Ladies Finish Fourth at 2021 SCAC Championships
The Centenary women’s swimming team placed fourth at the 2021 Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference Championships on Saturday, finishing the three-day event with 477 total points at the Blossom Athletic Center.
San Antonio, Texas - The Centenary women's swimming team placed fourth at the 2021 Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference Championships on Saturday, finishing the three-day event with 477 total points at the Blossom Athletic Center.
The Ladies, who enjoyed a historic day on Friday to enter the final day of competition in third place, finished ahead of Austin College (324), University of the Ozarks (275), and McMurry University (187). Trinity won the title with 1,029 points, Southwestern finished second with 794 points, and Colorado College placed third with 506 points.
Junior Brianna Serret (Alexandria, La.) had a superb finish to her season this weekend as she won the 100-Yard Backstroke on Friday with a time of 59.29, marking the program's first individual win in the event and just the third individual win by a Centenary Ladies swimmer at the SCAC Championships since the Maroon and White joined the conference prior to the 2012-13 season. She edged Trinity's Caroline North by seven seconds to claim the victory and secure all-conference honors for the second-straight season. The previous two individual wins by the Ladies were Haley Schneider in 2013 in the 100 butterfly, 57.04, and Rachel Olson in the 200 butterfly in 2014 with a time of 2:06.34.
Junior Margot Frost (Prairieville, La.) placed ninth in the 100 Back on Friday, swimming a time of 1:03.42, and freshman Bryn Jenkins (Houston, Texas) placed 13th at 1:04.25. Serret earned a third-place finish in the 100 Yard Butterfly, swimming it in a time of 58:30. Frost placed seventh at 1:02.27 and Freshman Anacelia Galeano-Balam (Baton Rouge, La.) swam a time of 1:02.78 to place eighth. Fellow freshman Melissa Kryzwanski (Shreveport) placed 13th as she swam a time of 1:07.49. Junior Lindsay Strohm (McKinney, Texas) finished 15th in the 200 Yard Freestyle, swimming a time of 2:05.67.
The Ladies did exceptionally well in the 100-yard Breaststroke, as three swimmers placed in the top 10. Junior Kaylin Swoboda (New Orleans) earned all-conference honors as she recorded a runner-up finish to Southwestern's Erghan Hartsell, swimming a time of 1:06.37. Senior Sarah Harrison (Alexandria, La.) finished fifth at 1:09.74 and junior Madelyn Frederick (Slidell, La.) placed ninth, swimming the event in 1:13.01. Sophomore Jojo Goodman (Alexandria, La.) finished 12th at 1:16.29. Goodman also placed 11th in the 400 Yard IM finals, as she swam a time of 5:30.51.
Centenary's team of Swoboda, Harrison, Serret, and Frederick placed third in the finals of the 200 Yard Medley Relay, swimming a time of 1:51.42. Serret, Swoboda, Strohm, and Harrison teamed to finish fourth in the 800 Yard Freestyle Relay, swimming a time of 8:19.65. Serret, Swoboda, Frederick, and Harrison teamed to finish fourth in the 200 free relay on Saturday, as they swam a time of 1:41.15.
Swoboda had the Ladies' best finish of the day on Friday's first day of competition, placing third in the 200 Yard IM as she swam a time of 2:13.01. Harrison placed ninth in the finals of the 500 Yard Freestyle, swimming a time of 5:27.88. Galeano-Balam finished 14th swimming a time of 5:38.36 and Strohm finished 15th as she swam a time of 5:41.02. Sophomore Camryn Hebert (Youngsville, La.) placed 18th with a time of 5:53.15.
Freshman Bryn Jenkins (Houston, Texas) placed 13th in the 200 Yard IM with a time of 2:32.56. Frederick finished 11th in the 50 Yard Freestyle as she swam a time of 25.52. The team of Serret, Swoboda, Frederick, and Harrison placed fourth in the finals of the 200 Yard Freestyle Relay, swimming a time of 1:41.15. Serret, Harrison, and Swoboda then teamed with Frost to finish fourth in the finals of the 400 Yard Medley Relay, swimming a time of 4:06.73.
The final team standings were as follows:
1) Trinity University - 1,029
2) Southwestern University - 794
3) Colorado College - 506
4) Centenary College - 477
5) Austin College - 324
6) University of the Ozarks - 275
7) McMurry University - 187
As has been the case with most collegiate competition this academic year, the 2021 championships were modified due to COVID-19 protocol. The meet itself was condensed from its normal four-day schedule to a three-day event. Additionally, the meet was conducted as two separate events with the women's teams swimming in the early afternoon and men's teams competing later in the afternoon. All heats were swam as timed finals with no preliminaries.
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