anya MacPhail whose schools faced each other in Arkadelphia, Arkansas. Taylor’s team, the Henderson State University Reddies, won a home meet 164-115, taking down the Oklahoma Baptist University Bison. MacPhail and the women made up for the men’s loss when they defeated the Reddies’ women, 191-94.
In the sixth event of the day, Taylor and the Reddies’ 200-yard medley relay team were victorious as they won that event with a time of 1:34.25. His teammates were Jase Pinckney, Oscar Patten and Patrick Dabrowski. The Reddies’ ‘B’ team was second in 1:35.59. The Bison’s ‘A’ team was a close third with a time of 1:35.67. Individually, Taylor finished second in the 100-yard backstroke after clocking 52.20 seconds. He followed behind his teammate Stephen Jones who finished with a time of 51.69 seconds. Finishing third place was the Bison’s William Newman in 52.31 seconds.
Taylor was also second in the 50-yard freestyle, touching the wall in 21.13 seconds. Winning that race was the Bison’s Estavao Hornos with a time of 21.01 seconds. Taylor’s teammate Tim Holt was third after clocking 21.18 seconds.
The Reddies finished first and third in the 100-yard butterfly. Taylor was third overall, posting a time of 52.22 seconds. Finishing first was Pinckney with a time of 51.66 seconds. Newman was second as he swam 51.78 seconds.
MacPhail, known for swimming the longer races, won the 500-yard freestyle with a time of 5:28.49. The Reddies’ Ceci Magnani clocked 5:29.83 for second, and Magnani’s teammate Alyse Voos was third when she clocked 5:37.23.
MacPhail placed third in the 200-yard individual medley (IM) after touching the wall in 2:22.50. She was part of a Bison’s top-three finish as her teammates Emma Jorgensen and Brooke Newby finished first and second respectively. Jorgenson won in a time of 2:13.95 while Newby posted a time of 2:20.13.
The Bahamian had a tough time in the 200-yard freestyle when she posted a time of 2:02.64 to finish in fifth position. The Reddies’ Mackenzie Kester clocked 1:58.43 to win that race.
Next up for Taylor and his Reddies will be the New South Intercollegiate Swim Conference Swimming Championships set for February 24-27 in Cleveland, Mississippi. MacPhail will be swimming in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Swimming Championships set for February 17-20 at the Colorado Mesa University in Grand Junction, Colorado.
Also preparing for a conference battle in the pool at the NCAA Division II level is DaVante Carey. He is set to swim for his team, the McKendree University Bearcats, at the Great Lakes Valley Conference Swimming Championships set for February 10-13 at the Elkhart Aquatics Center in Indianapolis, Indiana.
Fitzgerald will be in action tomorrow when the Spartans take on Nova Southeastern University in a dual meet in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, starting at 10 a.m.
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