BRISTOL, TENN. – Lees-McRae men's and women's swimming, under first-year head coach
Harrison Hartman, took part in the first meet of the season at the King Invitational with multiple top-ten finishes over the two-day event. The Bobcats finished fifth out of eight teams in the season-opening meet.
THE BASICS
RESULTS: 5th of 8 Teams
MEET: King Invitational
LOCATION: Kingsport Aquatic Center -- Bristol, Tennesee
WOMEN'S NOTABLES:
- Tate Abbott, Riley Gleason, Hannah Hudson, and Guillermina Rentsch earned a third-place finish in the 200 Yard Freestyle Relay to begin the season for the Bobcats with a time of 1:43.53.
- Abbott collected an eighth place in the 200 Yard IM in a time of 2:17.73. Piper Kelly finished the 200 IM in 2:30.15. Abbott captured fourth in the 100 Yard Butterfly with a time of 1:01.52. Abbott also compiled a fifth place in the 400 Yard IM.
- Sarah Munzenmaier made her debut for Lees-McRae in the 500 Yard Free with an eighth-place finish in a time of 5:28.26.
- Hudson guided the Bobcats in the 100 Yard IM with a runner-up finish at a time of 1:04.03. Hudson took ninth in the 50 Yard Free after finishing in 26.24. Gleason placed 14th in a time of 26.85.
- Taylor Simmons placed fifth individually in the 1650 Yard Free with a time of 19:21.31. Simmons took ninth in the 200 Free after stopping the time at 2:05.73
- Rentsch placed sixth in the 200 Backstroke and Kandance Kennedy followed in seventh place. Rentsch also placed fourth in the 100 Yard Back with Gleason and Kennedy finishing in sixth and seventh, respectively.
- Lees-McRae women's swimming recorded a fifth place overall finish in the two-day invitational with 283.50 total points. UNC Pembroke captured first overall in the meet.
MEN'S NOTABLES:
- Caleb Eidson, Cooper Gobble, Nathan Higdon, and Josh Wall took sixth in the 200 Yard Free Relay with a time of 1:30.33.
- Thomas Ware took eighth in the 500 Yard Free after touching the wall at 5:06.10. Carter Hawkes placed 10th in the event with a time of 5:09.84.
- Wall earned a fifth-place finish in the 200 IM with a time of 2:01.98. Higdon followed in 12th in a time of 2:06.54. Wall continued with a fifth place in the 100 Yard Fly in a time of 53:09. Wall placed third in the 400 IM.
- Eidson captured another top-ten finish for the Bobcats in the 50 Free with a time of 21.97. Eidson also led the Bobcats in the 100 Free after taking a fifth-place finish.
- The 200 Yard Medley Relay team composed of Chase Davis, Higdon, Gobble, and Eidson took seventh in the event after a time of 1:41.41.
- Higdon took ninth in the 200 Yard Backstroke. Andrew Fair-Purcell placed 12th for the Bobcats. Higdon touched the wall in third place in the 100 Backstroke and Fair-Purcell placed 17th in the event.
- Davis earned a sixth-place finish in the 200 Backstroke with a time of 2:03.97.
- The Bobcats men's swimming program registered fifth overall in the two-day event with Milligan taking first overall.
UP NEXT:
Lees-McRae is back in action on Friday, Oct. 13 when the Bobcats face King and Emory & Henry in a tri-meet, hosted by King.
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