Gents Face Austin College In Home Finale
The Centenary swimming teams will welcome Austin College to town on Saturday afternoon for a Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference dual meet and the final home meet of the regular season for the Maroon and White set for 1 p.m. at the Centenary Fitness Center.
Shreveport – The Centenary swimming teams will welcome Austin College to town on Saturday afternoon for a Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference dual meet and the final home meet of the regular season for the Maroon and White set for 1 p.m. at the Centenary Fitness Center.
Live video is available for the meet at the link below: https://collegetvticket.com/event/centenary-college-vs-austin-college-12/
Centenary will honor its five seniors and will include freshman Emma Allsopp (Belfast, Northern Ireland) as she is only with the Ladies this season. There are no seniors on the men's roster. The five are – senior Isabella Brown (Metairie, La.), senior Christine Goodman (Alexandria, La.), senior Katie Malicoat (Wichita, Kan.), senior Camryn Hebert (Youngsville, La.), and senior Bryn Jenkins (Houston, Texas). The senior ceremony will happen after the first break of the meet between 1:30-1:45 p.m.
The Ladies and Gents each finished fifth last weekend in the Austin College Invitational in Sherman, Texas. The Ladies finished with 269 points while the Gents earned 93.
Sophomore Madeline Vacula (Belton, Texas) continued her impressive season for the Ladies as she claimed three individual wins for the third meet in a row and now has an impressive 14 this season and 21 in her superb career. She won the 200 back in a season-best time of 2:19.05, won the 1650 free in a season-best time of 18:38.81, and the 200 IM (2:27.67).
Junior Antonio Barbee (Plaquemine, La.) highlighted the men's side as her earned three top-10 finishes to help lead the Gents. Barbee's best finish was fourth place in the 200 fly as he swam a season-best time of 2:10.49. He finished eighth in the 100 fly (58.20) and ninth in the 100 free (54.45) which was his fastest time this season in the event. Barbee now has five wins, five runner-up finishes, 11 top-five finishes, and 14 Top 10s this season.
Junior Aiden Peterkin (Zachary, La.) finished seventh in the 200 free in a season-best time of 2:01.34 and earned top-15 finishes in both the 100 free and 100 fly. Freshman Jameson Feeney (Shreveport, La.) finished fifth in the 100 breast, swimming a time of 1:14.10. He also placed 11th in both the 50 free (27.55) and 200 IM (2:27.09). His time in the 200 IM was his best of the season.
On the women's side, Goodman had an impressive meet as she earned a runner-up finish in the 200 breast with a season-best time of 2:48.03 and finished fourth in the 100 breast with another season-best time of 1:18.84. Jenkins earned her best finish in the 200 back, swimming a season-best time of 2:30.70 to place fifth, finished seventh in the 100 back with another season-best time (1:09.73) and 10th in the 50 free (29.44).
Junior Anacelia Galeano Balam (Baton Rouge, La.) finished third in the 200 fly with a season-best time of 2:42.13 and fifth in the 100 fly (1:09.53) and also finished 14th in the 100 free with another season-best time (1:05.78). Malicoat swam a season-best time of 1:18.72 to finish third in the 100 breast, Hebert earned a top-10 finish in the 100 fly, finishing ninth in a season-best time of 1:14.19, and also finished 11th in the 100 free (1:03.34) and 12th in the 50 free (29.55). Freshman Adriana de la Fuente (Baton Rouge, La.) finished 16th in the 50 free (33.83) and Allsopp finished 15th in the 100 free in a season-best time (1:13.60).
Next up for the Ladies and Gents is the annual SCAC Championships set for Feb. 8-11 in Garland, Texas.
See the complete Ladies and Gents' season schedules below:
Gents: https://www.gocentenary.com/sports/mswim/2022-23/schedule
Ladies: https://www.gocentenary.com/sports/wswim/2022-23/schedule
Admission is FREE to all Centenary home athletic contests.
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